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Any suggestions on a good Digital Camera, im most likely going to buy one tonight
Max price=$500
and i would prefer SD memory cards

Any high-end Samsung cams will have SD slots... my 4MP was about 250-300 last Christmas. Great pics, good quality movie mode (takes 640x480 AVIs).

The only thing it's lacking is any real usable amount of optical zoom.

It's a Samsung Digimax A400.

im looking for one with at least 4-5.5 megapixels and at least 5x optical zoom

NOS2Go4Me,Jul 5 2005, 02:37 PM Wrote:Any high-end Samsung cams will have SD slots... my 4MP was about 250-300 last Christmas. Great pics, good quality movie mode (takes 640x480 AVIs).

The only thing it's lacking is any real usable amount of optical zoom.

It's a Samsung Digimax A400.
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Just got the same one since I don't want to carry around my FZ-10. Picked it up at BestBuy for $169.00 so far there isn't anything to complain about.

Check out the DMC-LS1 Panasonic, I love my FZ10 and would have got this one but I would rather damage a $200 camera than a $500 one.

theres a casio elixm???Sp at futureshop that i want 550.. 7.2mp tiny camera huge screen too.

Canon SD300
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.a...438&catid=20224

Canon SD400
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.a...514&catid=20226

Sony Cybershot DSC-P100
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.a...494&catid=20226

I've been looking at all of these cameras, cause your in about the same price range that i'm in. I'll probably get an SD400 after I sell my DV Camcorder.

scoobasteve,Jul 5 2005, 03:51 PM Wrote:theres a casio elixm???Sp at futureshop that i want 550.. 7.2mp  tiny camera huge screen too.
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ill look at that too, thanks

http://www.samsungcamerausa.com/products.asp

Their 815 looks HAWT.

Stick with a Cannon.

ZX5focused,Jul 5 2005, 03:20 PM Wrote:Any suggestions on a good Digital Camera, im most likely going to buy one tonight
Max price=$500
and i would prefer SD memory cards
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I'll fire off an email to a friend who works at Black's and see what she recommends (What she doesn't know about digicams hasn't been invented yet :P )

NefCanuck

thanks guys
picked up a cannon sd400
this thing is sick!!!

ZX5focused,Jul 5 2005, 07:38 PM Wrote:thanks guys
picked up a cannon sd400
this thing is sick!!!
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Crap and just after I got my friend's reply do I see that you've already grabbed something. Funny thing, Canon wasn't even on her list :huh:

In case anyone is interested here's what she sent me:

So, his options are:
1) Kodak Z740. Is on sale this week at my store,
amusingly enough, for $70 bucks off, making it $409 as
opposed to the standard $479.

Fits all the specs and is a new camera as well. 5
megapixel, 10x zoom, XD card, and uses double aa
batteries. it's also quite light and easy to hold. :P

2) Nikon 4800
4 megapixel, 8X zoom,SD cards, 2 year warranty,
Lithium rechargeable battery included, $419 for for
camera, strap, battery and software

3) Fuji S5100
4 megapixel, 10x zoom, XD cards (more expensive media
type) $449 for camera, 16meg card, strap, batteries
and software

4) Olympus C-5500
5 megapixels, 5x zoom, XD card $349 for camera, 16meg
card, strap, batteries and software

His best bet is easily the Kodak.

NefCanuck

ZX5focused,Jul 5 2005, 11:38 PM Wrote:thanks guys
picked up a cannon sd400
this thing is sick!!!
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tell me how you like it. i'm seriously considering this camera.

FocusGuy7476,Jul 5 2005, 11:04 PM Wrote:

ZX5focused,Jul 5 2005, 11:38 PM Wrote:thanks guys
picked up a cannon sd400
this thing is sick!!!
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tell me how you like it. i'm seriously considering this camera.
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gonna do a ton of pic taking this weekend
ill report the results with examples on monday

I own a Canon PowerShot A5 Zoom, PowerShot A40 and a PowerShot A75... all great cameras in their day. Canons a good company. But if I were to buy an SLR or something I'd go Nikon.

NefCanuck,Jul 5 2005, 09:38 PM Wrote:

ZX5focused,Jul 5 2005, 07:38 PM Wrote:thanks guys
picked up a cannon sd400
this thing is sick!!!
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4) Olympus C-5500
5 megapixels, 5x zoom, XD card $349 for camera, 16meg
card, strap, batteries and software
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The company I work for has a shitload of Olympus digicams, 3-5MP depending on the cam. They're Mickey Mouse with the big ol' ears, for sure. They feel quite cheap, and they're less than intuitive for ease of use and ease of offloading the pics.

Kodak, Canon, or Samsung for sure.

I have a Nikon 4600. Its awesome!