any good recomendations?

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how much would you like to spend ? what kind of use would you give it? how often you plan to use it? want a compact or a slr?

i visit this site [URL]http://www.steves-digicams.com/[/URL] to check steve's reviews. it was useful for me :) also visit [URL]http://www.dpreview.com[/URL] for side to side comparisons

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Cannon Elf is from what I gather is one of the most solid of all compact "point and shoot" digital camera's. Powershot 450 does everything I need it to and more:idea:

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if your in the us... and u want a compact simple point and click get the Canon SD800IS powershot

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dang they hit 800 already ?? Also check out the [URL]http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Canon/canon_s3is.asp[/URL] [URL]http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Canon/canon_g7.asp[/URL]

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My mate got this one the other day.. 10.1Mp Casio

[URL]http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/ex-z1000.html[/URL]

I dunno if thats the kinda camera your looking for but its small with a large screen and packs a punch with high res shots.

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[quote=arielus;418957]how much would you like to spend ? what kind of use would you give it? how often you plan to use it? want a compact or a slr?[/quote]

looking to spend around $500, would be using alot for taking pics of the family, landscape, etc.

this is what i'm looking at:

[IMG]http://www.canon.cl/canon/imagenes/productos/fotografia/1101B001aa/1101B001aa_f1_200x175.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.canon.cl/canon/imagenes/productos/fotografia/1101B001aa/1101B001aa_f2_200x175.jpg[/IMG]

6. megapixel, 2" vari-angle lcd display, 12x zoom auto focus, photo from video capability. anyone have one of these? all the reviews i have read about it are pretty good.

thanks for the advice everyone

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go for a Canon PowerShot G7. 6 megapixel is dead.

more info .. [url]http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canong7/[/url]

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I love my Canon SD700IS...it's great for portability and powerful enough for what I need it for. Looks like you want something a tad more powerful than the SD series...

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see me post above ;)

[URL]http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons3is/[/URL]

Excellent choice fyi

[quote=rainman;419125]looking to spend around $500, would be using alot for taking pics of the family, landscape, etc.

this is what i'm looking at:

[IMG]http://www.canon.cl/canon/imagenes/productos/fotografia/1101B001aa/1101B001aa_f1_200x175.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.canon.cl/canon/imagenes/productos/fotografia/1101B001aa/1101B001aa_f2_200x175.jpg[/IMG]

6. megapixel, 2" vari-angle lcd display, 12x zoom auto focus, photo from video capability. anyone have one of these? all the reviews i have read about it are pretty good.

thanks for the advice everyone[/quote]

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for a 100 bucks more you gain 4 megapixels. Also it is using the Digic III chip. Those are my true selling points for G7. Both are great cameras, and without the most recent release of the G7 I would picked the Powershot as well. The truth to the matter is 10+ megapixel is going to last you for a long time, and allows you to print beautiful large prints if need be without any loss of image quality.

main points for 100 bucks.

• 10+ megapixel
• Newest Canon Technology

to me those two factors make it worth the extra pay.

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that G7 looks like it would be a good buy...if I had the money for one.

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cant go wrong with

[IMG]http://thisbiochemicallife.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/14.jpg[/IMG]

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avoid at all cost the Sony, I simply hate mine. Canon is the way to go I believe

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i guess sony knows many different products, but just not cameras. I didn't care for their VCR's either.

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[quote=speciale;419160]cant go wrong with

[IMG]http://thisbiochemicallife.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/14.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

i actually used to have one of these! :lol:

[quote] see me post above ;)

[URL]http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons3is/[/URL]

Excellent choice fyi [/quote]

thanks Kamal much appreciated, i beleive this is the one i am sold on.

[quote]go for a Canon PowerShot G7. 6 megapixel is dead. [/quote]

like the G7, but i dont really think i need a 10 mgpxl camera tho. aside from the newest firmware in the G7 and the 10 mgpxl the s3 pretty much has everything i am looking for. the aforementioned on the G7 would be enough to sell me, but again dont really think a need a 10 mgpxls

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the one you've chosen looks amazing. i would go for that one too. good price/quality balance imho

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got it last weekend! this thing is bad ass! takes fantastic pics! thanks for the advice kamal

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gonna bump this thread...

i have been looking for a really nice digital camera lately and the Nikon D60 has spurred my interest:

[IMG]http://a.img-dpreview.com/reviews/nikonD60/Images/front-001.jpg[/IMG]

[url]http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond60/[/url]

im looking to spend around 500-600$ for it... looking for 10+ mp and highest quality pictures available.

any updated recommendation would be really helpful :)

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^^ Thats a badass digicam ....cant lose with the Canon's though i have an SD700 and im very happy

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@ ddr, since the D60 has been around for quite a while, you can find that for sub $400 with a lens if you do some digging.

On another camera, anyone have the Canon XSi? I've been interested in that one as I'm a big fan of Canon controls, setup, design, etc. That thing has dropped to around $500 for the body so it's getting more and more attractive.