digital camera help

[kristen821]

I am having a baby and want to get a new digital camera, but don't know where to begin. I am looking for one that takes good pictures and resonably priced. I'd like to stay under $200. Does anyone have suggestions. Thanks!

 

[Frantasmic]

Popular Photograpy magazine just came out with a bargain issue. I'll post their recommendations from home.

Meanwhile, check www.steves-digicams.com they have a listing of what they consider the best intro cameras.

 

[kristen821]

Ok thanks!

 

[YesDear]

Kristen:

Congrats on the addition! The reason you did not get bunches of specific suggestions is that in your description and price range you mentioned there are almost too many choices of cameras that will take very good pictures, however for the cost and size of the sensor, none of them will do an amazing job. There is just so much technology you can put in a camera for that amount of money. That being said you can go to Best Buy, Walmart, or your local camera store and play with the different models in that range!

I will guarantee you, you will end up with the one that feels good in your hand and you feel like you understand. You will know if it does what you want it to do. If not, then you will come back here and say you need it to do this or that and we can then help you determine how much you will need to spend on your next camera!

Congrats again!

 

[Icemann]

Congrats on the baby I just got into this myself and lurked around the boards here and read all the different articles here that pretained to what I was doing,found a lot of good information.Try going to DPreview.com they have all the cameras their to compare so maybe you can narrow it down to a few before you hit the stores. Good Luck