Opinion on camera?

[BABY_EINSTEIN'S_MOM]

DH and I are getting a new camera for Christmas. Right now we own a little Canon powershot that fits in our pockets. Because it has virtually no zoom, I have missed out on alot of soccer/vacation pics.

This time I want something a bit better, but not too expensive. Our main needs are taking pics of the kids at their soccer games(really need a good zoom for this!), family events, and of course Disney trips! I am looking at a Nikon Coolpix P90 12mp with 24x optical zoom, also a 3" LCD screen. Amazon has this camera for $299 right now. Any opinons? Would it be good for an amateur? Thanks

 

[NateNLogansDad]

I have the P80 as my smaller backup camera and still LOVE it. The P90 took its place earlier this yr and usually runs about 399.99 so the price you see is a pretty good one. The camera itself takes very nice pictures right out of the box and is pretty awesome once you start to REALLY learn what it can do. I give it a

 

[BABY_EINSTEIN'S_MOM]

Thanks! Gonna go see what dh thinks!

 

[NateNLogansDad]

The only issue I'd have with it is maybe the video. It's still the same as the P80- VGA 640 x 480 @ 30 fps which is eh. Other camera's say they do HD video but I've never had my hands on one to compare it to. If it's just pictures you're after, you should be fine. The link in my signature is my Trip report with all pictures right out of the camera and no editing whatsoever. If they look OK to you, the 90 should be much better.

 

[BABY_EINSTEIN'S_MOM]

Thanks again, I am reading your trip report and I must say...wow..so many pics!! I love trip reports with lots of pics, and you have some really good ones! I am kind of reliving my trip since we were there June 09 as well!

 

[NateNLogansDad]

I loved reading everybody's trip reports on here and I loved the ones where they just got pics of everything they did. I wanted to at least match some of the ones I read.