good cheap camera?

[joander123]

hey guys, im looking to get a nice good cheap camera. Doesnt have to be anything horribly fancy, and to be honest i dont know much at all about camera lingo, so i cant tell you how many mega pixels or anything like that i want.

What i can tell you though, is i want it to be a digital. Looking to spend around 200 usd? Will that get me a really junky one? I'm not sure. I just want something i can use to take aquatic pictures with, as well as other pictures as well. The digital i have is wayyyy out dated, and takes junky pictures.

Unfortunately im not on a budget that i can go out and grab a camera for 600 dollars, which is what it seems to cost for the good digitals, but if anyone could help me out, it would be appreciated.

 

[joander123]

anyone have any experience with kodak z series?

i found this one, and seems to be a nice camera and reasonably priced as well. http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=9/19/131/10689&pq-locale=en_US

i like the fact that it has video capabilities as well, but would it stink for aquatic photography?

Thanks,
Jay

 

[125gJoe]

You can find a good digital camera for around $200.
Here's a good website that should help.

http://www.dpreview.com/

Here are 10 cameras at or under $200...

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare_post.asp



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[Slappy*McFish]

I use this one:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Kodak/kodak_c743.asp

Takes decent pics and is priced right.

 

[joander123]

which of these cameras is better (obviously the more expensive one, but is it worth the extra 50 bucks?)

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=9/19/131/11592&pq-locale=en_US

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=9/19/131/10689&pq-locale=en_US

thanks.

 

[cardinal queen]

I have just bought the Kodak V1003,and am very dissapointed with it. All the pictures come out dark. Cost me £150

 

[msjinkzd]

i have a kodak easyshare camera and while I occasionally get good pictures, macro is not its strong suit.....there doesn't seem to be a macro setting and when you zoom you lose alot of the definition and the picture appears grainy. I have the kodak v803...don't know if that helps you or not, lol.

 

[joander123]

does the canon powershot appear to be a lot better?

 

[archer772]

This is the one that I have http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=9/19/131/8824&pq-locale=en_US
and her are a coupple of pics from that one sorry about the dirty glass.

 

[loaches r cool]

Dont forget http://www.aquatic-photography.com/forum/ which I think is a sister site, and I also use http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/