Camera Suggestions

Jne...

Thanks again for all the info on scopes. Now I need digital advice on a digital camera. My girl has a great eye for taking pictures and she is using a budget 5meg pixel (el cheapo) camera.

I know abosolutey nothing about digital cameras and want a good one if it can be had in the 600.00 range. I'll go more if I have to....


Anyway, I usually spend endless hours on the net researching products before I buy them but I just don't have the energy to learn the whole world of digital cameras (unlike scopes which I'm learning everything about).

Flat out - I will go with what you suggest.She take pictures both indoors and out and lots of what I'll call portraits (she's an editor of a low budget magazine.)Not much need for long-range zooming but that feature would be nice to have.


Thanks in advance.....

Hi

Glad to help

Yes, it is really hard to pick with so many good cameras out there. For an all around, do everything camera, I like one of the high optical zoom cameras that stop just short of being a full size DSLR in size. They won't be as compact as a little point and shoot, but, yes, having 12x or more optical zoom when you need it is a nice feature. These cameras also have larger focusing motors which seem to hang in there longer than the little motors on the pocket size cameras. I have an old Panasonic Lumix DFC-FZ250 with 12x optical zoom, for instance, that is still going strong after years of use. If she doesn't mind a bit of size, try something like the [url=Canon Powershot SX40 HS]Canon Powershot SX40 HS[/url] or its equivalent in a Nikon, Sony and so on. I have a girl friend who got an earlier version of the Canon SX, several years, ago and she loves it.

Myself, I like a smaller camera that you don't have to carry around my neck and that I can take with me anywhere I go. A great choice to still fit in a purse or bag (okay, a big purse or bag, but, hey, big purses are in, these days)), you can't go wrong with the Canon G series. Try the Canon G12 or whatever the latest G is at the moment. The G is still large enough to have robust motors and enough lens size to take great pics. Definitely a good step up from pocket cameras - the G has always been Canon's high grade smaller camera. 5x optical zoom isn't much, but you get a camera that is much more likely to be there when you need it because of its size and also a camera that will last longer than the small stuff.