# Recommend me a digital camera **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 5, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-digital-camera/351487 "2006-04-05T22:48:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-digital-camera/351487/1 "2006-04-05T22:48:40Z")
Not sure if this is CS or IMHO material, move as needed. I searched for this and didn’t find anything, which was a bit surprising. I’m looking for a digital camera. Nothing fancy, mainly for snapshots and random travelling pictures. The ubiquitous point-and-shoot style is what I’m going for, hopefully somewhere in the $300-$400 range. Let fly with tales of adoration or horror! Or, just what the good deal is. That works too. ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-digital-camera/351487/2 "2006-04-05T23:03:34Z")
I thoroughly recommend the [Canon Elph 450](http://www.digitalsaver.com/stores.asp?productid=0318B001). It’s size, picture quality, screen size, ease of use, and all around kick-ass-ed-ness are unparralleled. It takes some pretty legitimate movies too. And, as an FYI: three fourths of the employees at the camera store in which I got mine also owned one of these, in addition to their fancypants SLRs. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-digital-camera/351487/3 "2006-04-05T23:06:13Z")
I have been a fan of Canon for many years but my latest camera is from Kodak, it’s a Kodak Easyshare v530. This camera rocks! If you’re looking for further information, here are a few digital camera review sites that I learned about while researching my camera. [http://www.dpreview.com/](http://www.dpreview.com/) - Digital Photography [Review.com](http://Review.com) [http://www.steves-digicams.com/](http://www.steves-digicams.com/) - My favorite of these sites [http://www.dcresource.com](http://www.dcresource.com) - Another good resource ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-digital-camera/351487/4 "2006-04-06T00:28:36Z")
Canon PowerShot-A series for me (Current models in your price range: A620/A700). The dealmakers in my case were: (a) nonproprietary batteries (& memory cards) (b) available settings from “full-auto-idiot” all the way to manual aperture/speed/virtual ISO © from a company that made its bones in _photography_ . My A70 has served me very well. Has its shortcomings like everything does, but I’m pleased. See more on that in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=354266). Also see: [This one from about the same time](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=357941), and [this thread from December](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=353729) as was [this other one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347435) and this [earlier one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=341904). Also, I strongly encourage checking out the sites linked by **ronincyberpunk**. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-digital-camera/351487/5 "2006-04-06T01:34:10Z")
> [@Birdmonster](#): > > I thoroughly recommend the [Canon Elph 450](http://www.digitalsaver.com/stores.asp?productid=0318B001). It’s size, picture quality, screen size, ease of use, and all around kick-ass-ed-ness are unparralleled. It takes some pretty legitimate movies too. Hey, that’s the one I just bought! If you want to save a few bucks and you don’t mind a smaller screen, they have the SD400. I think they just recently released one with wireless connectivity of some sort as well. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-digital-camera/351487/6 "2006-04-06T02:18:07Z")
We like our Optio- easy to use, good quality and so small it fits in an Altoids tin instead of a camera case! Very good for travel, especially to out-of-the-way and high-crime areas (a camera case is a primary target for snatch & run thieves) and protects the camera from almost anything, including long drops. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-digital-camera/351487/7 "2006-04-06T02:49:39Z")
[QUOTE=Birdmonster] I thoroughly recommend the [Canon Elph 450](http://www.digitalsaver.com/stores.asp?productid=0318B001). /QUOTE]Ditto. My girlfriend’s SD450 is cool. ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-digital-camera/351487/8 "2006-04-06T05:42:11Z")
I Sixth the recomendation of going with a Canon. I have a 2 year old S1 that has served me well, and I may buy the S3 later this year. I don’t think the S2 or S3 would fill your needs. It may be a bit much, and a little costly. But Canon has excelent cameras in every price range.