Digital Camera Recommendation

[Greenhat01]

First off I was not sure where to post this topic. But the HT Cafe seemed to be the most appropriate. Well recently I have been looking into a new digital camera and was looking for some recommendations from other Lit members. Interested in a good quality yet moderately priced camera. Just something simple that will shoot a nice picture basically. So I am asking Lit members to post what they recommend and what makes that particular camera good in your opinion. Thanks

T & I

p.s. We've been looking at the Polaroid a500 because the brand is recognizable to us, it's 5.1 megapixel, and seems well priced at $97. If anyone has experience with this camera please comment.

 

[Norajane]

There's a current thread on this right now on the How To board:

https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=418979

 

[EJFan]

david pogue, tech columnist for the new york times just released his picks for all gadgets electronic. about cameras he said:

Camera. When the baby's doing something adorable, I grab our Nikon D50. It's a small digital S.L.R.--one of those black, heavyish, not-pocketable semi-pro cameras that can accommodate all kinds of lenses--and it takes jaw-droppingly beautiful pictures. Like magazine-quality.

For months, I just used the standard lens it came with. My wife gave me a second one (telephoto) for Christmas, and now I'm rockin'.

These days, Shopping.com tells me that the D50 can be had for $625, lens included.

Second camera. Trouble with an S.L.R., of course, is that it's bulky and it doesn't take movies. So we also have a Canon PowerShot SD550.

The SD550 is small, slim, easily pants-pocketable. But it has a big screen, good flash, good battery life and--here's the main point--it takes phenomenal pictures. (At the end of every year, I order one of those custom hardbound photo books containing the best pictures of the year--about $30 through Apple's iPhoto or at mypublisher.com). And sometimes I can't tell the difference between the SD550's shots and the Nikon D50's.

Shutter lag is a problem, as it is on every compact camera. But the 550 has goodies like an orientation sensor that instantly rotates a photo, during playback, when you physically turn the camera. (No menus, no buttons are involved.) And the movies are just incredible. We've got a 2-gigabyte memory card inside (about $90) that gives us 20 minutes of full-TV-quality movies. Trust me on this: Our kids' lives are better documented than Olympics.

The only thing that could possibly be better than the 550 is its successor, the SD700, just unveiled by Canon. It's the same idea but with an image stabilizer (yeah!) and a 4X zoom instead of 3X. I think my credit card is about to get another workout. Our beloved SD550 has a date with eBay.