Digital Camera Rec

I have a bigger camera, but I'm always grabbing the smaller one because it's easier to tote around and the software that came with it is way easier. We bought a Samsung S860 and it's 8 mp plus we can take videos with it too. The quality is really good and it's so easy to use. I got it for about $100 but I've since seen it on sale at Fred Meyer for $89. Walmart also carries it too.

I really don't have anything bad to say about this camera!

We have the Canon Powershot 1000 and absolutely LOVE it! It's easy to use, takes great pics and takes great videos too!

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I love my Canon Powershot! It is an older model; it has 6.0 mega pixels and the stabilization feature so I don't get many blurry shots. I have had it for four years. I looked for a model that took AA batteries so I could use rechargeables. It saves money and I always have batteries on hand instead of having to find some lithium type at odd hours. It also takes video shots.

I also transfer all of the photos from my 2MB card at one time and then save them on a disc. It saves space on your computer and you also have them when you want them. Mine cost about $150 at the time. It has 4x optical zoom. My Mom's has 15x optical but was over $400. Just know that the more optical zoom you have the better your zoom photos will turn out. Digital zoom will become grainy when you enlarge them. I often use a part of a photo by zooming in during editing. Have fun with your new camera!

We recently bought a camera. Throughout my research and asking around, I found that you can not go wrong with a Canon or Nikon. Those are the best brands as far as durability, how easy they are to work, and quality of the pics. We got a Canon Rebel. Was kinda pricy, but something we will use for years to come with our growing family. Good luck with your hunt!

I dont have any advice on a camera brand, but general advice. Back up your photos on a CD or something like that. We have a hard drive crash a few years ago and lost all our photos, including the ones from our vacation to the Black Hills/Mt Rushmore :(

We just replaced our Sony digital camera over the holidays. It took amazing pictures, but the delay was so long for the red eye protection that we lost too many great shots. We looked on Consumer Reports and bought the highest rated camera with the shortest delay. We got a Canon Powershot SD1100 IS. It is much smaller than the Sony and easy to slip into your pocket. It takes great pictures and the delay is so much shorter, which makes it easier to catch great shots of wiggly children. It was much cheaper than the Sony too. I would highly recommend the Canon.

I don't know the exact number, but we just got a Canon ELPH. We have a larger digital camera, but it is bulky and hard to travel with. The Canon is small and compact, and has a large screen on the back. I think I have taken more pictures and videos since I have gotten it that we ever did with the other just because it is so easy to use.

A note though - don't erase pictures from your camera. Just do it in the transfer to the computer. And, after you have backed everything up and are going to clear the card, REFORMAT it!! We had ours crash when my son was 3 days old! We thought that we lost all the pictures of his birth and first few days. Luckily we were able to get them recovered, but we were told that we should reformat often (completely clears the memory), and that deleting the pictures on the camera makes the new pictures get spread out (memory-wise) on the memory, and leads to that failure. We had it happen a few other times, but realized that it was connecting our camera directly to the computer (MAC). Once we got something that you put the card into, we haven't had future issues.

Good luck!

We love our Kodak. It's our second one. We gave our old one to my parents when we got the new one with more megapixels. Yesterday we were looking at pics that they have taken and we were remembering how good it was. Our current one also does high def video. We've been so happy. The only negative is you get to buy quite a few Kodak accessories which can be a little pricey...of course you don't need them all, my husband only thinks we do :)
We have purchased an extra battery, base for uploading to the computer (you can just use the cord that comes with it) and base to look at pictures and videos on the TV from the camera (can take a quick look at photos on the camera in HD as opposed to when you hook it up with the cord). We bought the camera at Sam's Club which was way cheaper for the same model as many other places.
My sister also loves her olympus.

I was an amateur photographer in college and after for awhile, and I have always felt like digital cameras felt like playing with toys! Now, however, I love my Nikon D70s. Really, any digital SLR--even an entry level one is going to be more responsive as far as taking the photo goes--with the smaller ones, you have push the shutter, wait a second, and then it takes the photo. Instead of pushing with an instant click--if that makes sense. We have a 2 year old--and you want something that can capture them in the moment, not a second after the moment is over--you know? That and that the camera actually feels like a camera to me are my favorite parts of using an SLR. Oh--and I can use all my old Nikon lenses with my digital Nikon. If you want to drop a lot of money, the next level up Nikons (like the D300) have a full size CCD chip--which gives AMAZING photos. That will be our next upgrade, someday!

I love, love, love the Canon Powershot S3IS that my husband got me for Christmas a couple years ago. Easy to use and takes great pictures. There are tons of functions and features - I haven't learned them all yet, but am slowly doing that! It takes videos so you don't have to have a separate video camera. At the end of every year I make a DVD of the year's video clips and a slideshow of photos for the grandparents - they love it! You can also take still photos at the same time you're taking video. And I also love Canon's customer service. We had a little glitch with the camera. It was during the warranty period so Canon fixed it - no charge, no problem, and a 5 day turnaround!!

We Love, Love, Love our Pentax W20....it's waterproof. So many of our favorite photos are from trips to the pool, lake, river, etc and we have now worries. We have taken underwater video of our kids swimming...and not worried when our 3 yr. old threw it into the pool. I love that we can take digital video with it too. Depending on the memory card you can get all the important moments (20 minutes on our 2G card) at 8MP. You can edit your photos and video on the camera too.
I think Olympus (maybe canon) also makes a waterproof camera that is shockproof too...that's a great feature with kids.
Ours is so easy to use....if we get another camera I would get the same one.

I have a Nikon D70s that I use as a photographer, but I also have a little Cannon SD1000 that I keep in my purse for everything else. I love it because it's small, I can fit it in my pocket, and it takes pretty good pictures. I have photo shop so I usually turn off the red eye reduction so it will take the photos faster. I can then edit out the red eye later. It doesn't have a lot of zoom but again I can crop in a little later with 10 mega pixels. It also does pretty good video too. The best part is that you can get it online for around $150. (The SD750 is a good one as well) If you want super high quality (and jump up quite a bit in price) I'd go with an SLR. They do take much higher quality photos and you can capture things the instant they happen. Canon's digital rebel series are a pretty good family SLR and are fairly inexpensive. I'm a fan of the Canon 30D (or better) but it's a bit of a price jump from the rebel series. Sorry, that's a lot of info. Hopefully that helps. Overall I would go with Cannon, especially for a point and shoot. I wasn't very happy with a point and shoot Nikon that I had.

I'm a bit high tech. I have a Kodak Easy Share Z740, an external hard drive for storing pictures, Adobe PhotoShop and Adobe Elements for editing. I like my camera because it does both stills and short video. It has good megapixels and I can print an 8x10 with great clarity. I don't like that it eats batteries fast even the special digital kind. I can go through a dozen batteries in just a few hours of shooting so we had to invest in good rechargables and a charger. If it didn't have that problem, I'd buy another one in a heartbeat. The lower end Kodaks I'd stear clear of. My friend has gone through 2 and working on a third in the time I've had mine. My model the Nikon brand is better on batteries, but a bit more price wise initially. That is the one another photographer friend advised me to get.

I'd have to ditto the Nikon. I don't have one yet, but It's at the top of my wish list. I have also found that my digital cameras tend to capture the second after the moment and I have missed many good photo ops because the camera doesn't take the picture fast enough. The Nikon also has way better resolution and farther distance clarity. I guess it really depends on what you're using the camera for. My Canon Powershot SD1000 has a continuous snap feature that lets me take like 10 photos one right after another, so I can capture a bunch of mini moments at once. I also really like it for trips because it's small and can easily be carried without being heavy or bulky. So I guess I'm saying that if you really want the best, you should get both! But that's definitely a VERY expensive way to go about it! Good luck shopping!

Having a 2 year old of my own I just got a new digital camera too. I wanted to make sure it was a turn on, your ready to shoot camera since you don't have much time to capture the moments. The fastest cameras I could find were the Canon's. The whole line is very fast from turn on to picture taking. You can range anywhere from $100 to $500 but they are all fast and allow you to capture the moments!

We have an Olympus Stylus 850SW and we love it. It's not as fancy and high tech as any of the SLR cameras, which we will invest in eventually. However, it is the perfect camera for us. It has a slim design so I can have it in my pocket, at the ready, all the time. It is shockproof from up to a 5 foot drop. It is freeze proof and it is waterproof. Not water resistant, actually waterproof! In our words, we call it "toddler-proof!" Our 3 year old has taken pictures with it and we don't worry. We have taken it down waterslides and in pools. I've taken underwater pictures a couple times (at a pool) and they've turned out really good. We bought ours about a year ago for around $200 (that was with a battery and memory card). Olympus does make a similar camera but it's a little tougher (deeper water, colder temps and higher drop height) but was more than we wanted to spend at the time. I believe it is a 1050SW.
Good luck and have fun with all the pictures!

love my cannon. I had Kodak easyshare before and thought it was good. then I got the cannon...I would never go back! I also would recommend whatever camera you choose, googles picasa is an awesome program for editing photos etc. and it is free. I also love snapfish.com for storing as a backup on line and if you prepay for prints they are only 9 cents. I have never had to worry about losing pictures because my computer crashed and I didn't have a back up on dvd of them, I have them online with my snapfish account.
anyway, my vote goes to cannon. I love mine and my sister has an upgraded version of the same camera and she loves hers as well.
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I have used Canons before and love them, but we got an HP this time and I love it. It doesn't take the greatest landscape pictures, but it takes great people pictures. It's perfect for capturing our 3 year old and the software that came with it for our computer is really easy to use. Good Luck!