Working with a tight budget whats the best camera???

[JHerfkens]

I am on the hunt for a new camera and figure why not try to find one that will take some sweet pictures of my tank as well as everyday stuff. So with a budget of about $200 whats the best thing out there?

 

[jedininja]

With that budget, it will behard to get a new camera that can take sweet pics of your tank. I would go for a used Canon S3 IS if you cant afford more.

 

[MIREEFER]

250 will get you a fuji film S700 heres a link
www.dcresource.com/news/newsitem.php?id=3486 - 20k -

 

[woodycb]

I dont know what camera to buy, but here is a great place to buy cameras. They are cheap. http://www.beachcamera.com/shop/home.aspx

 

[israelnajar]

Second the fuji s700 it takes pretty nice macro shots straight out of the box.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...CategoryId=pcmcat99000050012&id=1174091772074

 

[nmywrx]

If your looking to get into photography, nothing is better than an SLR where you can change lenses. If you use a point and shoot you will quickly get frustrated with it because of the lens limitations. On your budget you could probably get a 35mm SLR with a starter lens.

IMO an SLR is the only wat to get "sweet pictures."

 

[ga_reefer_guy]

cannon a630 is a good point and shoot i think it is right around 200 now

 

[Opcn]

Do not get a Kodak. A lot of people are tempted to get Kodak cameras because they arecheap and large numbers of megapixels attached to them, but the pictures are full of noise and just suck. I got a Cannon A95 and its alright, very slow and I have found my self frustrated with the limitations of the lense, I just bought "bayonet" lenses for it, so I will soon see if they are worth anything, but saving up and buying a more versitile camera may end up saving you money in the end.

Edit: Also incase you don't know already ignore what ever the number with digital zoom is. Digital zoom is absolutely worthless; a waste of time and image quality. Its something you can do on your computer 10X better by cropping and resampling in Adobe or Irfanview.