digital camera recommendations under $300.00

[MosportGreen66]

There are several Canons that are around $300. Do not stray from Canon or Nikon. You're pretty much asking for trouble if you do. I second the SD870IS. I have a Canon Powershot G7 and I'll be looking to update to a SLR soon.

[StriperSS]

For my small camera I have a Panasonic DMC-TZ5 Lumix. I bought this as my work camera because it has a 28 MM wide angle lens , and a zoom feature. This way you don't have to back away from things to get them into the shot. Great for car photography. I'm pretty happy with it for the money.

[markinnaples]

I have a Sony Cybershot and it's a piece of junk; I would never buy another.

I am not sure if Sony is the name of quality that it used to be.

[GenOne]

I have Canon Power Shot and love it. I think the SD line tops out around $300

[ORIGLS6]

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Do not stray from Canon or Nikon. You're pretty much asking for trouble if you do.

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Canon makes good stuff, but they also make some not-so-good pieces. Same for Nikon. It depends on what you're looking to do with the camera.

I've carried, shot and abused two models of Fuji cameras and never had any issues. I still use a Fuji S5200 and love it. I think Bruce might agree with me.

I just recently picked up an Olympus DSLR and although it does everything I ask of it, I used the Fuji exclusively at SCR12.

Decide what you want to do with the camera, try out a few to see how they feel in your hand and buy what you like.

And BTW, the Panasonic Lumix is a good camera. (Leica optics!)

[DarrenX33]

FWIW, I only own Canon cameras.

[RPOLS3]

I too have previously only owned Canon's but bought the Panasonic Lumix on our last upgrade due to it's 12x zoom feature which was significantly better than similar sized models 2 years ago when we bought it. It is a heck of a Camera for the money. I must say the picture quality - while very good - in my opinion is not as good as the Canon's.

Jake

[SOM2001SS]

I recommend a Canon PowerShot. I am VERY happy with my Canon PowerShot SD1000. I wanted a camera that would take great High resolution shots and be small enough to fit in my pocket and this one works great. I swear we paid under $300 for it on sale, but doing a quick search I see it for about $500
I guess we got a really good deal on ours.

[VintageMusclecar]

I have a FujiFilm Finepix S700 that I've been very happy with.

Very user-friendly even for a photographically-challenged lunkhead like me.

Eric

[SuperNovaSS]

I have a Canon powershot S570 IS. I love it. The best features are a very clean macro setting(close up shots) and it uses AA batteries. The batteries were the main reason I bought this camera. Rechargable AAs are cheap. If you are ever somewhere and the camera goes dead, disposable AAs can be bought just about anywhere. Also, I am very rough on electronics. This camera has been through just about everything and works great still.


Jason