Recommendations for a Cheap Digital Camera

[MonsieurFish]

I'm in need of a new digital point and shoot camera. I currently have a Sanyo x1200 that I bought for around 150$ about a year and a half ago, and it is horrible. About 50% of the pictures I take with it are out of focus, and if it's in a dark setting, there is no chance of a picture turning out well.

I'm not much of a photographer at all, so not looking to spend very much, I just need something that will give me focused pictures, and fit in my pocket. Don't need a huge zoom or anything like that. Any recommendations? Is it common in ~150$ camera's for the focus to be as brutal as I speak of, or did I get unlucky with my camera selection?

Thanks

[pylon]

Originally Posted by MonsieurFish

I'm in need of a new digital point and shoot camera. I currently have a Sanyo x1200 that I bought for around 150$ about a year and a half ago, and it is horrible. About 50% of the pictures I take with it are out of focus, and if it's in a dark setting, there is no chance of a picture turning out well.

I'm not much of a photographer at all, so not looking to spend very much, I just need something that will give me focused pictures, and fit in my pocket. Don't need a huge zoom or anything like that. Any recommendations? Is it common in ~150$ camera's for the focus to be as brutal as I speak of, or did I get unlucky with my camera selection?

Thanks

Yeah, Sanyo makes ass cameras unfortunately.

For point and shoots, I have always sworn by Fuji stuff. I have a Fuji F20 that is an amazing low light camera, shoots up to ISO 2000 which is not common with PAS cameras, at least back in 2006. I would look at something on clearance from the previous year, that has an ISO rating of at least 1600 if low light is important to you. You should be able to find something for $150 that fills your needs without being a hunk of crap.

dpreview.com will have an excellent review of anything you are considering.

The other option is you could just jump in with both feet, and get the Fuji X100 for a mere $1200 and take flawless pictures with what is turning out to be the best reviewed PAS ever:

[SebC]

Originally Posted by pylon

For point and shoots, I have always sworn by Fuji stuff. I have a Fuji F20 that is an amazing low light camera, shoots up to ISO 2000 which is not common with PAS cameras, at least back in 2006. I would look at something on clearance from the previous year, that has an ISO rating of at least 1600 if low light is important to you. You should be able to find something for $150 that fills your needs without being a hunk of crap.

dpreview.com will have an excellent review of anything you are considering.

The f20(d) is as close to a "classic" digital camera as you'll ever see. After that Fuji kind of got back into the megapixel race and lost a bit of their low-light edge. The f30 got twice the megapixels as the f20, but the pixels were much lower quality. Some of their models are using Sony sensors now.

My advice to the OP: find a sale on redflagdeals (or maybe even kijiji?) and then use dpreview to see if the model is any good. Cheap cameras tend to get better sales than expensive ones.

[Kipper is King]

I really love my Canon point and shoot. If I'm not mistaken, Canon is most popular when it comes to compact cameras!

[Dion]

Nikon Coolpix L120



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