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Old 01-22-2008, 11:10 PM
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i will spend up to 120 this week on a dig. camera
Kodak EasyShare C613 6.2-Megapixel Digital Camera= any one have this or know a better one for that amount
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Old 01-22-2008, 11:16 PM
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Make sure it has good zoom too
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Old 01-22-2008, 11:20 PM
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my husband is helping me, too. he told me the same plus megapixles
i found one with 15 zoom! don't remember how much it cost though
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Old 01-22-2008, 11:30 PM
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I had the kodak 7.1mp.It was like 200$ but that was with the printer.I now have the kodak 12mp.Both are nice.
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Old 01-22-2008, 11:35 PM
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i will spend up to 120 this week on a dig. camera
Kodak EasyShare C613 6.2-Megapixel Digital Camera= any one have this or know a better one for that amount
I am pretty sure that is the one I take all my pics with....

Its nice for your basic picture taking and low quality videos. If you only want to spend 120 that is what I would get.

Here is my photobucket account, take a look at the pics it takes. now keep in mind there are different settings used for different things and most of the time I dont take enought time to focux the camera....

e_baer - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
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Old 01-23-2008, 01:26 AM
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thanks, i think i'll do that
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Old 01-23-2008, 05:23 AM
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I have pretty much settled on getting Canon PowerShot SD850 IS: Digital Photography Review , but the least I've been able to find it for is around $250 so that may be more than you want to consider.
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Old 01-23-2008, 05:45 AM
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Found your kodak at newegg for $85, dont know if you can do better than that elsewhere.
Newegg.com - Kodak EasyShare C613 Silver 6.16 MP 1/2.5" CCD 2.4" LCD 3X Optical Zoom 5X Digital Zoom Digital Camera
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Old 01-23-2008, 06:45 AM
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Digital cameras have two types of zoom,optical and digital.Optical is good and digital generally takes some pretty lousy pictures.To take really great pics of your reef you should get a 6x optical zoom.
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Thats what I meant!!! My dad always looks for cams and says blah cause they have great megapixels but no zoom
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Old 01-23-2008, 10:01 AM
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Found your kodak at newegg for $85, dont know if you can do better than that elsewhere.
Newegg.com - Kodak EasyShare C613 Silver 6.16 MP 1/2.5" CCD 2.4" LCD 3X Optical Zoom 5X Digital Zoom Digital Camera
thats the one i saw it was $89 there. I like it
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Old 01-23-2008, 10:18 AM
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Should i just pay the 3 or 4 bucks instead of ordering. It's not much more at either Best Buy or wal mart. We went to both and i don't remember where it was. Good thing it's just 2 places, right. lol
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Save your money and buy a Digital SLR!!! In the long run it will be TOTALLY worth it!!!!
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I recently bought a Cannon XTI for 700$'s.While it is a fantastic camera its good way from her budget.
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The main things to look for in digital cameras are megapixels and optical zoom. I ignore digital zoom because it is essentially cropping the picture size in the camera rather than you doing it yourself on a CPU. Kodak cameras are geared toward easy use for the picture taker and don't come with the customization options that you can do with many other brands. I you and your husband like to keep things simple, Kodak cameras are a decent camera. If you like to adjust camera settings or wouldn't mind paying a little more, you could get a different camera that takes nicer pictures. Cost vs Quality vs Ease of use.
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Old 01-23-2008, 04:27 PM
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I got my sweety a canon a570is digital camera which is just above the middle in quality for 220$'s and is 7.1 mpxl camera.It is a 4x optical zoom and 4x digital zoom.In optical zoom it takes great pictures,in digital zoom it is sadly disapointing.
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I recomend Sony and Canon, great camaras, here is the camara I just got, 12MG!!
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W200 Digital camera reviews - CNET Reviews it doesnt have that great of a review but i still love it.
for your buget, I would go with something like this, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W80 (silver) Digital camera reviews - CNET Reviews
it goes of a little but its a good one, these are all sonys though, I dont know much about other brands
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I have a casio exilim....great cameras my girlfriend has one too and theyre awesome....i really like casios check them out...mine is better than my girls but hers is nice and was cheaper than mine. The older models of casio exilims are great priced and good cameras
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