What's the best type of digital camera?

Question

I was planning on purchasing a digital camera but I'm not sure what brand is best. What's the best type of camera to use & what has the best quality. Any prices or stores to get them would be great, thank you!

Answer 1

HI Rocket...

Just to give you a few more options...  You will be happy with the Canon for sure.  Also when shopping around, take a serious look at the Nikon digitals as well as the Sony.   I have the larger models of the Fugi as well as the Panasonic.   Both of these are nice too.

What I discourage you from getting are those tiny pocket sized models.    As cute as they look, they are very, very fragile and need to be handled as such.  They slip out of the hand easily.... and one fall to the floor or in a shallow puddle of water is their untimely demise... and you should know that warranties, even the best of them, do not cover these kinds of accidents.  The cost to repair -  parts plus labor,  can run up to $150.00... and not exactly cost effective.

Look for a name brand digital camera that is a bit larger.... large enough that you can attach a neck strap - not wrist strap.   This gives your camera the security you need to protect the $200.00 + you spent on it.   In our shop we have plastics tubs full of those tiny little models... unfortunately all dead.

So the best type of digital camera is one of the mentioned well recognized name brand cameras in the intermediate size.  Your best bet for MegaPixel size ....  anything from 6 MPs up.

Thanks for reading.

Answer 2

anything from canon.

Answer 3

We have owned 2 Canon digital cameras and 1 kodak. So far, we have been blown away with the Canons: they have excellent picture quality, face recognition software (makes faces brighter if detected from the camera).  

The Canon cameras we have owned are the SD400 and SD750, both very good. The newest model they have is the SD1100, and that's a great all-round camera.

These cameras are all sub-compact, which means they are about as big as a deck of cards, but can shoot movies and take excellent pictures.

You can get these cameras at any electronics store, like Best Buy, Circuit City, Fry's, and many others.

The SD1100 is about 200-250 bucks now, it may get cheaper. There are many others, you just have to find one that you like the best.

Good luck!