What is the best digital camera and memory card can I get that with $250-270.?

Question

I want and 8.0-10.0 megapixel camera. It should have the newest technology and should be a good recognized brand.

Answer 1

I'd say the best camera for your money would be one of these three:

Canon sd750 - $179.99 (1 gb sd= $10)

Canon sd770 - $249.99 (1 gb sd= $10)

Olympus 1010 - $249.99 (1 gb xd= $20)

The canon 750 is the lowest in cost and takes really good pictures and has alot of great features. It has a good ISO for taking low light photos. One big perk would be the spacious 3 inch screen. downside is it has 7 mp (you specified 8+) but the camera is good for the price and specs.

The Canon sd770 is a step up from the 750. It is equally comprable to the 750; the major difference between the two is MEGAPiXELS. the 770 has 10 mp and the 750 has 7mp. The software and features are basically identical.

The Olympus 1010 is also a good camera, It has 10.1 mp; the thing that makes it stand out from other point and shoot digital cameras is the optical zoom (7X). Again, this camera has tons of cool features and a billion scene selections which auto-adjust the camera's lighting and flash settings depending on the scene you have selected (ie: low light, underwater, sunny, close-up... etc. there are about 25+ scene selections to choose from.) The downside of the olympus is the battery life sucks, so id suggest if you go with this one, do yourself a favor and buy a spare battery.

Answer 2

Fuji 10.0megapixel camera at camera house for $249. uses xd or sd cards which can be bought cheap

Answer 3

Well, begin with the brands.  Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Pentax, Olympus, etc.  Then decide what features you want.  EVERY camera today has 7-8 megapixels at least.  Do you want a tiny 'pocket' camera?  A 'prosumer'?  I guess SLRs are out of your range.  It would be nice to have IS, image stabilization (I thought this was a gimmick when I bought my Canon but it's very nice, it's made some pictures possible that otherwise wouldn't be).  It would be nice to have a good zoom range.

As for the memory card, they are really cheap these days.  I paid $60 for my first 1-gig memory card but they are like $8 now.

There are so many models of cameras coming out all the time that nobody can really tell you what you want.  I have a Canon and I love it, I think they do a good job.