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Brookenstein:
Well, the 2 year old broke my camera today.  The mister is gonna be po'd when he finds out as I think I will have to use our Wii money that is saved up to get a camera instead.

Our current camera was an Olympus C3030, 3.3 megapixel camera.  It is around 6 or 7 years old.  We paid a fortune for it back then.

I would like to spend as little as possible, but get something decent.  $300 would be top $$$ and I would prefer to be closer to $200 if that is even possible.  I haven't looked at cameras in years and would like some feedback/reccomendations of where to start.

Brewman:
The new "standard" seems to be around 5 mega pix.  That resolution is easily available in your price range.  And it's good for prints up to 8" X 10".  For snapshots, it all you'd ever need.   Going beyond gets you little return, and cost more.  
 Whatever you decide, don't forget to budget for memory cards.  The ones they include with the cameras are almost always pathetically undersized.  

Any memory cards you already have for the broken carmera are still good to use, so you may want to look at cameras using the same type of memory card.   Or not.  Just something else to consider to save a little up front money.

For $300 you can get a really nice point and shoot.  At $200 you're looking at a little less features, but that price may still be do-able.  

I personally like Canon.  But there are scads of camera brands out there in this price range.  And at this price range, they're probably all subbed out to some huge manufacturing concern in outer mongolia anyway, so brand is less important.

If you're into the online thing I'd recommend B&H Photo in NYC.  They are one of the few NY based camera operations that are legit- they are competitively priced and honest.  
Depending on your local market, you might be able to get more camera for your money from them than at your local chains like Best Buy, Target, ect....

Brookenstein:
Normally I'm all for online, but my grandparents are here visiting and will be leaving SUnday so I would like to take some pics before they go.  Also we are doing California Adventure tomorrow.

I looked at Consumer Reports online and these are the ones I found that sounded good.

Kodak Easy Share C875 $230
Olympus Stylus 800 $300
Fujifilm FinePix E900 $290
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W50 $210
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H2 $310
Fujifilm Fine PixS5200 $280
Kodak Easy Share Z612 $300

I'm kind of torn between something small that can fit in my purse and something with a big lense.  I think once I make that decision it will be a lot easier to narrow down.

svspa:
Brooke,

Nikon has some decent digital cameras that are inexpensive. I just bought a model L3 for my daughter for $130. It's small and uses AA rechargeable batts, so in a pinch you can just put in some AAs if you neglect to charge the batteries. Bad thing about Nikons is their movie mode isn't as good as some (like Sony). Their model L6 is similar with a little higher megapixel sensor and bigger LCD for around $200.

Prices have come down considerably so you can stick with name brands and you shouldn't have any problems.

Steve

vlady:
I recently took my daughter to pick out a digital camera for her birthday.  It seemed that the price differences between the major brands was due to the size and type of LCD screen and whether or not the camera used several alkaline batteries or included a rechargable battery.  Of course the more megapixels, the higher the cost.

Some of the ones with the larger LCD screens didn't have a view finder so that is something to decide on whether you want that or not.  Also, it seemed that the cameras that included a rechargable battery were more expensive.

She decided on a Canon because of the larger nonglare LCD screen.  Personally, I've got a Nikon Coolpix 4300 and have been very happy with it.  For my own use, I don't need more than 4 megapixels.

Good luck in your search!

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