Digital camera

[Bryophyte]

I'm looking for a digital camera for my son's 9th birthday. Hopefully under a hundred bucks, doesn't have to be terribly fancy. What's the best deal on a low-end/starter camera right now? I got my mom one for her birthday last year that was on clearance at Target (a Fuji I think) for somewhere around 70 bucks...

 

Serena

[RossMAN]

Hi Serena,

 

Welcome back :)

 

Do you remember the model number of that Fuji? They make excellent entry level digicams without having to spend $500 on a 5MP digicam.

[yum114]

get him a kodak easyshare cx7300 for 100 bucks almost everywhere

 

 

It has 3.2 megapixel with video recorder, and 2x digital zoom. Its a good camera

[RossMAN]

yum114,

 

Thank you for the recommendation. Although I never recommend HP or Kodak digicams this seems like a good model for Serena's needs.

 

Review: http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/cx7300.html

 

$100 is a good price as Amazon.com sells it for $139.99

[m61376]

although a bit riskier, with everyone buying all these cameras recently with all of Dell's great deals, places like Ebay and Craigslist have lots of used, older models for sale, many times good cameras for great prices. Especially if you live in a major city where there is a craigslist, there really isn't any risk, because you can check out your purchase before buying it. For example, you might be able to pick up one of the older 2 mp Canon digital elphs, with optical zooms, which take extremely good pictures.

[yum114]

Rossman, is there I should know about kodak?

[RossMAN]

Rossman, is there I should know about kodak?

HP and Kodak digicams do not measure up against Canon, Fuji, Nikon, Olympus, Sony, Konica Minolta, and Pentax.

[Bryophyte]

Thanks, guys. I'll check out the Kodak camera. I was really hoping to catch a camera on clearance again, but this might have to do. :)