Can someone recommend a good one...

I need one asap.

(I need it by this week)

Id like to go to future shop or wherever and just pick one up, instead of listing to some idiot trying to confuse me about this kind of stuff.

Someone said something to me about picking one up thats 6+ megapixels...


Thanks

What will you be using it for? You only need high megapixels if you print your photos...

Just for pictures and printing some of them too...

I just need one that I can take lots of pictures on. So Im guessing I need a memory card as well..

If I could wait I would do that, but I really need this now.

This vague thread is worthless if you don't specify:

1) Your budget?
2) In regular basis, what will you be using it for?
3) What features are important to you?

I just got a Canon Powershot SD700IS ... I loooooove it.

Extremely user friendly, takes great pictures and vids for the money. Was just over $500 bucks from futureshop. I also got a 2gig sd card... I have yet to drain the battery on it, lasts forever!

for dark pictures, the Fujifilm F-Series is pretty decent, but nice (F10, F20 or F30)

Shouldn't run your more than 300 at FS, but if you look around, you can probably snag it for 250, even.

My first couple of cameras were Sony using Carl Zeiss. No problems and produced "good" images.

Don't get me wrong about Carl Zeiss. I have used quotation marks as per my previous post.

Light + Glass = Crisp/Sharp Image.

Don't have high expectations when the lens is small (hence, most compact point and shoot cameras)

EDIT: On the other hand, the bigger the lens, the higher probability of geometric distortion. Unless, you are willing to invest in thousands of dollars.

On the flip side, the smaller the lens, the less probability of geometric distortion. But other issues come to play. HA! One can't have the entire cake.

You own a ProSumer camera (SLR-like)

Thanks for the help guys.......

before you buy, look at sites like http://www.dpreview.com. Read the reviews and also user comments about the cameras.

i recall one camera I liked in the store but when I read the customer reviews I learned not to buy it. The zoom lens was made of cheap components that easily could lead to the lens jamming while zooming in and out

what camera to buy really depends on what you want to use it for and how much you are willing to spend.

if you do a lot of indoors or low light photography, something like the Fuji Finepix F30 (or F31 FD, the slightly upgraded model) is an excellent camera. Last I saw the F30 was going for about $370 and is likely cheaper now (if still available).