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Old 07-27-2006, 06:43 AM
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Default Digital camera recommendations?

Today is my wedding anniversary and I'm looking to buy Dawn a new digital camera. She complains every single time she has to use our current one because it is too complicated.

So, I want a very small (like fits in a purse), very high quality, very easy to use point and click camera. Cost is not really an issue but I need to go buy one this afternoon.
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Default Canon Powershot SD600 or SD630...

They always seem to receive great reviews. I have an older SD400 and it works great.<ul><li><a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ProductCatIndexAct&amp;fcategoryid= 113">Canon Digital</a></li></ul>
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canon powershots are simple to use........i have the 4 mp one and like it...
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Default If you belong to Costco or Sam's club, buy...

...whatever looks good to you from their stock. Why? Because of their *liberal* return policy which essentially allows you to return the thing for any reason, at just about any time, including after the warranty has expired.

I speak from personal experience on this one.

Canons are nice - I had one - until it broke. I replaced it with a Casio Exilim EX-Z750, which broke, too, but Costco replaced it, no questions asked.
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that was the one you had at autox?......nice camera....
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Default I just picked up the Canon SD630 a few weeks ago

I can use it in a drunken stuper, so yeah its pretty easy to use.

I think Best Buy has them on sale.
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Default Panasonic Lumix FX 9 with image stabilization (BWW)

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Default One more thing: More and more mfrs. are realizing how important a LARGE LCD screen...

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...is to the user-friendliness of the camera.

1.5" used to be "normal" on an ultracompact camera, but my Casio (7.2MP) has a 2.5" LCD, and there are some out there now with 3" or even bigger. That was a big reason I bought the Casio, because the competing Canon models (SD-400 and SD-500 at the time) only had 2".

HTH<ul><li><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/Casio_Exilim_EX_Z850/4505-6501_7-31750643.html?tag=tpr">http://reviews.cnet.com/Casio_Exilim_EX_Z850/4505-6501_7-31750643.html?tag=tpr</a</li></ul>
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Default I bought this one.....

I was going to buy the one Mark recommended but Must Buy didn't have it in stock so I grabbed the Sony.

I like the fact that it is point and shoot, rapid fire, uber small but has a big screen, and I was out the door for $250.

Good enough. I may actually get around to taking some pictures of the p-car.<ul><li><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/Sony_Cyber_Shot_DSC_W50/4505-6501_7-31703591.html?tag=pdtl-img&amp;ar=o">Sony DSC-W50</a></li></ul>
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Default Sucker.

Sony uses a ton of proprietary stuff, so you have to get it all from them. Mainly memory.


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