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The wife and I are looking for a good camera, can I buy one for under $500? What are some of you guys using? Thanks Telly

There are plenty that you can buy for under 500 bucks and that are good quality. I have a Sony that is pretty old, but it does the trick and the pics look great. Canon makes a great camera as well.

Are you looking for a DSLR or a point and shoot?

If you want a point and shoot do you want to have "professional" features so you can control the camera more like a DSLR?

OR

do you want a very small compact point and shoot that doesn't have a ton of complication and takes great images?

I just bought this as my back up camera and for times I don't want to lug my big ass 40D Canon... after my BING rebate/discount it was just over $400 shipped to my door.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Canon-PowerShot-...item19b769dbd4

Built like a tank and takes great images.

Well since I don't know what a DSLR is I guess a point and shoot would work, and I'm way to busy(dumb) to figure out a complicated camara. Thanks for the input. Telly

This website if very good for doing research...

http://www.dpreview.com/


I would consider Canon, Nikon and Panasonic (Lumix) as the top three companies.

LOL....your first step is to spell it camEra. I have a Panasonic Lumix that works great. You should be able to find a good pocket type camera for under 200.00 these days. It will probably do all you want to do.

or this..

http://cgi.ebay.com/Panasonic-Lumix-...item27acd5c3b9

oops that kinda like spelling camaro camero duh, I've bought plenty of the pocket camera's and spent good money on them they just dont seem to last a year or two goes buy and the quality starts going down hill!

I think the Canon G10 or G11 are great options for P&S cameras.