Best beginner camera

[xLibelle]

canon 800is
price is down to 240 now but dont let that fool you. i have one and bought two more as gifts. they have taken the best pictures from a small pocket camera ive seen. optics are great, ergonamics are good and its a canon... just plain great.

i'm looking into getting the G9 now. was going to get the G7 but they snuck the G9 under my nose, how can i resist?

[sumyungguy]

he said $300-350 not $600+

Used rebel xt kits go for $350-400...

[spoolin318i]

I love my fuji s5200


plenty of features (both manual and auto) and very good video mode too. Picked it up on Amazon for low-mid 200's shipped

then picked up the fisheye/macro lens for 25 on ebay and love it!!!



My brother after a bunch of turkey lol




Macro Mode



With Macro Lens from Ebay

[CorvallisBMW]

I just got a Canon Powershot G9. It is a point and shoot that is also able to be fully manual. I got it on Ebay for 420.00 delivered and I highly recommend it.

+1. I think it can even shoot in RAW mode (?)

[parkerbink]

+1. I think it can even shoot in RAW mode (?)

Yes but what they don't say in the lit (buried in the manual it is) raw only in full manual.

I still love it. I also figured out last night if it is in sports mode you can take pictures until the card is full or the battery dies. I did it for almost three minutes, it took a picture every second until my hand got tired of holding the button down. Pretty cool

[Zya8187]

Used rebel xt kits go for $350-400...

where ?

[Widm3r]

I would not recommend getting a camera used since the internals are so delicate. If you are trying to get into photography the digital rebel xt is a great camera for an entry level photography. Very easy to use and has plenty of room for learning curve. If you are not in desperately in need of a camera I would wait until you can afford one that suits your needs. It looks like you are looking for something with more options then a point and shoot. To bad you didn't go out shopping on black Friday they had some great deals.

Just my

[Widm3r]

Here are some used Digital Rebel Xt 8mp
Used digital Rebel Xt's

The price is coming down on the Body(a camera without a lens) since they came out with the 10mp Rebel recently.

[M42Technik]

I've been doing alot of reading on cameras, I am looking for something that can fit in my pocket, and I found dpreview.com to be incredibly helpful, you should really take a look at that site if you haven't already.

[sumyungguy]

dpreview.com is an excellent resource

where ?

Create a login on photography-on-the.net (Canon forum), the classifieds section there is constantly moving. The Rebel XT also goes by 350d and a Digital Rebel is a 300d.

I always recommend that people try to hold a camera in their hands so you can get a feel for where the buttons are and well it "fits". I have bigger hands so the rebels are uncomfortable for me, I also don't like Nikon ergonomics and ISO performance (how sensitive to light the image sensor is, ie image quality in low light). If you have a little more in your budget I recommend a used Canon 20d, larger camera, well built (magnesium body), high shutter rate (5 frames per second), and good ISO performance.

[E30SPDFRK]

The only DSLR that I found in my price range is a Pentax K110D. Has anyone used one of them or heard anything about them? The Rebel XT looks good, but it is just out of my price range and I don't really want to buy a used one.