In search of: a $250 digital camera, NPC, but I would like to buy my 1st one Options

[brant]

title about covers it.
I would love to buy my first digital camera..
(so I can take car pictures)

Is there anything out there that would be decent in the 200 range?

(I'll have to justify it with the wife, that we can use it for trips and non car pictures too)

what should I look for?
-#'s of pixels?
-powers of multiplication?

thanks for humoring a computer and camera newbie.
brant

[Bruce Allert]

First thing for you to do is go to the magazine rack and find one that has alot of ads. Most big sellers of digital cameras take out 1, 2 and 3 page ads listing all the neat cameras for sale including a small blurb of what each camera is capeable of doing. The 3 mega pixal cameras are getting really cheap and for what you want to do with it should be sufficient.

Next, go on line to consumer reports and browse their recomended best buys. They will even tell you what the camera can do and ease of operation.

B & H photo on line will have a list of really great deals too (mail order stuff).

Rather than buying from a picture it's best that you find what you think you're gonna like and then find it at a store & handle it. I, personally, do not like a small camera because it's hard to hold on to. Fingers get in the way too.

The camera Geoff suggested is a great deal, a nice camera and available most everywhere.

I will be upgrading to a Canon Digital Rebel with 6.3 MP. It's a SLR digital and I can change lenses with my other Canon cameras.

There's a lot to look at and take some time to check them out or you might end up with something that's hard to operate & doesn't make you happy with it's results.

.....b