Guys I know nothing about whats good or not. I am looking for a easy to use camera that takes killer photos and isnt to big. Something I can down load to my PC pretty easy .

 

If you are just looking for a carpicturetaker, you should be able to pick up a good 3MP camera for @ $100. Let me know if you are looking for anything specific, I've bought two cameras in the last 6 months so I have done more research on this than I did on the Z.

Also check out www.dpreview.com its the best site for camera reviews I've found.

 

Our little Kyocera is an awesome 4 MP camera that will also do 15 and 30 frame-per-second video w/ audio. It has all of the standard macros for different settings, and it will fit in your shirt pocket.

Here's a link....

http://www.kyoceraimaging.com/produc...itemnum=300356

You can plug this camera into your PC with the provided USB cable and it appears as just another Hard drive, so it's super easy to transfer images with it.

 

Any newer camera can download to your PC in an instant. It's so easy nowadays.

I've had a few digital camera's by Olympus and they are amazing. It's the only brand my wife has liked too. My current cam is only 2MP but it has a 10x optical zoom which is giving me amazing pics.

Sony makes killer cameras...at a price.

I'm not fond of Kodak's stuff. I have yet to use one of their digital cameras where the viewfinder actually shows what the final pics will be. It's always off by a bit.

 

I agree about the Kodak comment...not a fan. Our SLR is a Canon Rebel EOS....6.3 MP...VERY nice, but it's not a small "carpicturetaker" camera that you can carry without a camera bag....It's a true digital SLR.

 

ditto, i love my Rebel SLR, but it really isn't the small / one-stop-shop that you're looking for.

There was a nifty little 5MP camera i saw the other day at best buy that was the size of a credit card (about 1/2" thick!) but i can't remember what brand it was, sorry!

 

I dont know what your budget is, a small good would be Canon SD-400 ($310), a good 5MP camera that does have decent pictures and features. It fared better than Sony and Nikon ultracompacts. Thats next on my list. I currently have Nikon coolpix 775 2MP from nearly 5 years ago.

 

Photos above with Olympus C-750 ULTRA ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA.

 

Try the Pentax Optio S5i, nice pocket size(smaller than a Cannon elph), have one and love it.

 

WOW I checked out all the ones you guys listed and they all seem the same to me. I know NOTHING about camera's I do know something small that takes nice photos is all I care about. Not trying to take pro shots just looking to make a few cars look good.

 

Go with at least 2 Mega-Pixels. Anything lower might be passable but the higher the MP the larger you can print out the pics.

Optical Zoom: think of it as the normal zoom of a regular camera. The higher optical zoom the better. However, this often makes the camera physically bigger. I have a 10x optical and my camera is a monster.

Digital Zoom: the camera does some work to mimic zooming in. Quality gets pixelated and generally using a digital zoom sucks.


Here's a full resolution 2MP shot (my current favorite shot BTW).

Mt St Helens, WA

A camera with higher MP would be larger and more detailed. 2MP suffices for me though.