My wife and I got a sony cybershot P92 or something like that for $350. It is a 5 Megapixel. We were actually just going for the 3.2 megapixel cybershot P72 which was only like $280, but at the last minute we got greedy :)
Anyway, so far it's working great. It is small, comes with battery charger and batteries, does movies at 160x100 or 640x480, 3X optical zoom, and uses memory stick, not Xd unfortunately. Oh well though, it is pretty good. We have been pleased. Phillip On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 05:56:23PM -0600, Richard Esplin wrote: > My wife and I would like to purchase a digital camera for Christmas. I was > hoping to get your input as to what kind of camera we should buy. Neither of > us are real photography buffs. We just want a camera that we can use to > record family moments and occasional hiking trips. Here's our wish list: > > Under $300 > At least 4 mega-pixel (so that we can print 8X10s) > Easy to use (for us amateurs) > Good in varied lighting conditions > Cheap to maintain (standard batteries, durable, etc) > 3x optical zoom or better > Linux support as a camera and as a webcam > If it could take a minute or so of video and audio, that would be a bonus > > I've done some window shopping, checked the list at gphoto.org, and read some > reviews, but I want to know what experiences you have had. Can I get all this > for my budgeted price? What manufacturers do you recommend? What models? > Thanks in advance, > Richard Esplin > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -- Phillip Hellewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
