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It's Time To Upgrade Your Digital Camera.
This article is about buying Digital Cameras, whether for the first time or to update an older one. Its easy to understand and makes some good recommendations including some of the following excerpts:
- The 2-megapixel Nikon Coolpix 2100 is a good starter choice.
- The $279 Pentax Optio 230 is another 2-megapixel model. Unlike some other 2-megapixel cameras, this model has the ability to take TIFF images.
- The 2-megapixel or the 3.2-megapixel Canon PowerShot A70 -- each of which sell for around $279 -- are two other choices for the casual digital photographer.
- If you are ready for a 4- or 5-megapixel camera, consider the 4-megapixel $749 Leica Digilux 1 or the $799 Sony Cyber Shot DSC F717.
- With the exception of the compact and fast 6.2-megapixel Fujifilm FinePix F700 (which uses a special sensor and sells for around $500), 5-megapixels is the practical upper-limit for most affordable digital cameras.
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The Nikon Coolpix 2100 sucks. End of story there. I bought one a few months back and was SO unhappy with it. Not only is it fiddly, but it's exposure sucked a major big one. It was either really under or really over exposed and I couldn't take a decent picture with it for love nor money. I've since replaced it with an "old" Nikon Coolpix 2500 - now that's an awesome "newbies" digital camera.