cheap digital camera needed

[+ssbn598]

I need an inexpensive digital camera for geocaching and fishing. It needs to be fairly small with a zoom. Any ideas?

 

thanks

[+XopherN71]

What price range, 'inexpensive' is a relative term.

[+MarshMonsters]

I love my Canon digital Elph. It is about the size of a credit card. And about 1/2 inch thick. It fits into pockets real well. It runs under $200. My husband and I bought one three years ago and it has held up through hiking, camping, and countless outings. Sometimes you can get a package that includes a photo printer.

[+Miragee]

Here is one on eBay that is just like one I've been using for more than a year. It takes great pictures.

[+DaFunkyFrogs]

We bought a Kodak Easy Share camera a few months ago. It came with a photoprinter bundle, takes decent pictures, has zoom and other functions,fits in a shirt pocket, and only cost $130. Not too bad for banging around in my caching bag.

Edited March 27, 2008 by DaFunkyFrogs

[+Freth]

I just got an e-mail today that Circuit City is having a sale on a Sony Cybershot camera for $149. Sonystyle.com has a Cybershot 7.2 megapixel for $129.

Edited March 27, 2008 by Freth

[+JohnnyVegas]

I need an inexpensive digital camera for geocaching and fishing. It needs to be fairly small with a zoom. Any ideas?

 

thanks

A price range would help.

THere are a lot a decent D cameras in the $125.00-$175.00 and those to many people are low priced.

If that is to much to spend, try e-bay or craigs list.

[Zoptrop]

I got one a Target for $20. No zoom though. Ended up using it as an FTF prize in a cache later on.

[+XopherN71]

I got one a Target for $20. No zoom though. Ended up using it as an FTF prize in a cache later on.

 

I don't know why, but I find that funny.

[gitarmac]

I just got an e-mail today that Circuit City is having a sale on a Sony Cybershot camera for $149. Sonystyle.com has a Cybershot 7.2 megapixel for $129.

 

I just got a sony dsc s-730 for 116 at circuit city. YOu need a memory card but they had the 2 gig one for half off. My friend has a higher end sony, I just wanted one for geocaching and hiking and stuff and didn't want to spend much as I have gotton a lot of new toys lately. I origionally was thinking of something from kodak or canon but that was the cheapest one that still had decent features. It's pretty neat!

 

It takes 2 AA batteries which is nice because one of my new toys was a charger and eesop batteries from thompson distribution. I also have some other AA batteries that did not perform well but I think that cool charger can revive them. I will have plenty of batteries so if they don't last long it's not big deal.

[+TeamGumbo]

Not sure what cheap is to you, but I recently bought a Canon A570IS and I am very happy with it. It is $136 at Amazon, and well worth it.

[+Sileny Jizda]

I'd get any of the Canon A series cameras that are on sale. They usually run between $100-$150, take great photo's, reliable as heck and take SD cards. I've worn the heck out of ours in the past year with over 3,000 shots so far and it's still ticking.

[+Prime Suspect]

I need an inexpensive digital camera for geocaching and fishing. It needs to be fairly small with a zoom. Any ideas?

 

thanks

Check on Woot!. They're having a Woot-off today, so one could pop up at any time.

[+goathag]

I need an inexpensive digital camera for geocaching and fishing. It needs to be fairly small with a zoom. Any ideas?

 

thanks

I have an old HP digital with zoom. You can have it if you like, as I have upgraded. Email me.

[+The Sneaky Snakes]

I have a Sony Cybershot DSC-S60 that I've really liked. I also do a lot of fishing and this model has a nice waterproof shell that can be had for about $30 now on ebay. The shell also fits the DSC-S90 model, which is nearly identical but it has a larger lcd and comes with rechargeable batteries. It's a 4MP camera and It's been a great little camera. It's also a good camera for short little video clips - it takes movies at 30 frames per second. I haven't priced the camera itself on ebay lately, but the model is a few years old, so you can get it pretty cheaply. I once 'upgraded' to one of the newer cybershots (a 7 MP camera) and didn't like it as well as this one so I took it back to the store. It didn't feel as solidly built and had less features that I considered more important than megapixels. Go for the DSC-S90 model for the larger LCD. If/when I need to get another point-and-shoot camera, I'd buy this same camera in a heartbeat. You can check out all it's features at Steve'sDigicams.com - it also received a great review there.

Edited March 30, 2008 by The Sneaky Snakes

[texun]

I need an inexpensive digital camera for geocaching and fishing. It needs to be fairly small with a zoom. Any ideas?

 

thanks

 

I have a number of the Canon A series and agree they are very good cameras. I picked up a Nikon L11 for around $90 at Wal-Mart and it does fine in good lighting but it is very weak for night use. I wanted the Nikon for the size. I find that it fits in my shirt pocket better than the Canon A series, but for overall quality the Nikon takes a distant second place.

 

Everyone has their owe preferences. For me, a camera should use AA batteries (I use rechargeables) that I can swap in the field if needed and a good SD card. I ignore the digital zoom ratings but optical zoom is a plus.

 

I like to check out this site before making my move.

 

Hope this helps.