Girlfriend wants one.
Was thinking of getting her a buy.com refurbed Tom Tom One and a digital camera, surely footing myself in the "i payed more than you for Christmas gifts" and that'll allow me to get a cheaper, more meaningful "sweet gift".
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Nov. 23, 2008 7:06 p.m. PHeller Reader
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Nov. 23, 2008 7:37 p.m. ignorant SuperDork
I've had great luck with canon powershots. I have a panasonic Lumix now.. it's pretty good as a point and shoot.
http://forums.slickdeals.net/forumdisplay.php?f=9&sort=lastpost&order=desc... <-- slickdeals search for photo gear
also check out dpreview.com for reviews.
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Nov. 23, 2008 7:54 p.m. Tommy Suddard
I used to have a PowerShot G5. Great camera, but the shutter lag got really annoying. If you just want a small, basic camera, I'd recommend an HP. I had a little 6 megapixel HP that I only paid $99 for, and it went to Europe and back with me.
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Nov. 23, 2008 8:09 p.m. wherethefmi2000 Reader
I have a powershot 650 it's 12.1mp and I got it at costco for 299 with a printer and 1gb stick.
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Nov. 23, 2008 8:29 p.m. PHeller Reader
Ya, looking for something in the under $100 range.
She's not a picture critique, and would only need to print 5x7s
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Nov. 23, 2008 8:35 p.m. Tommy Suddard
Nevermind about the HP. I just found out they don't make cameras anymore.
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Nov. 23, 2008 8:35 p.m. rob_lewis Dork
I've had pretty good results with the Aiptek brands you can find at Target.
For Example: http://www.target.com/Aiptek-ISDV-MPEG4-Video-Camcorder/dp/B001G71V5O/sr=1-5/qid=1...
Good pictures and video.
-Rob
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Nov. 23, 2008 9:02 p.m. rebelgtp HalfDork
okay well before we just rattle off a million cheapos what is your price range you are looking at? You have to remember many of the "cheap" digital camera's are cheap for a reason. For inexpensive but still takes good pictures look at the Canon A590is. Panasonic is also making some great point and shoots these days as well. Nikon makes a couple good point and shoots but the good ones are far from "cheap".
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Nov. 23, 2008 11:02 p.m. PHeller Reader
I found some good reviews on the $85 Samsung S860.
I'm looking for pretty cheap, but good enough that I'm not ripping myself off. The girlfriend would not be happy if she couldn't figure out how to work a digital camera or lost pictures on it or something.
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Nov. 24, 2008 8:30 a.m. CrackMonkey Reader
The Canon mid-size cameras (like the A590 posted above) are like the Civics of the camera world. You can get smaller ones, better ones, cheaper ones, etc. But, for the price, they do what they're supposed to do and are reliable.
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Nov. 24, 2008 9:40 a.m. joey48442 Dork
A Canon 570 is only a little higher at 129 through Amazon. Ive been happy with Jamies, and my mom has one also, she like its. Crack Monkey is right.
I like it better than our Sony point and shoot.
Joey
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Nov. 24, 2008 7:40 p.m. pigeon Reader
A590 from NewEgg $105 + <$10 shipping.
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Nov. 24, 2008 9:25 p.m. rebelgtp HalfDork
pigeon wrote:
A590 from NewEgg $105 + <$10 shipping.
Get this camera...great deal...has full auto and full manual settings, it will do everything she would want and then some.
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