Please help guys

[freakykid85]

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Budget

* What budget have you allocated for buying this camera? Please be as specific as possible.

around 200$-220$

Size

* What size camera are you looking for? Or does size not matter at all to you?

Size does not matter


How many megapixels will suffice for you?
7-8 is more than enough.......


* What optical zoom will you need? (None, Standard = 3x-4x, Ultrazoom = 10x-12x, Other - Specify)
ultrazoom if i get it in my budget or standard is not a prob


* How important is “image quality” to you? (Rate using a scale of 1-10)
9


Do you care for manual controls?
not really

General Usage

* What will you generally use the camera for?
Family Functions, on a vacation (trecking), with friends, parties outdoor and indoor, day and night

* Will you be making big prints of your photos or not?
not really, cause i prefer viewing it from my computer

Will you be shooting a lot of indoor photos or low light photos?
yes a lot

Will you be shooting sports and/or action photos?
action photos

Miscellaneous

Are there particular brands you like or hate?
i dont know much so noneee


Are there particular models you already have in mind?
i saw the kodak easyshare v803 and i really liked it, it looked really nice the black one. And it kept me thinking about it....lol
also i like sony, casio, (canon and nikon are good but i dont like the looks somehow.....)


(If applicable) Do you need any of the following special features? (Wide Angle, Image Stabilization, Weatherproof, Hotshoe, Rotating LCD)
yes if it comes in budget offcorse

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also i am located in INDIA so its preety expensive here compared to USA.......so is there any good website that could do international shipping ?


THANKS A LOT
Nj

[shahmatt]

For low light you should consider Fuji cameras. For your budget I would say the Fuji F20, or Z3. These are pure automatic Point and Shoot cameras that have excellent high ISO's and with 3x zoom. If you can go up a bit more pick up the F30 or F31FD instead. These are basically the same as the F20 except with manual controls, higher ISO capability, and much better battery life. The F31FD has face detection (FD) over the F30.

If you want more zoom, consider the Fuji S6500FD, which has a 10x zoom and starts with a 28mm wide angle lens.

[freakykid85]

hi shahmatt, thanks a lot for your reply. i am planin to buy a sony w55 or a canon a560.......but i am really confused cause the canon uses AA batries and the sony has a li on battries i guess.........now the canon comes in use when am off trecking and where there is no electricity i can use the a strip of AA battries where as sony has a much better battery life but i cant charge it without n e electricity.

so am thinking which one should i buy........the sony looks better than the canon but the canon has 4x optical where as sony has a 3x optical zoom..........

guys/photographers/gurus...........please help me decide the camera...........

thanks a lot
Nj