Digital Camera - CoasterBuzz

I want to second (or third) the recommendation on the Canon G2. I have one.

Also if you want one smaller to take on rides, again, I'll second the Canon Elph. I dont have one but wish I did.

I also stay away from anything Sony.

I say get a PowerShot S30 or S40! those both are amazing cameras! I have a pisture if you would like to see how well they take pictures. Album...

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*** This post was edited by nitro230ft on 9/26/2002. ***

How about a 13.89 Megapixel?

Raptor Pilot, that camera HAS to be at least 200 dollars. ;)

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Getting a B&M will always beat out having to take a BM.

I've got a Nikon Coolpix 2500 and I am very pleased on what it gives me. It can do like 15 second movies (depending on your memory card) and 16 in a row snapshots, as well as some modes for fireworks and night pictures and museum noflash. It works very good, and is easy to work. The downside is that its 300 bucks. It's got 2.0 megapixels and goes on compactflash. I've got a 128 mb memory card, and can take 220+ pictures on its highest quality, which is great. I got the card on sale for 70 bucks at Circuit City, which was good.

I highy reccomend the Coolpix 2500 because it's so easy and yields great results. It's also very small and compact, and can fit into your pocket. You can also buy the case and extra battery pack specially made for the camera ($40). You can fit the camera into your pocket too with the case. It's a great camera package.

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I lost my hat on Poison Ivy. How pathetic.

I have a olympus brio d 100 cheap and low maga pixel but it has an advanced photo eye making the pics much like that of something about a megapixel high. It is small durable and it takes smart media. I am a major geek and know my cameras. If u buy a 32 meg card and this cam plus some rechargeable batts. u will be in buisness to take many smaller but sharp awesome coaster pics. If u wanna see what this sucker can do at 80 mph im me at arlok789 or eamil me at arlok789@comcast.net to see the awesome shots it has taken on steel force and nitro. None on mf though cause i just wanted to ride and not take pics. :-)

Actually, if you wanted to just buy a normal camera, but not have to buy a scanner, when you get your film developed you can check off a little box that says "put photos onto a CD". I am not sure if thats what you were intending to do, but it makes it much easier. I was planning on buying a digital camera last year, but this was much easier and I saved a lot of money.

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The ice age killed the dinosaurs, we killed ourselves.

CobraRoller - Regular camera you cannot always get the image you want. you can waste a whole roll of film on one shot from a few angles and still not get what you wanted. Whereas with a digital camera, you can review your pictures before you even have to go home (in most cases). Many people complain about the price of digital compared to a regular or disposable, but if you take a lot of pictures, the film and development price typically outweighs the price of a digital.

CobraRoller, digitals are also great for taking just a few shots of something interesting and then Emailing to friends and family. That way you don't have to waste a roll of film or wait months to fill up the roll.

Also, it seems a waste to put 24 or 36 pics on a cd that will hold hundreds. Think of all the cds that you would have for all of the rolls of film you have taken over the years.

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The worst day at Cedar Point is better than the best day at work.

Kaldaim, CP ismyhome, you both have very good points in prooving me wrong. I just really hadn't thought about it much, but I don't really take that many pictures either. Once I take a picture I say, ok, cool, and move on. Oh well, it seems that digital is the way to go, so good luck on finding a good and affordable camera.

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The ice age killed the dinosaurs, we killed ourselves.

I would not say that you were wrong CobraRoller, we just gave a few advantages of the digital. You would have to have a lot of film developed to cover the cost of a new digital camera.

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The worst day at Cedar Point is better than the best day at work.

In the past, I had a Sony Mavica, which was really cool since it wrote the pictures directly to a floppy disc, but the picture quality wasn't great. There are some higher end Mavicas out there if you just want something easy to use. Right now I am using a Sony Cybershot DSC-P71, which does use a memory stick, but at 3.2 megapixels, has much higher picture quality.

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Yeah, you have a very good point. I just hadn't really given a lot of thought into it before I posted (of course I don't really know all too much about cameras to begin with). I suppose it is better to buy a digital. It saves money in the long run, and you don't have to go through the whole developing process.

It all really comes down to how much you are going to use the camera. If you take lots of pictures, it seems that you should be buying a digital. If you are like me and take pictures every once in a while, then you would probably be better off buying a normal camera.

Thanks for the input CP ismyhome.

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The top 3 all time cobrarolls.

1)Raptor's
2)Deja Vu's (times 3)
3)Batman Knight Flight's

I just saw a Wal-Mart ad that had a digital camera for about $140. It's a 2 megapixel. I don't know what features it has, but it may be worth looking into.

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The worst day at Cedar Point is better than the best day at work.

I say go with any sony cybershot camera. They are some of the smallest cameras that I have seen, they take the best quality pics for the number of mega-pixels that they have and they have some of the smallest delay from shutter to capture. Now if you want, you can use this "search" site find the camera that is right for you

http://www7.activebuyersguide.com/abg/nav/StartPageHandler.cfm?PID=12X7X102X24123X29698&option=Smart+Guide&CatID=2&RefID=12

The ultimate "pocket camera" would be the Minolta DiMAGE F100. Nothing is that small and delivers 4 megapixels. It is such an awesome camera. There are tons of manual controls and delivers perfect photo quality. It is small enough to slip into your pocket like a cell phone. It has gotten some of the best reviews I've ever seen and works like a dream. It is incredibly fast and there are few bad things about this camera. The optical viewfinder only shows 80% of the actual image and the LCD is hard to read in direct sunlight. The camera is available for a retail price of $499 but is going for $365 at BuyDig.com. The price is lowered every two weeks or so and will be at $325 or less by Christmas. I will be purchasing one very soon to replace my VERY BULKY Kodak DC 290. Jeff (Xbombman) knows how bulky my Kodak SC 290 is. I always take it when we go get updates for the site (ACN).

Compare Prices for Minolta DiMAGE F100 - PriceGrabber.com

Steves Digicams - Minolta DiMAGE F100 - User Review

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xbombman said:

http://dpreview.com - Do not buy a camera without doing research on that site.

Good idea... Be sure to look at http://www.dcresource.com as well. It's maintained by a fellow enthusiast in Northern California. Lots of his camera reviews include photo galleries of different parks. So make sure you check out either this site or the one Jeff mentioned before committing to one camera. Good luck!

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Hey Brian, long time no type. Steve's Digicams is also a great source for camera reviews.

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The Canon Powershot S330 is only 3.3 megapixels (more than enough), but is shorter in width, and about the same height and depth, as the Minolta DiMAGE F100.

This is the camera I have, and I love it! http://www.steves-digicams.com/2001_reviews/pdrm81.html

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