I this a decent digital camera....

Demiurge

for $200?

I don't need anything fancy, so I'd like to know if this is worth the money.

Digital Camera

Any opinions would be nice, I'll check the responses in the morning, if any.

Shizelbs

I found this website to be very helpful when deciding which camera to get. We ended up getting a Kodak and have been very happy with it.

Steve's Digicams

Demiurge

Thanks, I did read that review earlier this evening and it was convincing, but then I read some customer reviews on other sites and the opinions were ALL OVER the place. Very hard to decide.

I don't need anything fancy, I'd just like something that takes decent pictures.

Shizelbs

That site also provides a number of sample pictures that you can compare to other cameras. Did you see those?

brettw22

A friend of mine has a Kodak digi and I think the pictures out of that thing have to be some of the most crappy pics I've seen taken. Couldn't begin to guess what model it is, but knowing her she's not all that into spending decent money on quality stuff, so it's probably a basic model........

I would definitely look at the Nikon Coolpix line from Electric Sam . Their prices are incredibly reasonable. I'd look at the 5200 model which is selling there for $200 below retail and is a great camera.

Tour2ma

Don't you just hate it when you throw a typo in your title and can't edit it?

FWIW here's Consumer Reports findings. They just updated their reviews for this month's issue.
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Quick Picks

Best values for simple snapshots:
1 Nikon Coolpix 2200, $138, CR Best Buy
2 Canon PowerShot A60 CR Best Buy $168
5 Canon PowerShot S1IS $349
7 Canon PowerShot A75 CR Best Buy $188
15 Fujifilm, $160, CR Best Buy

Unlike the Olympus Camedia C-740 Ultra Zoom (6), these 2- and 3-megapixel models all have a long battery life. The Canons have manual controls; the Canon PowerShot S1IS (5) costs more because it has a 10x zoom, image stabilization, and other features, while the Canon PowerShot A75 (7) has the longest battery life in this group. The Canon PowerShot A60 (2) is the only one of this group that can't print directly to a Pictbridge-enabled printer, but prints directly to a Canon printer. The inexpensive Nikon Coolpix 2200 (1) is small enough to fit in a pocket and has excellent battery life, but no manual controls. The inexpensive Fujifilm FinePix A330 (15) also fits in a pocket, but has a longer next-shot delay than the others and no manual controls.

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Best values if you'll often edit shots:
26 Olympus C-765 Ultra Zoom $349
28 Olympus Stylus 410 $290
34 Olympus D-580 Zoom $219
29 Kodak EasyShare CX7430 $229
31 Konica DiMage Z2 $349
52 HP R707 $349

All are 4- to 5-megapixel models. The Olympus EasyShare C-765 Ultra Zoom (26) has a 10x zoom, manual controls, and very good battery life, but no image stabilization. The Olympus Stylus 410 (28), Kodak EasyShare CX7430 (29), Olympus D-580 Zoom (34), and HP R707 (52) are all small enough to fit in a pocket and have excellent battery life, but only the HP R707 (52) has manual controls. The Konica DiMage Z2 (31) has a 10x zoom and manual controls, but lacks image stabilization and takes 3 seconds between shots

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Best values for extensive editing of casual photos; both are CR Best Buys:
63 Kodak DX7630 CR Best Buy $360
64 Olympus C-60 CR Best Buy $396

As 6-megapixel models, these give you more flexibility than 4- and 5-megapixel cameras to enlarge and manipulate images. But their 3x zoom lenses make them better suited to casual photography than more serious shooting. The Kodak DX7630 (63) is smaller; the Olympus C-60 (64) can print directly to a printer.

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Best choices for serious photography:
66 Nikon Coolpix 8700 $650
69 Konica Minolta Dimage A2 $729

These 8-megapixel cameras are suitable if you routinely make jumbo prints of enlarged images and take ambitious photos that require the maximum amount of photographic control. They have manual controls and long zoom-lens ranges of 5x to 8x. Both come with a charger and can print directly to Pictbridge-enabled printers. But they're also large and, at about a pound (the Nikon) and a pound and a half (Konica Minolta), very heavy.
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Strong Bad

Thanks for the link to that review site. I've been doing alot of research on a new digicam. I'm going by way of the Digital SLR. I originally was looking at the Canon Digital Rebel, but since discovered that Nikon released the D70. All reviews I have read on other sites all point to the Nikon D70 as being a solid winner and tremendous quality for the money. One site did a head to head between the Nikon and the Canon with the Nikon clearly winning in every catagory while only being about a hundred bucks more.

Check out this site too for more reviews-

www.dpreview.com


John

Demiurge

Thanks for the responses. I think I'm going to wait it out awhile longer. I'm really into the Canon Powershot G6, but that will have to wait a little while.