Well ill be going to france in a couple months as part of the french club at my school, and i want to capture all the moments
and i want a good camera that shoots with great quality, want it around 150$ max maybe
idk anything bout cameras tho, and was wondering if i could be helped, or if maybe its better to just go for a higher priced one

For that price, get a used film SLR and shoot film, you can always get your negatives scanned for relatively cheaply when you get the film developed, and the images will be much better than any equivalently priced digital camera.

Probably won't happen, do what Veilside said.
e/ Photography ain't cheap!

This post was edited by TheBlackRose66 on Feb 7 2009 03:36pm

well whats the best i can get NEW for 150-200

For $200 you prob. could get MAYBE an 8mp family point-and-shoot.

well i kinda just want something that takes decent pictures, i dont want some of the equipment u guys have lol >< because i know u guys proly paid 1k++ for ur gears
such high quality pictures nd all u guys have

like that picture u have of the water dripping....how in the world did u do that!?!??!?!?!!

This post was edited by brian_6905 on Feb 7 2009 07:16pm

With expensive gear and good timing lol


edit/ And if you just want a simple point-and-shoot, you don't need to do much research.
I would just go into your local Futureshop/Bestbuy etc. and talk to them, explain to them
what you plan on taking pictures of and they can most likely help you out in finding a good point-and-shoot for that.




They won't be able to help much if you want to talk pro or anything like that though.

This post was edited by TheBlackRose66 on Feb 7 2009 08:38pm

youll proberbly be looking at a nice p&s. id get a good panasonic for that money if you can stretch ur budget a bit id go for a Lumix DMC-TZ5

This post was edited by doyleo on Feb 8 2009 03:27am

A film camera. New or second hand makes no difference, unlike a digital camera a film one is still good, even 50 years after it was made. A nikon F released in the late 50's still produces amazing quality photos.
You can get a good film camera with automatic exposure setting for pretty cheap, and it will take photos better than any $1000 digital camera.



Anything can take decent photos, even a phone camera is good enough (Nokia N95 for one). A second hand Rollei TLR will take much better photos than any $3k DSLR, and will retain it;s value long after the DSLR is worth jack.

The water drip photo is incredibly easy to do, you just need good ambient light levels, a sturdy surface to have the camera on and a camera that can shoot at about 1/500th, which is any manual camera from the 40's onwards really.

I really wouldn't reccomend getting a new digicam for that price, it just isn't worth it in my opinion.

i disagree.


since you know nothing about cameras and are going to france a flim camera will only take a limited amount of photos (however much film you buy) and you have to develop etc when you return. The next problem is when you do develop your photos and want to show them to a group of people in a presentation you're gonna have to scan all of the photos. and remember with a film camera if you make a mistake once ur likely to make it another x amount of times without knowing that you've made it until you get all of your spoiled photos back!

a point and shoot digital camera and the Panasonic TZ5 should dodge all of the problems ive mentioned and you will take much better (not necessary quality) but much better shots.



hope this helps!

This post was edited by doyleo on Feb 8 2009 12:23pm