I want to take good quality pictures, like the ones in this forum. So I have this camera at my job and Its 279. Is this a good camera for almost professional quality for the price?
Or could you reccommend another camera for around the $300 price range that would be better? Thanks =]

http://store.kodak.com/store/ekconsus/en_US/pd/Z1015_IS_Digital_Camera/productID.145101200




We also have this one, how much better is it? I want to adjust the iso and shutterspeed like you guys do =] can either of these do that? Im not sure what that feature is =]


http://store.kodak.com/store/ekconsus/en_US/pd/Z980_Digital_Camera/baseProductID.145104000/productID.145104100




Thanks so much, I can give a little fg for some good oppinions =]

I have no personal experience of them, but they seem pretty capable.
They do have manual settings which you seem to want

Thanks =] Do you know if most of these users camers run off of a rechargable battery, or like AA's?

every DSLR that is worth its ounces, run off of Lithium Ion batteries which are always rechargeable ....

check out this blog post on purchasing. http://bitsofdata.blogspot. com/2009/12/7-tips-for-purchasing-camera-equipment.html

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This should help you decide.

This post was edited by Solarves on Dec 1 2009 03:14pm

Thanks for the link, but honestly it didnt help. Its aimed toward novices, yet I dont even know what a sensor is and it didnt tell me.. Well Ive decided on the Nikon D50, Over the D40 Simply because the D50 has the "Auto exposure Bracketing" Feature. Hopfully ive picked a good camera...