Too confusing....

[cape cod basser]

[ol man river]

make sure that the camera is 'her size' ..she may not want a bulky lens/ etc..you KNOW its going to wind up in her purse

[cape cod basser]

Didn't know I needed to spend a thousand dollars on a camera to get a little friendly advice around this forum...sorry to interupt...

[Sneezy Beltran]

Ok, I'll bite.

No, imho no one needs to spend a thousand dollars on a camera to get a little friendly advice.

If I remember correctly your original post was asking about a good camera in the $150 dollar price range.

I know some folks have bought $150 dollar cameras and been happy with them, but I haven't.

I probably went through 4-5 cheap cameras before I bought my first decent one, and in my opinion they all sucked. They were slow as shit and took crappy pictures. So therefor I couldn't personally recommend a "good" $150 camera for you. The only honest advice I could have given would be to save your money and use cell phone cameras until you could afford something a little nicer, and you probably didn't want to hear that, so I just didn't reply.

I'm not saying there's not a camera out there in your price range that you wouldn't be happy with, I'm just saying I don't know of one.

If your price range was say $300-$500, it'd be a whole different story.

[RoadrashPaul]

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Wow .... maybe some of us didn't respond because we didn't have any good advice for you. I could have went and done the same research you did and saw that some people like a particular camera and some hate it. Same thing you already came up with. I would have been no help. I also agree with Sneezy fully.

Probably the best advice I can give you is go to a store that sells them. Play with them all and buy the one you like the best.

[smalljawguy]

Coops probably right about the cell phone pics. Heck, my wife has a decent little Olympus point / shoot cam and my Droid takes better photos.

[cape cod basser]

Well thanks for the responses... That is all I was looking for.. My limit is low at around $250.. wish I could spend the $$$ for an SLR but we just can't do it.. All the stuff you read makes it sound like some of the "middle of the road" cameras are actually a little better than the $100 ones but I just didn't know what I was looking at....
Again, I was just looking for honest , no frills, lay it on the line opinions if there was something better in my price range..
Thanks to you all for the responses.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

[Mustang5ohhh]

Bought one of these for my daughter ... great little camera.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Ca...44131

[RoadrashPaul]

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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Ca...44131</td></tr></table>

There you go. This is from someone who makes their living taking pictures Thank you Richard

[cape cod basser]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by Mustang5ohhh &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Bought one of these for my daughter ... great little camera.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Ca...44131</td></tr></table>

Thanks Richard, Ordered one today.
Thanks to you all for the advice.
MERRY CHRISTMAS

[Mustang5ohhh]

Pat ... Hope she enjoys it !

Happy Holidays to you and the ones closest to you.

Rich