Bad324 Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Well the DSLR I got for the fiance last year is too big and complicated so she doesn't use it. So now I'm looking to sell it and replace with somethng more point and shoot like. I found this Canon and it seems to be the type I'm looking for. Just looking for opinions and other options in the style for under $200 http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-SX170-Digital-Black/dp/B00EFILR6E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 The wife just got a Nikon Coolpix L820. Pretty nice little camera, lots of photo options as far as landscape, panorama, decent zoom, blah, blah, blah. She bought from Amazon, and was able to get the camera and a camera accessory kit (camera bag, cleaning kit, tabletop tripod, standard tripod, 32g memory card) all for right around $250 if I recall. No complaints at all so far, but we've only had it for about 3 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 (edited) I really like my Sony Cybershot DSC-HX300. It has a 50X optical zoom, which is REALLY amazing. Then it has a lot more zoom past optical but you lose the definition of course. My only complaint would be when I'm using manual focus mode, and I only use that when there are a lot of items between me and the target, is that you're manually moving the focus ring but the adjustments are electronic and the manual movements of the ring are not the exact movements of the focus. Here is a camera review i stumbled across. http://cameras.reviewed.com/features/2013-best-of-year-camera-awards?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=cpc The below was 40 yards away. Edited December 5, 2013 by Gump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaCinci Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 It all depends on what types of pictures she takes, how flexible she wants the camera to be (i.e. , aperture, focal length, etc), how picky about the quality she is and how much you have to spend. Go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Subjects: People, our puppy and sight seeing landscape type stuff Doesn't have to have a lot of crazy features as she likely won't use them. Isn't terribly picky about quality just that they look better than an iphone camera. budget is around $200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myhondas Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 you really can't go wrong with any of the middle to high end p&s from cannon or nikon . optical zoom rating and mp and $ are a good place to start the comparison. I also consider ease of carry cause if it is not easy to carry it won't be. I have the nikon coolpic 16mp with 14x zoom. great little unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester_ Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) We have a t3i and a 5d mk iii for fancy stuff. For a point and shoot we have a Panasonic Lumix that we are really impressed by. Edited December 6, 2013 by Jester_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted December 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 ended up just going with the one in the link since the free 16bg card addition ended today. I'm guessing more than likely it will be good enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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