Best Canon For $200 or Less?

[meanhoe]

i'm trying to find a good canon for $200 or less for a friend. any suggestions?

thank you in advance.

meanhoe

[n1as]

For Christmas I bought an A570IS for my wife. It ate batteries for lunch. I had B&H ship me another 570 and that one had an intermittent shutter release button and was also battery picky.

In the 2nd shipment I also ordered an A720IS. What a nice little camera. IQ is better than the 570, the camera's focus speed is noticeably faster as well. Buttons work a bit better and the 720 is a slightly bigger package making it easier to hold.

The main problem remains flash recharge time (long) but that's what happens with only 2 AA batteries.

Battery life is good so far with the new camera.

- Keith -

[imanyabob]

You can check HERE (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=search&A=search&Q=&sb=bs%2Cupper%28ds%29&sq=asc&ac=&bsi=&bhs=t&shs=&ci=8612&at=Brand_Canon&at=Price_+125+%3C%3D++%3C%3D+199.99&basicSubmit=Submit+Query)

I have SD100 (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/484781-REG/Canon_1861B001_PowerShot_SD1000_Digital_Elph.html) as my pocket camera (it really fits in my pockets!) that I carry all the time for just in case because I don't always carry my DSLR ;).

[meanhoe]

thanks for the input. i will convey the suggestions to my friend. :)

[Amfamora]

Might be a bit over budget but its a good camera!

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/518571-REG/Canon_2420B001_PowerShot_SX100_IS_Digital.html

[JDL7538]

i'm trying to find a good canon for $200 or less for a friend. any suggestions?

thank you in advance.

meanhoe

For a Canon under $200, I highly recommend the A720 IS. It invariably produces sharp pictures with that wonderful Canon color.

On Amazon.com it goes for under $190 from very dependable vendors.

Not only do the major internet reviews, like dpreviews, give it top marks, but there are almost none if any user complaints about lemons needing to be exchanged, as there are with the A570 IS, for example. All the bugs in A720 IS must have been worked out before production. Its lens is better and zooms longer than the A570 IS.

If you'd like a comparison of images from a variety of cameras, there are any number of websites that provide this. One of the best is:

http://www.cameras.co.uk/html/sample-images-1.cfm

[Franasia]

I am personally in the market for this one after a thorough research of price vs. features/convenience.

This would be my second take everywhere camera (may end up being my primary camera).

It can be found for $149.00 at Staples.

Hope it helps.

Cheers

[jonnythan]

The SD1000 is a great ultracompact, but the A720 is going to be a better camera... and IS is a fantastic feature.

[gerrydee]

I am personally in the market for this one after a thorough research of price vs. features/convenience.

This would be my second take everywhere camera (may end up being my primary camera).

It can be found for $149.00 at Staples.

Hope it helps.

Cheers
I just went to check it out and they do not even stock it. Maybe a link would help? :rolleyes:

[SuzyView]

I told one of my students to get the A570IS. She did. She loves it, but it does eat batteries. That's okay. Just get rechargeables. Young people don't want to do that, they'd rather plug in a battery. Weird.

I just recommended the S5 to several people. It's $319 most of the time at Amazon. For under $200, though, any of the SD's with IS are good. I just like the grippy thing on the A series. :)

[jonnythan]

I just went to check it out and they do not even stock it. Maybe a link would help? :rolleyes:

http://www.staples.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StaplesProductDisplay?zipCode=12180&jspStoreDir=Staples&catalogId=10051&productId=174899&cmArea=SEARCH&errorUrl=zipcode&ts=1201104760845&langId=-1&storeId=10001&cmSearchKeyword=sd1000

It's $199 at Staples. I got it for $149 at Best Buy three weeks ago. It's currently $165 at Buydig.com.

[tlg5464]

Staples B&M have it for 150.00, use 12% off coupon to get extra saving. http://www.staplescentral.com/common/emailtoolpdfs/08-CustAppCard-Winter-FINAL.pdf

[kcp]

Any idea how it does in low light situations? I'm trying to find a good pocket camera that doesn't produce dark, grainy pictures like my Casio Z75.

Thanks!

[bayoubooger]

it'll put your "casio" to shame!

[Nidz]

Is there any ultra compacts that come with a lithium battery and last a bit longer? I want one that I can put my DSLR CF cards into and use so I don't have to change megia formats.

[jonnythan]

Very few cameras use CF cards these days... and *no* ultracompacts do.

[Jon]

Is there any ultra compacts that come with a lithium battery and last a bit longer? I want one that I can put my DSLR CF cards into and use so I don't have to change megia formats.
Lithium battery and CF cards? Not currently. You'd need to look at some of the discontinued (for quite a while) G- or S- models for that, I think.