what digital camera to buy?

[miami man]

I am looking to own my first digital camera and i am looking for something cheap so i can post some photos of parts to sell here so i can clean up the up staires. any suggestions?

[Charlie1717]

I think my wife has one that she never uses. Takes good pictures, she just uses her phone now. I'll let you know, it'd be supa cheap.

[Aaronbrook37]

Cell phone does the trick for me.

[PhoenixSHO]

stay away from sony , I got a HP now and its pretty good

[Chobobulous]

Ihave a sony a57 and i like it a lot.

[1990new]

Speaking from my personal experience.
I would suggest a Canon PowerShot ELPH SD1200 IS 10.0 MP
Small, light weight so easy to carry in your pocket.
I've had one of these for 4 years now. Picture quality is good and so far the camera has been trouble free.

They cost over $200 back then but there are several used ones on ebay at reasonable prices.

[TorqueEffect]

Canon, or Sony for simple snapshot cameras.

We have a 10 year old Sony digital camera that has been dropped, and beaten all to hell and back, and it still works perfectly fine. Though it doesn't use a Li-ion battery, it uses AA batteries, so no issues with replacing Lithium-ion batteries.

Though finally got my folks a couple years back a $100 Canon for Christmas, nice simple camera, and better than phone camera on the market (still).

[zoom zoom]

GoPro!

[eurotiva]

GoPro!

Gopro are only good for action stuff otherwise they are so so

[Prafeston]

If you just want a simple point and shoot for selling parts a nice phone is really all you need. Most even small cameras these days take pictures that are way larger than you'll need at like 12+MP! Most camera phones are like 4-8MP. I have a really nice DSLR Canon T1i and I used it a bunch several years ago when I first bought it. But over the last couple years I've barely used the thing cause the phones I've had shoot pretty decent pics.

[1990new]

Canon, or Sony for simple snapshot cameras.

We have a 10 year old Sony digital camera that has been dropped, and beaten all to hell and back, and it still works perfectly fine. Though it doesn't use a Li-ion battery, it uses AA batteries, so no issues with replacing Lithium-ion batteries.

Though finally got my folks a couple years back a $100 Canon for Christmas, nice simple camera, and better than phone camera on the market (still).

Ditto to this. Since this is your first digital camera and it needs to be inexpensive, I would suggest sticking with a simple easy to use snapshot camera. The camera in my smart phone is nice to have, but I use my little digital camera all the time because it is easier to just slip out the SD card to transfer the picture to a computer where I can organize them the way I want. I use the smart phone camera occasionally for pictures that I want to send to someone on the spot. The larger DSLR cameras are nice for professional quality shots but you will need to invest a good deal more money to get one of them, and you will need to do some studying in order to use all the features correctly.

[drddan]

Since this is your first digital camera and it needs to be inexpensive, I would suggest sticking with a simple easy to use snapshot camera. I use my little digital camera all the time because it is easier to just slip out the SD card to transfer the picture to a computer where I can organize them the way I want

This, is a good idea!

I have a Kodak C142, use it because of the SD card, as mentioned above. It takes quite good pictures, and I have had a couple peeps ask what I use because it takes such nice pics.
I think most cameras take good pics now. Get a semi name brand and dont spend a lot of $$$!

[scitzz]

Wife and I got matching GE point and shoots off of Tiger Direct a couple years ago. Nuthin' fancy, but they take decent pics, and were like 54 bucks a pop brand new. I just hunted Tiger Direct for a lot of good reviews on cheap point and shoots.

[Team Lightning]

I have had great service from Fuji point and shoots and my current camera is a Nikon DSLR.

[PhoenixSHO]

the stupid thing about sony , its their memory drive , they use their own sony flash drives which is not compatible with anything , grab one that uses generic SD cards. less hassle.