"Peetie Wheatstraw" wrote in message
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Years ago I bought a cheapo Digital Concepts camera for $15 - 10 rebate.
Didn't even have a flash. Still works, but it's more a toy than a cam.

I'm strapped for cash, but I've got $150 in Sears gift cards. Figger
I'll buy myself a real beginners digcam for Xmas.

What's good? What's bad? I once asked an Office Max sales guy about
their display of maybe 20 cams and got blank, blank stares.

It's just me and my crazy dawg here. Do any beginners cams (bc's) have
something more sophisticated than 2 and 10 second shutter delays?

I assume they all have software that'll allow USB 2.0 downloads
to .jpg files and the like ...

The only bc's I've seen with as much as 1 yr warranty are Canon.

Sears has Canon PowerShot A560 7mp for $150. Anybody know anything about
that
make/model? Know of anything better for comparable $?

Thx,
Peetie


You're asking for a huge amount of information, and it's unlikely anyone is
going to write a book for you when there's already so much information on
the web.

Start he
http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,2705,5,00.asp

Take a look at some of the Olympus Stylus models. Some are inexpensive, and
there's also a way to get a great deal on them, as well as other Olympus
models: Buy a refurbished unit FROM OLYMPUS, via eBay.

Example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/OLYMPUS-Stylus-7...em250194060241

This is the seller's profile:
http://myworld.ebay.com/olympusauctions