What's the Best Digital Camera for Around $100?

Really, the J20fd for $120? Usually see this camera closer to $99. I haven't been too impressed with the smaller fuji cameras, they come out quite a bit dark for my tastes, especially indoors. I've also seen a higher than average return rate for those cameras - usually a lens error issue. That being said, the J20 is nowhere as horrible as the Nikon s220/s230 models ... but you can do better. There are so many better choices out there while still remaining in that price range! Not to mention that major retailers are often willing to price match - especially if you're nice and are willing to pick up a memory card too. (Expect around $13 for an sd card). All of the following cameras take great pictures, and perform well in low light. (They all have a larger maximum lens opening than the fuji does, so they can get more light in = less blur, better low light pics.)

I'd take a look at the Canon A1100. Typically priced in the $120 range but you can easily find it on sale. (Downside for some: relies on AA batteries - but with 12 mp, a 4x optical zoom, video capability and auto scene recognition you do get more for your money.)

Even some of the newer Olympus cameras are doing pretty well, like the stylus 4010, normally $129, on sale for $109 at bestbuy. 12 megapixels, 4x optical zoom, overall good pictures, metal/fairly durable camera body - but it does use an xd or microsd card (use a micro sd card with the included orange colored adapter and you'll spend around $13).

To be fair, if there's one camera I tend to recommend above most others it would be the Canon sd1200. Yes, pricier at usually $149 but it is one of the best cameras I've seen out this year, and not too hard to find on sale. (12 mp, 3x zoom, great picture quality, movie mode, auto scene mode, and a great programmable mode too.)

(Note: I've been a photographer for the past ten years and I've been selling cameras for the last two.)

i just bought a kodak easy share z1485is and it has all the features of the more expensive digital cameras with 14 mega pixels and a 5x optical and 5x digital zoom, takes great pics with ease and can be bought for around $99 online

Is canon Model #sd1200 12mp or 10mp?

i bought a nikon coolpix model L20. i also bought one for my daughter. its a really good camera and takes great pics. its $99.

This sounds suspiciously like an advertisement. Canon A480 = $99, much better camera

Got this camera six months ago. Great camera,takes great pictures,even in low light and thats hard for a camera in this price range .Movies are good quality. lots of features.Well pieased.

Even the cheapest film camera still has more resolution then even highest digital camera. Film is roughly equal to around 2 million pixels, in other words 2 Gig. I have yet to see a Digital Camera is even close to a Gig. Don't be fooled, FILM IS HIGH DEFINITION. It is a shame we have not moved forward in photography technology, we have actually stepped backward. Nothing more pathetic than gathering around the Christmas and taking a family picture with your 3 Mega Pixel Cell Phone camera. In 20 years when your children or grand children want to look at photographs from your past, good luck try finding a cd rom drive to view your pictures, and oh yeah, if you did happen to print your digital pictures, there won't be much to look at but faded pictures. Film has been proven to last more than a hundred years and you can also print infinite amounts of copies, if you have the negative that will look just as good even in a hundred years! Don't be sucker, for cherished memories, use film!

I like Nikon better myself...I have one too,and I love it

"Even the cheapest film camera still has more resolution then even highest digital camera."...@@@ Sorry that simply isn't true. While some FILMS may have higher resolution Capability, many CAMERAS made for film, especially cheap ones, are not capable of the same resolution- the lens usually being the reason. AND, some films just aren't all that sharp. I have worked in photography since 1969 and was a full-time Pro for 23 years. Digital has many shortcomings, especially in a single-image photo, but resolution is not really one of them anymore. The FACT is that large format high resolution photography is Dead. NO Agency or publication I know of is asking for it. Kodachrome is Dead- so, High Resolution Archival slide film is Dead. No One Hires Darkroom Technicians anymore, Kodak closed all of their labs and support facilities. The last time I looked at a box of German Baryta Silver based paper, the price was so high I almost fell down. Sadly, High Quality Film and Chemical based photography is back where it began- in the hands of a few wealthy dilettantes. Better stay current, and keep updating to the newest format, buy a dye transfer digital archival printer and make the best of the situation. I sold my big glass, I'm done. Digital all the way. There are some new techniques coming in now where multiple images can be combined to cover a vast tonal scale, beyond what even film was capable of...even with burning and dodging and contrast filters and poly graded paper, and all the nonsense we used to have to go through. So, check it out, get off the pity pot, and join the real world, the place where all the professionals have already gone.

Count me as a Panasonic fan. Their system is more user friendly for me. I have the $169.00 12 megapixels and five or six zoom. Takes great pictures as far as I'm concerned.

Jaydn Rein could you give any advice, im looking for a camera thats very good for macro shots i had a samsung nv12 i think it was and it was great but it fell into water do you have any insight on one thats under 300

I just bought a new Nikon Coolpix for $150.00 is this a good buy?