Affordable camera with great focus?

So I'm looking for a good, tough, affordable, easy to use camera that has great focus. Like depth of field and great stuff like that: D. I'm currently still a student, so a price range from $100-$200 would be great: D. Nikon or Canon would be the two brands I prefer. Kodak falls apart too easily.

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I'm a huge fan of Canon Powershot. I'm on my second, only because I had my first for YEARS and then fell in the mud with it. Technically it still works: P

Specifically I like the kind with the curve along the left side (if you're looking towards the lens) not the flat Elph kind.

Like these ones:
http://www.amazon.com/...00908BQCY/

http://www.amazon.com/...005I6DVC0/

This camera is great. It has 1080p hd video unlike the canon powershot which only has 720p hd ready video.

http://comparefroggy.tumblr.com/post/57669820151/fujifilm-finepix-f660exr-16-0-mp-cmos-1080p-hd-digital

You won't get tough.

This is bridge camera territory, and Fujifilm are better than either here, look at their S4250 (AA batteries) or SL300 (rechargeable) both have viewfinders and the manual controls you need. Canon don't have viewfinders at this price, and only the truly stupid would buy an L-series Nikon.

Control of depth-of-field on bridge cameras is rudimentary at best, but if you go for, 'Affordable,' your options are limited.

All cameras can focus to infinity and if they don't, they're broken. DOF is controlled by aperture size but at your price level, you won't get aperture control at all. Here's what you can do though. If you are looking to shoot pictures with short DOF, making backgrounds blur easily, get the lowest f/numbered camera lens you can find. When shooting, stay as close to the subject as possible with the subject as far as possible to the background. Shoot in relatively low light to force the camera to use a low f/number to get the effect.

Background blur is 50% technique and 50% equipment.

With compact cameras, the best you can do to achieve limited DoF is to have a moderate telephoto lens. But due to the small size of the sensors, this is going to work against you. Still, with the right camera and lens, you can still get some degree of blur, even though it won't be as good as a DSLR.

Here is a webpage showing how to achieve background blur - even with some compact cameras, such as a Canon SX130.

http://www.althephoto.com/concepts/selectivefocus.php

If you want to do 'restricted depth of field' (i.e.blurred background) ideally you need a camera with good controls, and with a physically larger sensor, thus a DSLR is best. You might get a second hand one for $200.In new DSLRs (from about $450) there are now only 4 good brands - Nikon, Canon, Sony, Pentax. Buy in a retailer, not at long-distance, so that you can get someone to show you how the camera works.

"Great focus" is meaningless as a description - all cameras have autofocus systems which (in general) focus sharply on the main (close) subject.