What are the best digital cameras around?
Looking for a digital compact camera that needs to be at least 10 megapixels and around $350 budget price range
i'm looking at brands like nikon, canon and fujifilm
what are the best quality digital cameras around at the moment or in the past 2 years?
Added (1). I don't really want an actual slr camera
and that nikon D3000 is way over my budget
FORGET ABOUT MEGA PIXELS! The Nikon D40 only has 6, and I've seen magazine quality photos taken with it.
In that price rance you may want to look at a bridge camera like the Nikon P500 or P100. Fujifilm Finepix bridge cameras are also good.
You may be able to find a Nikon D3000 for that price.
Canon SX230 IS or the SX40 IS. I work at Best Buy, and I got the SX230 IS for my mom and its awesome. It has 14x zoom and great video quality (1080p), plus you have an nice large screen and tons of cool settings in a small, portable package (point-and-shoot).
The SX40 IS has 35x zoom and an ultrasonic lens (super fast focus) and all of the same features of the SX230, but it is a lot larger (cross-over) and a bit more expensive than you're looking to get though.
Canon sx40
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You ask, "what are the best digital cameras around?" and the answer is the Nikon D4 and Canon 1D X, but then you want it to cost under $350. Those are NOT the best digital cameras around. If fact all you can buy with that budget is a P&S camera
Look at the Nikon P510, Canon G12 or other such P&S "bridge" camera
You can look here
http://www.dpreview.com/...review.com
More on pixels:
If you are solely concerned with image quality above all else, you can get a refurbished Sigma DP2S at around that price. Doesn't have face recognition, GPS geo-tagging, fast autofocus, acceptable low-light color performance, or heck, even a zoom lens. What it does have is an optical masterpiece of a prime lens with a relatively fast maximum aperture (41mm at f/2.8), full manual control available (though I usually stick to aperture priority), manual focus, and a large DSLR-sized sensor in a camera body that fits in a jacket pocket. Sigma's JPEG processing sucks, you'll have to develop RAW. X3F files on your computer with their proprietary (but good) software. Output files will have plenty of resolution, interpolation methods in the software are among the best around if you find you need more than the native resolution. Again, the pinnacle of non-DSLR quality at this price point, but at the expense of almost everything else. This is a niche camera, relatively rare in to see in public, but has a flourishing community of tight-nit advanced photo enthusiasts and professional photographers. Its image characteristics are unique compared to other digital cameras because of its fundamentally different sensor design. You'll love it or hate it, maybe both at once, and there's no in-between.
If you'd like a good all-around camera for taking out with friends as well as shooting for creative outlet, you can get a refurbished canon G12 for around that price (new will be around $400). Probably the best all-around at that price, in my completely subjective opinion. The Panasonic DMC-LX5 is well-regarded for the photographic control it offers, as well as its size and build quality -- available around $360 new. Fuji's bridge cameras are nice if you don't mind the size, they'll likely give you the most versatility. The S4000 is a great camera from my personal experience, but to be honest, I'd probably buy a used DSLR like the Nikon D40 or Canon Rebel XT with a kit lens if I wanted a camera of that size. Great camera, I just tend to either prefer very small cameras or very large, your mileage may vary.
For your budget I would suggest Fujifilm FinePix S4200 Digital Camera, 14MP, 24x Optical Zoom, 3.0 inches LCD, 720p HD Movies
http://www.amazon.com/...006T7QWGO/
Another best camera please consider Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ47K (12.1MP, 24x Optical Zoom, 1920 x 1080 full-HD video recording)