Home Forums Hunting & Shooting General Big Game The best but somewhat cheap Pic Takers?

I see so many good things that I well have to ask. Thanks as allways. PS about 200 to 300 dallor. and no it does'nt have to make the horns bigger.

Canon G-12

Nikon Coolpix (any newer one really)

A preview of my album I plan on posting towards the end of the week.

You have one? Been looking at these online lately. They seem like a really good price for what you get in the camera.

Dang!

Scenery, close ups or video, you can't beat a Canon Power Shot SD4500 IS. It is only the size of a credit card and thinner than a deck of cards. 10X optical zoom, 10 Megapixels, Image stabilization, fully auto or manual, $345.00 new...

Is there much book time?

I gave my wife a Canon but it gave up the ghost in a short time. No warranty satisfaction so will never buy their product again.

I'm using a Sony and am quite pleased so far.

Jim

You are asking the wrong guy, I don't read books. I had the camera guy show me the features I would use and I was off. There is a lot that can be done with this camera, I just use a few features and take tons of pictures with it.

This is the 3rd Canon camera I have had, no issues at all. The first was a battery operated camera, so I went to a rechargeable battery and the only reason I am still not using it is I dropped it into a river in Alaska and it started acting funny.

I bought this one with a few more features, more powerful zoom and it has worked perfectly. I gave the one I dropped in the river to my son and since it dried out, he has been using it with no problems for 2 years.

These cameras are not guarded and used infrequently, they have been with me on every hunting/fishing trip I have been on. They have been to Alaska at least 8 times, and the number of other trips are too many to number.

Canon does make a top shelf product, I researched it pretty good before I got my first one and they have performed flawlessly over the years, other than when one got wet.

These are W/Canon SX 230 HS (there's a newer SX 260 HS with more zoom I'd nab if buying new). All were shot hand-held:













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I have used a couple different Canon Powershots over the years without complaint. I simply turn the dial to "AUTO" and let the camera make all the decisions.

I'm sure that if I took the time to use any of the other settings, my pictures would improve, but I just want to snap a couple pics here and there, and I'm happy with that.

ive had two different Canon PowerShot's and have been very happy with them, honestly dont remember which my current model is but its about the size of a deck of cards.....if yah look at it it is scratched and beat to chit after about 3 years of hard use now but it still works just fine.....i have access to a very nice DSLR but the lil Canon gets packed most the time cause it is so easy to throw in a pocket and forget about until you need it......

ive taken both excellent close up macro shots aswell as nice scenery pics and everything in between....real easy to figure out how to use and switch between the features you need.....with the exception of shooting video battery life has been excellent, only have about a half hour of video battery life from a full charge.....

Cheap Sony Cybershot, paid about $100 for it last year. Picked up a couple extra batteries and another charger on fleebay for about $5 each. My 10 year old Vivitar 3MP is still going strong as well, but it eats AA batteries. The Sony keeps a charge for quite a while and with two extra batteries, I haven't run out of juice even on a 7 day trip in AK.

Picked up a Nikon coolpix S3100 at Costco for $69...exactly half what I paid for the same model last year....and lost it...

Those Leopard spots do work!!

I just bought a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS4 to replace my Sony. The Sony died a watery death from fishing pics, so I bought something water resistant. So far, I like it. Price was $324.

I insist on waterproof optics everywhere - scopes and cameras, having had a Pentax??? camera go buggers on me years ago in wet weather, even tho protected.

When my 10? year old Olympus Stylus 410 died about a year ago(my two boy's 410's purchased at the same time as mine are still going strong)I traded the defunct 410 in on a Stylus Tough 8010, reconditioned. Cost me about 240 bucks. New ones are more of course. Any pictures I've posted since October or so are with the 8010. 5.6 optical zoom(digital zoom is there too - but I have no use for it, in either sense.), and 12 megapixels - up from 3X and 4 megapixels on the 410, which cost more, originally.

An additional nice feature on the 8010 is an instantaneous video button - no fumbling thru a menu for the setting - just hit the red button and you have instant video recording - assuming the camera is on to start with, of course......

Canon Power Shot ELPH 100 HS. I purchased this camera and it takes great pics. and video for an amateur. Even has rapid fire mode so it thkes a series of pics. very quickly.

I see a lot are happy with their Canon cameras. Like others here when I have a bad experience with the customer service a company provides I tend to quit dealing with them. Maybe my problems were of an isolated nature but I have no intentions of going back and testing them again. Just my 2 cents worth.

Jim