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I have the ORIGINAL Digital Elph, and even 3 years old, it is an amazing little camera. I have gotten shots that my friends camera that cost double and was bought later can't pull off. I strongly recommend any of the Elphs.

Get a camera that used the Compact Flash (CF) format RAM cards.  They are the cheapest per MB. 

I like the Nikon CoolPix series cameras.

Agreed Nikon makes excellent digital camera's.  Just don't buy one that is too cheap, as they are not worth it in the end.

The best place on the web to get digital camera information is:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/
Additionally, there are several forums.  I would specifically recommend checking the Canon & Nikon forums on dpreview.  I'm sure people on these forums will be very helpful in your selection.

Canon uses Compact Flash.  I would definately stay away from Smart Media and Memory sticks as they are limited in size and very expensive. 

I would also recommend a camera that has a bit of weight over one that's credit card size.  The extremely lightweight ones are more difficult to hold steady resulting in soft exposures.

Good luck with your purchase and let us know what you end up with

Make sure it has at least some sort of optical zoom (digital zoom blows, i can do that in photoshop) and a viewfinder (great for balancing your camera and conerving battery)

Will Farrel with a fake beard and a pillow under his red suit is going to bring my canon Elph S200 sometime early morning on the 25th

the viewfinder is why i went with the elph over the little Nikon

I have a Nikon CoolPix 885 that I love. It is a 3.21 megapixel camera that gets great detail. Loads of features.

If you have a Ritz or Wolf camera near you they sell an extended type warranty that all says as long as the can get the serial number off your camera if it stops working they will replace it. I asked the sales guy when I bought my camera and he said that it covers any damage (including hitting it with a hammer).

Whatever camera you get invest in a larger memory card. Most cameras ship with tiny (8MB) cards that fill up quickly. Also invest in several rechargable batteries. Monitors chew through batteries.

thanks for all the replies, and links and opinions, what matters most is it uses AA batter, accepts compact flash, and will last a few years in good hands.

Digital Elph is the strong contender, I will look at that HP camera, depending on the size and the ease of use that might be my choice.

I love my canon S230.. although not a PRO camera - this thing fits in my pocket and because of that I take it everywhere. A clunky digital is so annoying. If I want high quality I'll take my 35mm SLR.

Holy outdated zombie... I was reading the post and thinking to my self when the hell CF got cheaper then SD ... and where in the hell you could still find a 2 megapixel camera. .... doh ... back in 02 thats when

Last edited by mrreet2001 (2008-10-10 7:04 am)