Buying a Digital Camera...

[andrewan]

So I've got about 170$ laying around in paypal and I decided I'm going to buy a digital camera off ebay with it as an early christmas present (also I broke mine like a month ago, and I really could use another!).

Anyone have some suggestions on a good one to get within the 170$ price range? I don't need anything super amazing, it's just for my personal use with friends and such.

 

[BillBingham2]

I picked up a Ricoh GX100 several months ago from a friend for free and am very happy with it (the price was right, free). While it's a little bigger than my GRD, it's still very small and handles just as well. I really like the handling of the GRD/GX line from Ricoh, they really seem to put photographers first rather than marketing exec (more features mean more sales).

Look around here or see if Tony at PopFlash has anything used. There are lots of other fun great quality digital cameras out there, but I've really fallen in love with the Ricoh over the past three years and do not think you can beat them for size, speed of handling and quality (the GRD is a SOLID camera, GX is very close).

B2 (;->