Best Digital Cam

[HunterHads]

What is a good digital cam with a good zoom at a reasonable price? There have been many times this season that I with I had a cam on stand with me. Any suggestions?

[jmoser]

Depends on how much daylight you have to use.

In low light you will be disappointed unless you get a full sized zoom lens, relatively big and heavy. You need the large objective lens to gather enough light, especially at full zoom. These cameras are close in size to a 'regular' 35mm camera.

In good light I have a pocket sized Sony that takes amazing quality pictures given its size [about a deck of playing cards.]

FYI - 'Digital zooms' are not optical zoom lenses, they just crop the frame and enlarge the remaining pixels at the cost of resolution and picture quality.

My philosophy is that I won't take the camera into the woods or boat if it is too big and heavy, I use the small Sony for field trips and save the larger one for home and indoor outings.

We have always been vary happy with the Sony digital cameras, even a really good one is quite affordable nowadays.

[roger23]

look for a water proof one I have been through several that were not

[InTheRiver]

I have the cannon A610 5 mega pix. its the best camera I have ever used it has so many features and my pops has a cannon 7 mega pix. and I cant tell the diff. in pictures really sweet camera IMO i got it for 269.00 I bet its cheaper now!!!!!! as for zoom 4x camera 16x digital

[john warren]

not sure of the quality. but miejers last night had some binocs on sale with a built in camera. for $50 seems like killiing two birds with one stone.What is a good digital cam with a good zoom at a reasonable price? There have been many times this season that I with I had a cam on stand with me. Any suggestions?