Digital Camera HQ's Gift Guide: Best Affordable Cameras
You don't have to spend a lot of money to get a top-of-the-line digital camera. We've rounded up a selection of high-quality, well-reviewed, affordable digital cameras to prove that great digital camera deals can be found, and you can take great photos without spending too much money.
| The Canon Powershot SD1100 IS is now unbelievably affordable, and deserves your attention. The ultracompact camera that our readers have called "mindblowing" and "more than I expected" can be yours for around $150. It's a simple, easy-to-use, highly portable digital camera with an 8 megapixel sensor and 3x optical zoom, enough to get you through the day but not so much as to overwhelm you with unnecessary distractions. The SD1100 simply takes awesome photographs, consistently. This is not a camera that will disappoint, and would be sure bet as a gift this holiday season. | |
| The Fuji FinePix Z20fd is a sleek and stylish ultracompact that has a sexy, curvacious design. Like the A590 IS, it has face detection auto focus, but that's where the similarities end. The Z20fd is a small, pocketable camera that is great for casual photographers on the go. Owners have weighed in with positive reviews, lauding the excellent image quality provided by its 10-megapixel sensor and crisp performance. It looks like it would be a very expensive camera but at the moment, it's available for about $120 as well. | |
| The Nikon Coolpix L18 is a simple point-and-shoot camera great for first-time photographers, children, or people who just want to be able to take a picture without any fuss. The L18 has an 8-megapixel sensor and a 3.0-inch LCD display, quite the luxury for such a tiny camera. We did a comprehensive hands-on review of this camera, so you can see how it works in real-life situations. That said, you don't have to take our word for it. Just hop over to the camera's product page a see the large volume of reviews we've gotten from owners who describe the L18 as "awesome," "amazing," and "simply a great camera." | |
| The Canon Powershot A590 IS is an extrordinarily affordable camera, currently available for around $120. It boasts a great 8-megapixel sensor, image stabilization, and a comfortable, user-friendly form factor that makes operation simple and breezy. The A590 IS also features face-detection auto focus, meaning it can automatically pick out faces in your scenes, making sure that what really counts is captured in each photography crisply and clearly. It's one of the most popular digital cameras of the last year, and would certianly make an excellent, affordable gift for a novice or casual camera user. |
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