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I have a confession to make: I've never owned a digital camera. I've played around plenty with friend's point-and-shoots, and I have picked up a DSLR on occasion too. But I never saw the point of paying $300 for something my iPhone could pretty much do well enough. Now that summer's coming up and the price of high-megapixel cameras is going down, though, I figure it might be time to pick one out for myself—on the cheap. Let someone else waste money, I want to know what's good at $150 and not a penny more. I'm gonna be picky: I only want a camera that can take shots that make me look like a photography genius while in truth I'm a photography dumbass, but still, the key is to keep the price down. I tried out five $150-and-under cameras, and here's what I found:
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The Ultimate Cheap Camera Battlemodo
I have a confession to make: I've never owned a digital camera. I've played around plenty with friend's point-and-shoots, and I have picked up a DSLR on occasion too. But I never saw the point of paying $300 for something my iPhone could pretty much do well enough. Now that summer's coming up and the price of high-megapixel cameras is going down, though, I figure it might be time to pick one out for myself—on the cheap. Let someone else waste money, I want to know what's good at $150 and not a penny more. I'm gonna be picky: I only want a camera that can take shots that make me look like a photography genius while in truth I'm a photography dumbass, but still, the key is to keep the price down. I tried out five $150-and-under cameras, and here's what I found:
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9:30 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Benny Goldman
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Latest by soundengineer: as a sony fan i'm glad it came out tops on this review. though i do think sony stuff can be overpriced, they are generally my favourite for point and shoots in terms of quality and ease of use. after more »
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CoolPix S52 and S52c: Nikon Updates Its Most Popular Point-and-Shoots
After making waves in the DSLR world, Nikon renewed its push in the point-and-shoot market with the slender feature-loaded camera you see before you. It's had slightly different model names over the past two years, but its newest incarnation, the $250 9-megapixel 3X-optical-zoom-equipped S52, is pretty slick. You get:• 2000 ISO in "high sensitivity" mode
• Optical image stabilizer
• In-camera slideshows with music from iTunes
• SDHC support
• 3" LCD
A $30 step up gets you the S52c, the same basic camera with an extra bit of a bulge. No, it's not a tumah, as Gov. Schwarzenegger would surely tell you: it's Wi-Fi, and with it a direct connection to Nikon's my Picturetown online community for sharing, mailing and uploading to Flickr and other sites. Press release after the two galleries below.
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Nikon Enters Super-Zoom Race with 18X CoolPix P80
If you're gonna zoom, ZOOM, goes an old saying I just made up, and Nikon today is heeding those words: the CoolPix P80 point-and-shoot has an 18X optical zoom lens—that's a 35mm equivalent of 27-486mm. Along with that, it's got full P, A, S and M modes, optical vibration reduction and up to 6400 ISO at lower resolutions, so it's all but guaranteed to let you crawl up a fly's ass in midair. Compared to the budget minded full-manual CoolPix P60, the P80 has a few incremental improvements: a 10-megapixel CCD, up from the P60's 8 megapixels, a 2.7" LCD, up from 2.5", oh and a $400 price tag, up from $230. Helllloooo profit margin! Press release after the gallery. More »
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Nikon's CoolPix S600, S550, S520, and S210: Slim, Stylish and Plum Purty
Point and shoot cameras tend to blur together, so instead of listing them all separately, like their own God's gift to amateur photographers, here are the four S (for "style") series CoolPix cameras Nikon is introducing tonight, and their raisons d'être, plus a gallery of them striking various poses a bit lower down. More »
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Pick Yer Low-Frill Nikon CoolPix Cam: $130 L18 or $230 P60
For every super sexy, super slim, multicolored point-and-shoot, there's a meat-and-potatoes model aimed at classrooms and people on tighter budgets. Nikon's $130 CoolPix L18 comes in blue or red and has some nice enhancements like in-camera redeye removal. The retro-styled CoolPix P60 costs $100 more, because it has a 5X optical zoom lens and an impressive 200,000-dot electronic viewfinder. With some manual controls, it's aimed at people who want to fiddle more, but don't want to break the bank. Both cameras run on AA batteries and have 8-megapixel sensors. [Nikon]
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Nikon's newest CoolPix P series cams are the stick-shifts of the point-and-shoot world, with optical viewfinders, full manual controls and lots of hands-on features. The 12-megapixel CoolPix P5100 (right) has 3.5x optical zoom coupled with an Optical Vibration Reduction system. You can crop and edit shots on its 2.5" LCD, and it runs on a lithium-ion battery. The 8-megapixel P50 is a yin to the P5100's yang: it runs on AA batteries, has electronic image stabilizing and has a wide-angle 3.6x optical lens.
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Nikon Debuts Hardcore CoolPix 8MP P50 and 12MP P5100
Nikon's newest CoolPix P series cams are the stick-shifts of the point-and-shoot world, with optical viewfinders, full manual controls and lots of hands-on features. The 12-megapixel CoolPix P5100 (right) has 3.5x optical zoom coupled with an Optical Vibration Reduction system. You can crop and edit shots on its 2.5" LCD, and it runs on a lithium-ion battery. The 8-megapixel P50 is a yin to the P5100's yang: it runs on AA batteries, has electronic image stabilizing and has a wide-angle 3.6x optical lens.More »
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Nikon is aiming for the low-end of the shopper spectrum with its aptly named "L" series CoolPix L14 and L15. The 7-megapixel 3X optical zoom L14 will go for $150, and feature a 2.4" LCD. The 8-megapixel L15 will sell for $180, and have a 2.8" LCD.
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Nikon Rolls Out Low-Priced CoolPix L14 and L15
Nikon is aiming for the low-end of the shopper spectrum with its aptly named "L" series CoolPix L14 and L15. The 7-megapixel 3X optical zoom L14 will go for $150, and feature a 2.4" LCD. The 8-megapixel L15 will sell for $180, and have a 2.8" LCD.
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upload now, regret later
Like its predecessor, the S7c, the new Nikon Coolpix S51c digital camera is Wi-Fi-ready, allowing you to email or upload pictures straight from the device. A new feature called "my Picturetown" lets you to store up to 2GB on Nikon's special website, or send images to Blackberrys, Flickr and even your own blog. This means that the S51c can be a dangerous tool at parties.
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Nikon Launches Wi-Fi Coolpix S51c with Flickr Integration
Like its predecessor, the S7c, the new Nikon Coolpix S51c digital camera is Wi-Fi-ready, allowing you to email or upload pictures straight from the device. A new feature called "my Picturetown" lets you to store up to 2GB on Nikon's special website, or send images to Blackberrys, Flickr and even your own blog. This means that the S51c can be a dangerous tool at parties.More »
balloon in space
Behold the view from 117,597 feet, taken on August 11, 2007 by a camera hanging from a helium balloon launched by a group of guys in Alberta, Canada. Called the SABLE-3 (Southern Alberta Balloon Launch Experiment #3), the balloon's small payload box was packed with a Byonics MicroTrak 300 APRS tracking device, a Nikon Coolpix P2 digital camera set to snap one picture per minute, and filled with enough helium to take it to the edge of the earth's atmosphere.
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Ordinary Guys Send Picture-Taking Balloon 22.27 Miles High
Behold the view from 117,597 feet, taken on August 11, 2007 by a camera hanging from a helium balloon launched by a group of guys in Alberta, Canada. Called the SABLE-3 (Southern Alberta Balloon Launch Experiment #3), the balloon's small payload box was packed with a Byonics MicroTrak 300 APRS tracking device, a Nikon Coolpix P2 digital camera set to snap one picture per minute, and filled with enough helium to take it to the edge of the earth's atmosphere.
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Nikon Intros Coolpix P5000 Has DSLR Brains, Point and Shoot Sensor
There's a flurry of Nikon point-and-shoot digital camera releases hitting right now, and the highest-end entry is the 10-megapixel Coolpix P5000. It's aimed at those who want more control and quality than the cheapest models but are wary of jumping into a digital SLR just yet. We're intrigued by the P5000's image processing engine, the same one that's inside the more-expensive Nikon D80. Nice improvement, but keep in mind that the D80's much bigger CCD isn't inside the P5000. More »
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Nikon L-Series Coolpix Tickles Our Low End: 120 Bucks for 5MP
Nikon introduced three additions to its low-end L ("Life") series, the Coolpix L10, L11 and L12. The lowest end of the bunch is the L10, a 5-megapixel digital camera with a 2-inch LCD viewscreen. It's cheap, too, even for an entry-level camera. Nikon says the L10's $119.95 price is equal to buying four disposable cameras plus processing. Just like all three new cameras in the L-series, this one has in-camera redeye fix, SDHC card compatibility, a glass Nikkor f/2.8-5.2 lens with 3x zoom, and face-priority autofocus. More »
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Nikon Coolpix S9 Reviewed (Verdict: Slim But Satisfying)
Announced back in August, this updated Nikon Coolpix S9 is an ultra-slim point-and-shoot for people who want something quick and easy on the go. More »
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Nikon Releases 5 COOLPIX Point'n'Shoots
More damn cameras already? Ugh. It's going to be a long day, I know it. Nikon has unveiled five additions to their Coolpix line of lower-end point'n'shoot cameras. Lets get to it, yeehaw!• S10 (top left): this is a 6-megapixel, odd form factor camera with a 10x optical zoom, 2.5-inch LCD and movie/image editing abilities. It will be available in September for $400.
• L5 (top middle): here be a 7.2-megapixel diddy with a 5x optical zoom, image stabilization, SD expansion, 2.5-inch LCD and will retail for $300.
• L6 (top right): this is actually a lesser camera than the L5, but has a higher number product name. Why? Who the hell knows? It has a 6-megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom and will go for $200 in September.
• S9 (bottom left): this is a small-form-factor camera with a 6.1-megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom and will retail for $250.
• S7c (bottom right): like the L-series camera, this S7c carries a lower model number, but is far superior than the S9. The S7c has a 7.1-megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom, image stabilization, Wi-Fi and some kind of a stop-motion feature. All for $350. More »
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Nikon Coolpix P3 and P4 Reviewed (Verdict: The P is for Performance)
Our eagle-eyed reporter at the PMAs posted a quick look at Nikon's P3 and P4 point-and-shoots. The P3 is $449.50 and the P4 is $399.99. Overall, you've got some nice new features including a redesigned UI and Face-Priority Focus for taking portraits. Both cameras have 8-megapixel sensors and are quite shiny and tiny, with an SD and battery flap on the bottom and a 3.5x optical zoom lens. More »
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