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Olympus D360L - This camera (1.3 megapix) is an awesome workhorse. Had it for years, takes great shots, has both glass optical viewer and electronic. Great price and never EVER had a problem.

I'm a big fan of the Canon Powershot S and A series. I've got a 5-year old 3mp S30 that has served me extremely well- the new cameras out now are high in megapixels and have gotten extremely cheap. I've got a 7.2mp Sony with a 12x optical zoom I use at work, too, but that's too bulky/expensive for everyday use. I have a miniature solid-state camcorder I got for $120 at radio shack that's also a 3mp camera; it doesn't have a flash or optical zoom, but outdoor daylight photos turn out pretty good. It's a lousy camcorder, too, but it's just so freaking small, I use it all the time.

For everyday shooting, 3-5mp is fine and there are so many choices it's almost impossible to narrow the field based on options. I'd recommend something with a 2-3x optical zoom and one that takes movies so you can use it as a camcorder. Beyond that, it's all preference- go into the store and take 'em all for a test drive! Then go home and order online for significantly cheaper

Reason I ask this is because if I go for a walk and want to take pics, I want the camera away from my face.
Hence the LCD display.
Only the cheapest of camera's have a viewfinder.
Nothing gives away a person with a camera like having it near your face.
To a degree, phone cams don't have the resolution to shoot good pics either.
All I want is Point>Shoot>Done.
Your thoughts?.

Hey Trumpy, just from personal experience, I've owned motorola and samsung camera phones, none of them were worth a flip. Unless you like your pics to have that fuzzy underwater type look to them.

I have a fuji finepix camera that has a nice size view screen to look at before you snap a shot. 6 mp, think I spent 350.00 or so for it.


Luke

[This message has been edited by Luketrician (edited 12-04-2006).]

Ragnar (Texas Ranger), submitted some damn good pics here and I was wondering what he was using at the time?.
One thing that my cam does not do well is take pics in low light levels, use the flash, you get a white sheet.
Teach me to buy cheap crap.