Looking at buying a new camera. Where to buy from?

I've always had good luck buying that kind of stuff from newegg.com, but they aren't really a camera store.

-JB

 

That's a sweet looking camera, if you find a good price online you might be able to get a price match from Best Buy or American.  I've done that in past,  howeve the tax might cost more than shipping.  I've bought things in the past from ritzcamera.com, their pretty good.
http://www.ritzcamera.com/product/541161931.htm
Pricegrabber.com is a good place to look for competitive pricing and shipping:
http://cameras.pricegrabber.com/digital/m/47311960/

 

Man dude, if you are gonna spend that much on a camera you might as well look at digital camcorders.....
I'd buy a $200 camera and use the rest of the money on lenses or a photo class....
I'm just thinking thats a crap ton of money for a camera....maybe i should come get a job a terex.
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Ritz is good and online camera places can be real shady so do your homework.

The G9 is still a rather large camera.

So is my suggestion, the updated version of my camera, the powershot S5
http://www.ritzcamera.com/product/541161626.htm

It's done everything I asked of it including the macros.

real nice if you want to keep away from the DSLR

 

The 12x zoom is amazing!!! I have the same camera as Covey and love mine for the kid shots and tank shots. It is bulky, but not horrible. I have bought from Buydig.com and a few other places online. I usually go to one of those price comparison sites and then read the feedback for each vendor with the lowest price. Some will rip you on shipping or do not carry the item in stock and you have to wait a month for them to order it and ship. Be aware of this. I did save about $100 off the camera and $200 off the camcorder by ordering online though, so well worth it IME.

 

I use cameta camera....they are awesome, only sell USA models and great prices.
I bought my last 3 cameras from them.

eins

 

I bought my Nikon D50 at a Cameta camera auction on ebay. Good deals.

 

Man i now im in the market for a new camcorder, i want mini dv or hdd, doesnt have to be HD, but would like 3 CCD and image stabilization, and in the $500 range.

Any suggestions?

 

I've read so many reviews my head is spinning, they all have positive and negative feedback, it's just a matter of picking something at this point.

 

I don t own a hd tv and probably wont for another 3-5 years atleast so i dont really need HD now, i would rather have a realy nice standard def camcorder..............

 

MAn this is hard, i just can't decide what i want to get. There are so many pro and cons to each model in my price range, i was going to go HDD until i started reading about how long mini dv tapes last compared to dvd's. The reason we are buying the camera is for our kid, so we want something that is going to last a very long time. I'm not really that big on editing footage anyhow so it looks like we may go for a mini dv camera...now i just need to find the right one.

 

Posted By got2lb on 12/03/2007 7:06 PM
All I pretty much do is record onto the Mini DV's then I transfer the video to the computer and then back it up on DVD and a spare hard drive I have to make sure I don't lose any footage. Then you can reuse the mini-dv's instead of keeping the footage on the tapes.

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From what i have read the advantage of using mini dv is to archive your stuff to, by dumping to a hd or dvd you are limiting the the amount of time the data will last.  For instace some burned DVD's only last a few years before they start losing data, and i am sure you know how long hard drives last.  The thing with tape is that it lasts a VERY long time, i think what i am going to do is do what you are doing but never re-use the tapes and keep them stored somewhere safe.  It will cost a little bit more but i am sure in 20-30 years when my HD's are dead and the DVD's wont play the tapes in theory should still be fine.
LAst night i have decided to keep shopping around, i think i may just say screw it and go with a HD camera, there's no sense in buying a standard def camera just becausei want to save a couple hundred bucks.  To me it's worth it to have my kids first steps recorded in HD.  Nexy year everything is going HD anyway, might as well plan a head for that.
It's a lot more money but here is what i am thinking about getting now.
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Canon-HV20-Camcorder-Review.htm
As far as the software, i think im good, lets just say i like to utilize my bandwith at night.