Getting a camera suggestions

[chibicitiberiu]

Well, I want to buy a new camera. I would like to get a professional one, which includes manual focus, and exposure time, shutter and all kinds of stuff set by the user. The quality of the picture should be crystal clear, and the resolution maybe around 3000px x 2000px. My budget is maximum 200$. I prefer an Olympus camera, but Canon and other very good brands are good.

 

[vroom_skies]

If your talking about an SLR, I sure hope it's a 35MM that your looking for.

Finding a dslr for $200.00 with a lens is almost impossible.
Can you up the budget?

 

[chibicitiberiu]

Can you up the budget?

Not really... But I don't live in US, so maybe in Romania the prices will be lower... I don't know.
Well, what options do I have close to the price?

 

[Irishwhistle]

Not really... But I don't live in US, so maybe in Romania the prices will be lower... I don't know.
Well, what options do I have close to the price?

Maybe you'll be lucky on ebay, but I doubt it...

You could get this one: http://www.amazon.com/Fujifilm-Fine..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0H05PZH5R9MHKD2RTVXA

There's also this one for a bit more: http://www.amazon.com/Fujifilm-Fine...abilized/dp/B001D0G56E/ref=dp_cp_ob_p_title_2

It's not an SLR (hence not professional), but a very nice camera none the less. I have a camera down the line a little ways (Fuji S5700) and like it a lot.

 

[chibicitiberiu]

I found something that seems pretty good, it's an Panasonic DMC-FS5EG-S
Is it good for something?

 

[chibicitiberiu]

There's also this one for a bit more: http://www.amazon.com/Fujifilm-Fine...abilized/dp/B001D0G56E/ref=dp_cp_ob_p_title_2
lot.

For this one the price is pretty good, maybe that's going to be my choice...

 

[Irishwhistle]

I found something that seems pretty good, it's an Panasonic DMC-FS5EG-S
Is it good for something?

Well, you said you wanted a professional camera and from the little I can find about it that's nothing close to a professional camera tbh.

 

[chibicitiberiu]

Well, you said you wanted a professional camera and from the little I can find about it that's nothing close to a professional camera tbh.

Well, it seems the professional cameras are too expensive for me.
All I need is quality and the features i specified earlier.

 

[Irishwhistle]

For this one the price is pretty good, maybe that's going to be my choice...

Yup, that should be a great camera for you.

 

[Irishwhistle]

Well, it seems the professional cameras are too expensive for me.
All I need is quality and the features i specified earlier.

OK, what do you plan to do with it? Remember that there's not distinct a line between pro cameras and non-pro cameras... there are mid range cameras. The SLR-style point and shoots are generally referred to as bridge cameras (to fill the bridge between compacts and SLRs) or superzooms (because they have a lot of zoom.) Check this website for some camera reviews: http://www.cameralabs.com/

Also, any chance you could get a US model name for that Panasonic camera?

 

[Jet]

If you could stretch your budget, you can occasionally find a used Nikon D50 body for around $210 shipped, and then add in a kit lens for another $50 or so, and you'd get a pretty decent DSLR for under $300USD. In reality, you get what you pay for.

 

[Irishwhistle]

you get what you pay for.

Yes, indeed.


If you do get a DSLR you probably won't meet your image size requirement, but if you get a bridge you can get over that size requirement.

 

[iurytx]

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=17662

way over your budget but its my dream.