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[seastes]

 HI  ------- I need help. Dont know much about digital cameras and I want to buy one for my boyfriend for his birthday (11/11/07) or Christmas.  What do you guys suggest?   looking for a camera less than 200$ Dont know if thye make Minoltas anymore, but melissa has a nice one.  Also want it to have enough memory.  Also unsure about how compatible

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[furin]

Well, from what I can remember when I went to buy my own camera

[sigmel]

Consumer Reports recommends:

Best values for most people:

• Canon PowerShot A560 , $150, CR Best Buy
• Canon PowerShot A630 , $220

Both of these Canon PowerShot compacts offer 4x optical zoom, run on AA batteries, and include an optical viewfinder, which can be helpful in composing in bright light situations. The Canon PowerShot A630 offers excellent picture quality, very good next-shot delay, and manual focus, but only fair shutter lag. (Also available: the 12-megapixel PowerShot A650 IS, $400, with 6x optical zoom, image stabilization, and face detection.) Its brandmate, the Canon PowerShot A560, is a fine choice for those looking for a budget point-and-shoot, since it offers very good picture quality as well as excellent next-shot delay. The A560 also offers face detection.

[furin]

Oh yeah, and you'll want to consider getting some of those really snazzy batteries that you can recharge. I think they're called NiMH batteries. They last longer and I'm assuming that today's digital cameras still consume regular AAs like tic-tacs.