What is a good price for a digital camera?

[commander bunnypants]

That is what I am getting my wife for Christmas. And being the computer nitwit I am I dont know.

DDQM

[soothsayer]

1. soooo many variables. I love this site, tho, for reviews and info

www.steves-digicams.com

[ET Awful]

2. That's kind of like asking "What's a good price for a car" :)

You're covering a REALLY broad spectrum of products with very little detail to go on.

You can spend anywhere from $150 to $3,000 for a digital camera.

The site mentioned above is a good resource. There are a few other similar sites, but I don't have them bookmarked on this computer, I'll try to remember to look them up when I get home tonight.

[bif]

4. Also try...

cnet.com and for a really in depth review of cameras, dpreview.com

[ET Awful]

6. dpreview is one of the others I was trying to think of :)

I personally love my Minolta A1.

[Deja Q]

5. A high end Canon D-SLR costs $8000

and is only 11 megapixels... and when film is 13-20MP (depending on film type and speed) with a higher range of color gamut and shadow detail, $8000 is WAY overpriced.

[Deja Q]

3. Depends on features...

I'd never get anything less than 5 megapixels for a point'n'shoot (or 6mp for SLR, which uses a better sensor as well).

I still prefer film for quality reasons, but eventually digital will surpass film in all things. Not yet though. :-(