I am in the market for a new digital camera

[La Lioness Priyanka]

can anyone recommend a camera under $300 w.as little shutter lag as possible.

[EOTE]

1. You can get an awful lot of digicam for your buck nowadays.

I recommended the Nikon Coolpix L18 to my cousin who is just getting into digital photography. You can take a pic about every 2 seconds or so for a good five consecutive pics. It's a damned good point and shoot and it can be had for $120 on Newegg.com.

[redqueen]

2. I got a Canon PowerShot SD870 IS for my birthday...

it's great. I haven't tried many others though, so there may be better in that price range.

[southpaw]

4. Second rec for the Canon PowerShot line

My A560 rocks!

[kwassa]

7. I love my Canon Powershot SD750

[suninvited]

3. Check out the Fuji Finepix line

Some of the best pictures I ever took were from one of the older models, before I moved up to a higher priced camera.

[Shell Beau]

5. I really like my Sony Cybershot.

Not sure how much it was though. Around $300 I think! Takes great pics.

[IndianaJones]

6. fuji is good. nt.

[TommyO]

8. DP Review is a great place to do your research

just avoid for forums, they're full of partisanship and rancor!

http://www.dpreview.com/

There is a nice feature where you can select the features that you want in the camera and it will provide a list of cameras that have the specs you want.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. thanks you guys~