<p>Im purchasing a digital camera in a few days.</p>
<p>Im trying to decide between the canon sd400, canon sd500, casio exilim EX-Z750 and the Kodak v550. Im wondering if anyone has had any experience at all with any of these cameras whether they be good or bad. Im pretty much undecided at this point as to which one of these 4 ill choose so any input at all would be awesome. Thanks in advance guys.</p>
<p>Both the Canons are great cameras. Between the SD400 or SD500, it just depends on how much you want to spend and how many megapixels you want.</p>
<p>my friend has the kodak one. it's very very easy to navigate! It's very easy to do everything. Very simple. the only fall back thing is that when you replay a video clip, you get no sound. Of course, sound will definetly be there on the computer but on the digital camera, you dont get any... not a very big fallback lol</p>
<p>my other friend has one of the canon ones.. sorry i cant remember which one though :(</p>
<p>i'd just go for the one with more megapixels</p>
<p>I have a canon sd200 powershot digital elph, i bought it mainly for its compact size, but it stil has great resolution. Just to let you know IMO it is useless to buy cameras over 3.2 megapixels, the only way you can tell a difference between a 3.2 and a 3.2+ is if you blow the picture over the large 8 by 10 size. CANON IS THE BEST, never forget it!</p>
<p>Ive got a Canon PowerShot A95 with 5.0 megapixels. and i love it.</p>
<p>all i would suggest is get something that
- is at least 3.0 megapixels
- has optical zoom
- is Canon</p>
<p>and rechargeable batteries will make life easier on you too</p>
<p>I sent this to a friend a while back, it doesn't pertain to any camera, but it's a good over view of some important things to consider (but not all of them). I apologize for the lack of correct grammar or spelling.</p>
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<li><p>megapixels don't really matter unless you're making large prints. If you are over 3 you should be able to make 8x10 prints without any problems, but since 4x6 is probalby going to be standard, you should be fine there. (my camera says prints to 13x19 and it's 6mp, but I have made really good prints at 20x30)</p></li>
<li><p>Optical zoom - it seems that all the cameras are touting 10x zoom or something to that effect, but that is really decieving. That zoom is a composite of optical and digital zoom (they multiply the two numbers together). Digital zoom is completely useless, it is basically the same thing as opening a picture on your computer and looking at it at 200% or more of its original size (200% = 2x digital zoom). Most good cameras have an optical zoom in the range of 3x.</p></li>
<li><p>Size - it may not be an issue for you, but a lot of the cameras that you will be looking at seem to small to me and are awkard to hold. This is more of a personal preference but I think is worth the time to hold all the potentials to see if you are comfortable with them. Also, they should feel sturdy.</p></li>
<li><p>Try it - sounds kind of awkward, but its the best way to find a good camera. You can look at reviews and sample pictures on the Internet to get an idea, but when it comes down to it, a professional took those pictures and is praising or complaining about them with (possibly) higher expectations than you. Thus, this is mostly irrelevent to you. Find a camera that you are confortable using and can take good pictures with. I don't know if the big stores (bestbuy, compusa, etc) will let you actually try the cameras, but if you go to a specialty camera store they will usually let you try it around the store without any of those cables attached and some will let you demo it a home for a couple of days.</p></li>
<li><p>memory - consider the type of memory card it takes - I wouldn't say anyone is better than the others, but some cost a lot more.</p></li>
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