I need advise to buy a digital camera

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Hi,

I'd like some advice on what camera to buy.

It should have these features:

- minimum 5 Mpixels

- minimum 5 x optical zoom

- solid end have a good grip to hold (I don't like those very little things)

- fast shutterspeed (sports-pictures)

- my budget is about 300 Euro

Can anyone advise me on which brand, type,... I should focus???
And on which sites (that is secure) I should look to buy it from.

I live in Belgium.

Thx already !!!


G.V.

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In article <BEC0AFB8.F863%vantyghem@duco.be>,
Vantyghem G. <vantyghem@duco.be> wrote:

>- fast shutterspeed (sports-pictures)

Make certain you read reviews as to latency, which is distinct from
shutter speed. A 1/4000 shutter speed is nice, but if there's a 1/4
second lag between pressing the button and acquiring the image, it will
cost you many shots, and plenty of cameras are WORSE than 1/4 sec.

It's quite embarrassing in situations like this: You have the group of
people posed for the snapshot. You press the shutter release. The
flash fires. The group starts moving. Then the actual shutter release
and flash go off. Enough time sometimes elapses that people are already
out of the frame.

>- my budget is about 300 Euro

I'm led to believe that's a lot of money in US dollars, so you should
have some fantastic options.

I really like the Canon Powershot "G" cameras, and some of the "A"
cameras are pretty good too. But the shutter latency is the whip that
drove me to buy my EOS 20D.

If you're serious about sports, you probably need ten times your budget,
because the Image Stabilizer Zoom Lens you're going to want, will not be
cheap.

Considering that, the P&S you'll buy now should be good enough to keep
you going while you save up for the camera you really want.