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Originally Posted by Izzy
Does anyone here know anything about cameras? What kind of picture quality can I get with a $100 camera?
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If you already had a DSLR I'd say $100 could go towards the 50mm f/1.8 lens (canon or nikon, w/e).
As far as digital cameras under the $100 range... idk man. There are just so many to choose from, watch for colour fringing and pointless noise removal filters hard wired into the camera that could potentially ruin most of your photos.
Look for manual settings, aperture control, and a macro mode, other than that you kind of have to assess for yourself. The megapixels might not matter for your purposes unless you do intend to print a bunch of your shit.
The camera that got me started was a Canon Powershot A720 IS, which had pretty good depth of field and macro mode for such an oldish camera. I loved it. Searching for older model cameras might be more of a pain in the ass but honestly you'll prolly get more benefit out of something with tighter controls/image quality than a large megapixel range with lackluster photos. (that camera on ebay is like from $40 to $60 from what I see lol)
So I guess my recommendation is getting what would be the older models of today's $500+ range digital point 'n shoots. If the size of the photo doesn't matter as much to you (just going to be posting it online and such) then it's deff looking into. Smaller images and smaller zoom range is pretty much the biggest real difference between the then-top of the line and now-top of the lines. Avoid gimmicks.