camera advice

[danohu]

Also....

I do not own a camera. There are lots of fascinating things around me that I would love to be taking photos of. Like all those protests outside parliament, for example. And perhaps a couple of buildings too.

Anybody want to recommend a cheap digital camera? I don't know what the going price for these things is, but I'm after the 'usable (just), turns out recognisable photos, but you wouldn't be heartbroken if it got stolen'. Also, I'll need to either find somewhere in Hungary to buy it, or somebody who will ship it here.

Hmmm...I imagine the problem here is that people like karohemd and [Unknown site tag] who know about cameras, also have much higher standards than I do for photography. Guys, the standard here is that if you'd consider using it, it's almost certainly better than I need.

Comments

[adamdobay.livejournal.com]

I also have a Canon Powershot and a relatively new one, A95. My father got it for me a couple years ago on a discount, I guess it's even cheaper now. In rare cases (like when I try to take a picture of my bunny running around) even the "sports photo" setting gets blurry, but well that's my bunny there. :)
I know a couple of good stores in Budapest to buy equipment. One such store is Extreme Digital, where my camera comes from. On a Hungarian blog about customer complaints, there was one time someone had a problem with them handling their guarantee papers, but my father usually shops there for stuff like this and never had any problem with them. You can find one of their shops in the Mammut shopping centre near Moszkva tér (two stops of metro from where you live though you probably know that already), I think that's the closest to you. I'm not sure they will speak English (well frankly I don't know if anyone speaks English around here, but the safest bet is that they don't, or not very well), but I can help you with that.

[adamdobay.livejournal.com]

Another camera seller you could try is Photo Hall, they have a lot of stuff and they've got stores everywhere. It's much cheaper to buy over here than to order. Also, Hungarian Post tends to lose things, especially expensive things (I recall a case when someone won an MP3 player and when it arrived the box contained an iron bar...).