Need some camera advice

[WannaBrie]

So I've been thinking of using a little of tax money to buy a digital camera and bring myself into the 21st century. (I have had a pentax k1000 for ages) and I stress the word "little". Anyhoo, I was looking to spend about $150. Can anyone recommend any cameras that would shoot good size images for this price?

[hewligan]

Depends on what you mean by good size, but the answer is most of them. There doesn't tend to be a huge variation in resolution in any particular generation of cameras. What you really want to look for is image quality rather than size.

[WannaBrie]

That's actually what I meant when I said "size" i was thinking about print quality. So any recommendations based on that?

[Silence04]

i have a nikon point in shoot. terrible camera, you can only get a good shot if you use the flash. If you don't use the flash the photo won't be crisp, even if you have great lighting and a tripod.

[emucru]

Check out dcresource.com (http://www.dcresource.com/)
Its a great site with indepth reviews. Steves-Digicams is another one.

Canons make good cameras at lower price points.

[mojoprime]

i got one of these, because it had some manual controls. great little camera. i'm a terrible photog, but my wife can get some awesome shots with this. plus, it has an image stabilizer. it's last year's model.

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=183&modelid=14117

[Yossarian]

Agreed on the Canons. My wife wanted something simpler and more portable than my big clunky Fuji so I got her a Canon A430 for Christmas a couple years ago. I read a lot of reviews before purchasing and it seemed to offer the best quality in the $150 range. We've been really happy with it. I'd imagine they're on the A450 or 60 by now if they still make an A4xx line.

[WannaBrie]

Thanks all! I am probably gonna go shopping soon, so I'll let you all know what I get.