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Best Digital Camera around $200?

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Hey everyone, I'm in the market for this, and am wondering if anyone can give recommendations, I want at least 2.0meg and some type of optical zoom...

I'm looking at the Nikon coolpix2500, or Fuji 2650 for now, some other models too...thanks!
 
I just purchased a coolpix 995 which I am very happy with. The cost was almost double what you are hoping to spend. You may want to consider spending a little more than 200 or you might be disappointed with what you get.
 
I was in the market for 25 of those (for work), to meet the same requirements, less than 2 months ago and I ended up purchasing the Fujifilm FinePix 2600. At that time it sold for $229 at Amazon.com.

It has great reviews all over the web and there were a number of other advantages that led me to select it.

I've heard no negative feedback from the users either.
 
A few features that I find important in selecting a digital camera are:

1) Optical zoom (digital zoom sucks)
2) Uses AA batteries (instead of proprietary rechargeables or uncommon/expensive lithiums)
3) Uses CompactFlash memory (cheap, high capacity, and no copy protection schemes to prevent you from copying files)

Good luck.

[This message has been edited by PHOEN$X (edited 26 November 2002).]
 
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