Need help buying camera

[coasterpics]

Hi,
I need some help with buying a digital camera.

-I want one that i can change the shutter speed and other features like that.
-It will be basically for theme park phototography and casual use.
-I want it to have a good picture.


My budget is under 450.00 Aud. (about 378.00 Usd)

thanks for you help.

 

[The Phototron]

Save your penny, nickel, and dimes.

 

[WDodd]

There are a ton of threads about this.

With that budget you will have a wide range of P&S to choose from, all of which should allow you to change your shutter speed and "other features."

Good luck and welcome to the forum.

 

[spyder]

you can change those settings on pretty much every camera, but to get good pics, you may want to save up to around 550 and get a nikon d40 or used d50

 

[Garbz]

you can change those settings on pretty much every camera, but to get good pics, you may want to save up to around 550 and get a nikon d40 or used d50

Noooo far from it. The vast majority on the market you have near to no control. I assume you want to keep your hobby small and snapshotty so I won't recommend stepping into the SLR market with a D40.

You can find "SLR like" cameras from Fujifilm Olympus and others. The only really nicely adjustable cameras I have used is some high-end Olympus P&S cameras (namely the ones with the 10x optical zoom), and the Canon Powershot series which I like a bit more.

Generally the image quality under reasonably good light is fantastic even on these little point and shoots, it is only indoors at night if you don't use a flash that you start getting noise creep into the pictures.