The Canon Powershot SD200, on clearance at Amazon.com, is currently the number one product on the Amazon.com Camera & Photo Top Sellers List. This compact, 3.2-megapixel camera with 3x Optical Zoom is a very good choice for people who have never had a digital camera before. The SD200 has a sleek design that attracts attention whenever you pull it out of your pocket. It has enough resolution to produce very good 5×7-inch prints, it has plenty of automatic functions that can make a newcomer to digital photography look like a pro. The Powershot SD200 also uses Secure Digital memory cards which have fallen substantially in price recently and are faster than Compact Flash memory.
Canon digital cameras are occupying all of the top 5 spots on the Camera & Photo Top Sellers List at the moment. The models on the list are:
- Canon Powershot SD200, 3.2-Megapixel, 3x Optical Zoom, great deal
- Canon Powershot A520, 4-Megapixel, 4x Optical Zoom, slightly larger and more expensive than the SD200
- Canon Powershot SD450, 5-Megapixel, 3x Optical Zoom, similar in size to the SD200
- Canon Powershot SD400, 5-Megapixel, 3x Optical Zoom, slightly less expensive than the SD450
- Canon PowerShot A510, 3.2-Megapixel, 4x Optical Zoom, really inexpensive
I have a Canon Powershot A95 which I bought about a year ago. It’s just a terrific camera for the money, and it’s successors in the Powershot A-Series are even better. The Powershot SD-Series are terrific cameras as well. While not the smallest digital cameras on the market today, they combine small size with excellent photo composition and great ease-of-use.
It’s amazing how inexpensive digital cameras have gotten. Now is a great time to be in the market.
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