What type of camera?

[cwp]

So I have a question for all of you photography enthusiasts. I need a good camera to take with me hunting. I need a good picture and the camera must be light weight for the backpack. I was wondering if you all had any suggestions. The pictures will mostly be landscape or hunting pictures of animals, nothing long distance that I will need much detail for.
Cory

[Hells]

So I have a question for all of you photography enthusiasts. I need a good camera to take with me hunting. I need a good picture and the camera must be light weight for the backpack. I was wondering if you all had any suggestions. The pictures will mostly be landscape or hunting pictures of animals, nothing long distance that I will need much detail for.
Cory

Nikon has lots of choices in a point and shoot camera . I would look for a nikon coolpix camera . Maybe the Coolpix S550 . http://www.nikondigital.com/Find-Your-Nikon/Product/Digital-Camera/26108/COOLPIX-S550.html Shop around and you can find them going for a good price . I just found one on Amazon.com for 149.95 but it says 1 to 2 months before shipping . 10 Meg , 5X optical zoom . Not bad for under 200 bucks and it will shoot movies too . I may get one for fishing .

[Hells]

Well , I just bought a Nikon Coolpix S550 . Still waiting for my D60 but I wanted a new point and shoot for casual pics . Here is some test pics right out of the box from the store .
Without zoom pic

with max 5x optical zoom

Some more shots



Macro shot test

and a video test

You can buy it at http://www.bestbuy.com/ today and go pick it up in a hour at the store closest to you that has them in stock for a 169.99 plus tax , plus you get a 4 GB SDHC memory card for free .

[Hells]

Still playing with my camera . Some low light pics .
1.439 fuel with flash on

Jordan Landing without flash

Foxes on the feed


I still haven't even looked at the nikon book . Camera is pretty easy to figure out for me . I'll just keep playing with my new junk .

[waltny]

For point and shoots I would have to go against the grain as a Nikon fanboy and actually recommend a Canon. Aside from gimmicky features and what not, I have to admitt as much as I dislike to that the Canon P&S are superior to Nikons. Things change once you get into the DSLR world but for a point and shoot it would be hard to be a SD800,850 for pure point and shoot quaility. The SD1000 and 1100s arent bad either, they do leave alot to be desired in the options department. Also the G8,9 and 10 are nothing to scoff at either. If you were to get a point and shoot from Nikon one of the few worth it are the P80. Also the D40, 50 and 60 are considered by some as P&S on steroids due to their size, very small and compact quite a punch for what they squeeze into the little body. Anyhow, to get back to the original point you could pick up an older Canon SD800 or so and get a water proof case for it for being around the water and still come in under 300 dollars. It would also beat the pants off optically the olympus and panasonix models that are speficily made waterproof.

[Poo Pie]

Hells, off topic, but 1.43 fuel feels like decades ago! Stupid gas prices!