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Photography

seabeyond

(110,159 posts) Wed Nov 25, 2015, 10:51 PM Nov 2015

Digital camera. For a beginning artist without breaking my budget. [View all]

I am looking for a digital camera for my son. For the last handful of years, he has been spending more and more time jumping into the art of photography; he has quite the eye. But, he has only been using his phone camera.

I do not want to spend much. But I want to buy him a good quality camera for him to experiment with and maybe later, pick up pieces that will afford better quality pictures thru lense, scopes, whatever.

I spent my own time in photography decades ago, with the 35 mm camera. I know nothing about today's cameras.

So, any help and the deals the next couple days, I would really appreciate it.

Thank you.

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Digital camera. For a beginning artist without breaking my budget. [View all] seabeyond Nov 2015 OP

Amazon only until 03:00 eastern catnhatnh Nov 2015 #1

Look at you, first out of the box. I want to buy that simply because of the deal, lol. seabeyond Nov 2015 #2

NO problem...I had no idea of your budget... catnhatnh Nov 2015 #4

Thank you. I wish I had the cash to simply buy something so nice, for a beginner. seabeyond Nov 2015 #5

Breathe deep.... catnhatnh Nov 2015 #9

Don't know about deals but look at a FujiFilm FinePix S9900 csziggy Nov 2015 #3

Excellent info. Thank you. Closer to my budget, but it has lots of stuff seabeyond Nov 2015 #7

It's originally a $350 camera csziggy Nov 2015 #16

Thanks for that tip. seabeyond Nov 2015 #17

There's also a Nikon S9900, a more pocketable camera. alfredo Nov 2015 #13

I looked at that one before getting my new FinePix S9900W csziggy Nov 2015 #18

I had to fashion a grip on my camera. alfredo Nov 2015 #23

I don't want to make modifications - I want to pull the camera out of the box csziggy Nov 2015 #24

The exact 180 from you nadinbrzezinski Nov 2015 #26

I have arthritis, so the grip makes the camera bigger. alfredo Nov 2015 #34

The electronic viewfinder was a must on my last camera. Jim Beard Nov 2015 #25

Here is csziggy's Fuji bridge camera as an Amazon refurbished unit catnhatnh Nov 2015 #6

Cool. Cool cool cool. lol. I love you guys. nt seabeyond Nov 2015 #8

The ONLY caveat with refurbished nadinbrzezinski Nov 2015 #12

Okay Point and shoots.... catnhatnh Nov 2015 #10

I have a d3200. It is worht the money. Hoppy Nov 2015 #11

I checked it out. That is a pretty camera. lol. I liked. A little high for what I am looking for seabeyond Nov 2015 #19

Several places will offer 0% interest on purchases over $400. Hoppy Nov 2015 #28

Since you are looking for a point and shoot nadinbrzezinski Nov 2015 #14

Some one was talking about sports, and being on a cross country/track team, seabeyond Nov 2015 #21

Saving me some research nadinbrzezinski Nov 2015 #27

Okay last one tonight... catnhatnh Nov 2015 #15

My cheap self is saying, it would be a step up from a cell phone camera. seabeyond Nov 2015 #20

You're very welcome catnhatnh Nov 2015 #22

Here's what I recommend Major Nikon Nov 2015 #29

He is on the cross country/track team and starting his last year at university. finishing up early. seabeyond Nov 2015 #30

I doubt they are going to discount their used equipment Major Nikon Nov 2015 #31

I do not know much about Ebay, so thank you for that. I am not opposed to buying used, seabeyond Nov 2015 #32

I have returned used equipment at Adorama and B&H Major Nikon Nov 2015 #33

I've returned items from KEH Rstrstx Nov 2015 #35