If your seeing for the most affordable digital camera, does that mean your seeing for the cheapest camera you can find? I tend to think not. If you wanted cheap, you would have said cheap. Affordable suggests, you have some kind of funds in mind. I would assume that it's probably a small budget, but a funds none the less. For colse to 0 you can get a pretty respectable digital camera. But that may be a bit high, so lets start at 0 and work our way down. You may be surprised at what we find.
In the 0 to 0 range, were able to find some very good cameras with a smidgen of the latest technology thrown in. Image stabilization and face recognition are great features to have for this price. The image quality here will be far best than anything your cell phone camera can do, and a vast improvement over disposable cameras. The Canon PowerShot A570Is would be my first choice, as well as many others judging by it's inclusion on the best jobber list on some of the big online camera retailers. The Panasonic Lumix Dmc-Lz7K and any of the Kodak EasyShare models can be found in this type as well.
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The to 0 range is getting quite affordable for anyone, but there are sacrifices to be made in image quality and features. The Kodak EasyShare C613 still has a respectable 6.2Mp and 3x zoom. A perennial best seller, and backed by one of the oldest camera manufacturers in the business. The Nikon Coolpix L11, and Canon Powershot A460 are worthy contenders to look at here as well.
Buying a decent new digital camera (that's not a toy) for under is pretty much impossible these days. Prices have dropped quite a bit, but not that low. The good news, is that if your willing to look into used cameras you can find plentifulness of great deals. The usual auction sites will have lots, but some of the bigger online retailers carry used cameras as well. Just make sure their return procedure is good, before buying anything used.
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