Cheap, Decent Digital Camera for Teens
Cheap, Decent Digital Camera for Teens
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My 16-year old niece has a trip planned and needs a digital camera. She’s working on an angle — I have a high-end, Nikon SLR and she wants to know if she can borrow it. Sure, and do you want to take the Mercedes, too? (That’s a metaphorical Mercedes; I have a Subaru. Either way, she’s not getting either.)
Here’s a better idea: For under $100, I’m getting her a decent camera — and won’t worry if she beats it up.
The DXG-711 is a slim, inch-thick, seven megapixel digital camera with a 2.5-inch high rez LCD display and a 3x optical zoom (and 4x digital zoom that I told her not to use). Typical of a digital camera, it can record video — at 30 frames per second at 640 by 480, a handy extra that I wish I had in my SLR. The DXG also substitutes as a sound recorder and has a slot for an SD memory card.
It has the usual point and shoot, no-brainer, good-for-a-teen settings, and others, including night view, sports, monochrome, and blur reduction. The DXG-711 discounts for under $100 and keeps my Nikon safely in my office.
The perfect under $100 camera for a teenager
Add comment November 14th, 2007