In the market for a new digital camera. Anyone have ideas as to best price and place to purchase, On or off the web. Best camera for the money. Small as possible and not bulky. Will be using this camera with windows xp. Thanks for suggestions.

I purchased the Nikon Coolpix 2100 about 2months ago and I'm very happy with it. Granted it is 2.1megapixel camera but I'm not printing out any of the photos. If you are going to print I suggest getting a 3.1megapixel camera or higher. As far as price, the camera itself was 249 but after a 64meg CF card, a bag and a battery recharger w/batteries I had spent another hundreded bucks. I myself prefer to purchase things where I live. The net might be cheaper but in a store you know what you are getting and if it is broke, you can go back to the store and return it without any issues. As far as being small and not bulky. The Nikon Coolpix line is a very small and far from bulky. KTTD

I have one of these and love it! Not too big and takes superb pics! http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000065AY5/qid=1055873715/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_2_1/202-6437493-8971020

Thanks. I dont purchase much on the net myself. Do a lot of shopping on the net but not much purchasing. When possible I like to purchase from walmart because of their tremendous take back policy if the need arises but they dont always have the products I want. Have bought some computer parts online but thats about it and didnt feel real good about doing that. Just like to see before I buy mostly. Im doing some researching on the camera issue for a friend whom is going to buy one this week. I have a rather old kodak I have played with and now im ready to get me a nice camera as well. So after I see what kind of deal we can find him, I will purchase me one as well. Thanks for the suggestion on the nikon brand. Does that camera take short video clips as well? Does the ones that take the short video clips include sound in them? What about memory for the better cameras of 3.1 and higher? Is there differant prefferred memory styles over others? Thanks for any help here.

It does take 15second video clips but no sound. If you purchase a model that takes pics at a higher res the CF "Compact Flash" cards just don't hold as many pictures. My 64Meg card will hold 65 pics when it is set to 2meg(high) and if set to 2meg(normal) it will hold 125pics. KTTD

Another model to consider is the Canon A70, it takes video clips and has sound, has a stainless steel body and is fairly compact in size. Additional lens are also available. Unfortunately, I have not seen any camera that provides a decent sized memory card, as they usually only have a 16 or 32 capacity. Memory cards are one item that is worth buying on the net, or at COSTCO. Fuji, Nikon, Olympus and Canon are the best manufacturers in my humble opinion.

This kodak I have I upgraded the memory in it and it has four settings. With it on its lowest res settings it will take over 200 pictures and each setting below decreases the amount of pictures. All the way down to the fourth setting which will hold 24 at that setting. Its been fun playing with it but the quality picture just isnt there. I have saved a lot of money since I purchased this camera a couple of years ago. The wife was breaking me developing film. I dont think she has took any 35 mm pictures since. Just look at how easy it is to burn a zillion pics to a cd and store forever. Thanks again for all the input.