Hi, I'm new to the forum but not to the website. I have a Nikon Coolpix 5700 and sometimes feel it is way too advanced for me but it was a gift so....Now my 17 year old son wants his own digital camera. He is very much into his car, ( a 2005 VW GTI) which he just took to Waterfest in Englishtown NJ. This is a VW enthusiast event held every year. Now he wants to take pics of his car, etc. He is nagging for his own camera and I'm not sure which one would be a good choice for him. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. He doesn't really know much about cameras but wants to learn. Thanks

master-p-

Asolid choice is always the Canon A-400 series, I think they are up to the A-430 now and cameras like the Kodak C-330 or Z-760. You often see them priced very low on ebay.

MT

Thank you.....I'll check those out!

For photographing cars a wide angle will be far more useful than a long telephoto, so I'd look for a camera witha 28mm at the wide end. If manual controls or an optical viewfinder are not important to him then a Panasonic FX50 looks good.

Scond hand is a good way to go too, the Canon S50 and S70 both had zooms which went down to 28mm

Why don't you let the fella do his own research, raise his own money, and buy the camera he needs?

This site and a couple of others had the info I needed to make a decision within one day.

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wide-angle...kodak P880?

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