Digital Camera advice!

[consumertalks]

I'm looking at a few @ BestBuy. The 10% off coupon I have from the XBox game thing and a $70 gift card make it tempting to buy one, it's cheaper than eBay. Here's what I'm looking at, any advice is appreciated. Prices I listed reflect gift card/tax/discount/MIR's.

1) Sony CyberShot 3.2 DSC-P32 $125.83
Linky

2) Fuji FinePix 3.2 A210 $125.83
1 year labor vs. Sony's 90 days
I've had a Fuji FinePix 2.0 2650 and loved it, but XD memory cards seem a little more expensive.
Linkage

3) Sony CyberShot 3.2 DSC-P52 $135.21 (after $20MIR by 1/10/04)
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1) Smallest of the bunch by .8" in thickness. Has no MIR, the only other difference from the 3) Sony I see is that 3) has 2x optical zoom.. but that doesn't seem like a good feature. (?)
2) Has lens cover! I had a Fuji last year, sold it when I didn't use it much. Now I want a camera again, and I liked it. XD media is a bit more, though. The longer warranty is nice, though!
3) Is it better than 1).. does anyone know?

The Fuji has 3.2 digital zoom vs. both Sony's 3.2 "Smart Zoom," whatever that is. All in all, I'm leaning towards the Fuji.
Even if you don't have any tips, at least give me props on the vB code work.

*edit- NewEgg has the Fuji for $180.50 vs BB's $199.99. Does BestBuy price match that? I'd do that in heartbeat!! *Just called 'em, no price match for online vendors. And no gift cards online. So when you add $70 to the above prices, it adds up to monkey poo. *Wait!! (this is alot of edit when nobody's up ) I can buy it @ NewEgg, off the gift card on eBay, and spend less total in the long run. AND I don't give BB any $$ after all. I like that. So forget the Best Buy stuff, what camera would you get from NewEgg?

*23rd edit- I was wrong, NewEgg has it for $170.50

[Mr. Anderson]

I have the Fugi and love it, but mine cost 299.

[thronka]

I work at a camera store and the Sony's always come in for repair and its always teh construction of the camera that fails so I don't recommend the Sony CyberShot series.. even the FD and CD Mavica's.

www.cameraandrepair.com is where I work.

[bombledmonk]

I have a Canon A70 and it's the best in the 3mp class that I've had a chance to use.

[Vagabond]

i am also in the market for a dig camera but one of the major issues for me are:
1- size (I want small)
2- movies with sound
3- able to use reg batteries

in that order
I am considering the FUji A310 or 410 I have heard only good things about the A70 but its a big large for me...

any others im not aware of???

[Darthgary]

NIKON!!!!

[HeadBand]

vagabond check out musteks dv4000 it sounds real cool but i havent used one or seen any reviews but i know mustek is a really good scanner manufacturer

[ChoaticWhisper]

I will tell you from working at walmart in the photolab and getting to play with cameras, Dont get a Sony with "smart zoom" you must set the resolution down under the 2 or 3 mp to be able to zoom at all.
It seems more like digital zoom to me.

We have alot of people that like the fuji finepix a210 including me. I am a big fan of the fuji cams I really like the s3000 if I had the money for it.

[consumertalks]

Originally posted by consumertalks
NewEgg has it for $170.50

Does NewEgg price match? BuyDig has it for $150!!

http://www2.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=FJFPA210

$162.95 shipped, so that'd be cool if NewEgg matched it.

[bombledmonk]

The one thing that often gets overlooked is that most of these cameras do not have manual focus. The A70 does and can take great pictures at 5cm. But it is a "normal" sized camera so don't go for it if you want supersmall.