camera recs?

[jaina]

Alas, our camera has gone to the Great Electronics Pile in the sky-- it did not survive its fateful fall to a freezing Philadephia sidewalk. :( And we definitely need to buy a new one before we go to New Zealand in six weeks!

So I thought I would ask you, dear flist, if anyone has any camera recommendations. We would really like something that can take good pics under convention conditions (most of our hall costume D*C pics turned out grainy and not-great quality). Bonus points for something that's small and not insanely expensive.

Comments

[raykel.livejournal.com]

The Nikon we bought to replace the camera we--ahem--DONATED to Disneyland is really nice. Very compact, and it has a lot of settings for different situations. I used "Museum" to take pictures of the girls' dance recital (no flash, using ambient light) and they turned out great. It's called, er, LC-18 or something like that.

[brightcupenny.livejournal.com]

Thanks!