On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:50:02 -0800, michell.co77 wrote:

I am looking to buy a digital camera. Any suggestions for a high
resolution camera in the $300-$500 range? My main concern is that the
camera can take high resolution photos and can handle all different
lighting situations.My current Canon digital camera (4 megapixels) is
horrible for night photos. I love the details in the photos I take with
my 35mm manual, but like the conveniance of a digital camera. Any
suggestions for a camera a little beyond basic for an aspiring
photographer? I would be willing to pay more for a camera if it was
really going to make a difference in detail, that is my main concern.
Thanks for your help!

You might want to look at some EVF cameras (Electronic View Finder). These
typically come with a long (10x-12x) lens and are basically a 'poor man's
dslr' - what you see through the EVF is what the sensor sees. One thing
I've observed with EVFs is that most of them have relatively low
resolution EVFs - usually about 110k pixels - the Kodak models are 237k
and are a whole lot nicer to look at (on the Kodak models the resolution
of the EVF is better than twice the resolution of the back LCD). I
recently got a P850 refurb at the kodak online store - I've not yet had an
opportunity to check low light performance, but it has IS, saves as raw,
jpeg or tiff and has several programs for low light conditions.