[Corsair]

So I'm looking for a new camera for my birthday. My grandparents are giving me money and I've got a bunch saved up, so I'm looking to buy something at about $500. $750 tops.

Preferably 5 megapixels or more, with a flash, and control over aperature, speed, ISO, and all that good stuff.

Any suggestions?

[Setekh]

Sony DSC-V3. It's basically Sandwich's and my camera (the V1), except on steroids. Pretty good stuff, though it might not quite be your flavour.

[phreak]

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,30381.0.html

[Jeryko]

Originally posted by PhReAk
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,30381.0.html

LOL, I was just about to post that.

[Corsair]

I knew some smartass was gonna post that.

Seriously though, any other ideas? Steak, thanks a lot bud.

[Bobboau]

I'd like a cheap little PoS digital camera that wouldn't cost much, too bad the cheapest I can find is $200.

[Grey Wolf]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?Submit=list&catalog=12&DEPA=0&page=1&listStyle=2
There you go, Bobboau. The first page is under $200, with the exception of the last.

[Stealth]

screw $200.  you can get a cheap PoS camera on Ebay for like $30 shipped.

i have the Olympus C-4000... a beautiful camera.  get the 5000, you can't go wrong.

[Corsair]

ka-BUMP!

[Fineus]

You could consider something like a Fuji Finepix S7000 (a successor to my S602). It's a good camera although the sensor can cause things to lose detail (or so I've read).

Failing that, Canons cameras are pretty damn good. The Powershot range in particular - such as the PowerShot G6.