Digital Camera Carnival at Instapundit

Here is a really great roundup of digital camera links. I missed the entry due to being literally overwhelmed with DVD orders, three shoots, a website and redesigning my site. Sorry I missed it, however, I will be making a decision later today on whether to get the 30D or the 400D. Leaning toward the 400D for lots of reasons, but the most important is that the 30D is coming up on the next version, so waiting a few months for cutting edge may make sense. I'll let you know and do some testing.

Meanwhile, over at Instapundit... read, ahem, the whole thing.

The short answer is that it's hard to buy a bad digital camera any more. Most anything in the $200-400 range will be very good, and pretty easy to use. I'm quite happy with my Sony DSC-W7 pocket camera, and you could drop to the 5-megapixel DSC-W5 without sacrificing very much. Ann Althouse has this small Sony, and a look at her blog will illustrate that it does excellent work. Unlike mine, though, it uses a proprietary rechargeable battery instead of AA batteries. I like the flexibility of being able to pick up fresh batteries anywhere in a pinch, though in truth I seldom have to do that.