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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28

Best Price: $393.00

from www.amazon.com
i love the tracking, because taking pictures of animals and children can be tricky, but this camera makes it easy.
from www.amazon.com
this makes the fz28 a viable camera for bird shots -- my main use for it -- and i won't be seeing photos of empty blue skies anymore.
from www.amazon.com
i have taken it to dog agility shows and the action shots at 7 frames per second are closely competing with what the professional photographers are getting with their thousands of dollars worth of
from www.amazon.com
i know nothing about cameras or photography but the pictures i took with this camera on a recent safari seem to have everyone fooled.
from www.amazon.com
i use it a lot for nature shots, especially animals, and find the 18x exceptionally effective.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Excellent Digital Zoom, Clear Picture Quality, Resolution: 10.7 Megapixel

2 RECOMMENDED by 29 people for WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY

Canon IXUS 960 IS

Best Price: $317.00

from footwalk from L, www.circuitcity.com
i bought the camera is as a mother's day present and my wife and i used it on a trip to national parks in utah and arrizona.
from Steve from Cary, NC, www.circuitcity.com
i used it in a number of low light situations with fast action (shooting in rapid fire birds flying right to left) and was pleased with the results.
from DDR from State College, PA, www.circuitcity.com
after conducting comprehensive literature review of slr digital cameras, decision was made to purchase canon dogital rebel xti.
from Homeuser from C, www.circuitcity.com
i am still playing around with the settings and trying the features out..in about 2 weeks,i have taken over 282 pictures of my fish dog and what ever i can...i just simply love it!!
from Anne from Harris, www.circuitcity.com
unfortunately, it can't detect my dog's face-just human faces.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Excellent Image Stabilization, Lots Of Extra Features, Resolution: 12.1 Megapixel

3 RECOMMENDED by 21 people for WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY

Canon EOS 450D

Best Price: $828.00

from www.amazon.com
this camera was purchased for a trip to africa and it was well worth the investment.
from www.amazon.com
i received this camera about two weeks ago and tested it outside, taking amazing shots of birds in flight,also architecture and inside for studio portraits and a concert in very low light.it didn't
from www.amazon.com
it carried easily through the jungles of jamaica and cozumel.
from www.amazon.com
i have had the camera for about a month and just returned from an east african safari and the pictures we got are unreal...i am so excited and happy with the camera.
from www.amazon.com
just in pixels alone, i effectively doubled my zoom rate, and it shows in bird closeups i've taken.

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Positives: Nice Durability, Easy To Use, Lots Of Extra Features, Resolution: 12.4 Megapixel

4 RECOMMENDED by 19 people for WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY

Canon EOS 450D

Best Price: $763.00

from www.amazon.com
i received this camera about two weeks ago and tested it outside, taking amazing shots of birds in flight,also architecture and inside for studio portraits and a concert in very low light.it didn't
from www.amazon.com
this camera was purchased for a trip to africa and it was well worth the investment.
from www.amazon.com
i have had the camera for about a month and just returned from an east african safari and the pictures we got are unreal...i am so excited and happy with the camera.
from www.amazon.com
it carried easily through the jungles of jamaica and cozumel.
from www.amazon.com
just in pixels alone, i effectively doubled my zoom rate, and it shows in bird closeups i've taken.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Lots Of Extra Features, Clear Picture Quality, Resolution: 10.5 Megapixel

5 RECOMMENDED by 21 people for WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY

Nikon D40

Best Price: $559.00

from www.bestbuy.com
i'm an avid outdoorsman and i love to hunt and fish and wildlife photos often present themselves in these activities and its nice to have a high quality camera and lens to make the most of them.
from "Joe On The Go", www1.wolfcamera.com
from shooting roller-blading dancers on the oval in central park to evening streets in the city to casual family snapshots to misty mornings at the beach, to catching that one fleeting moment that
from www.bhphotovideo.com
may 3rd we left for disney world, used it on the road, in the entire park, dw, and on the way home from mi to fla and back.
from www.bestbuy.com
reviewer images (click to see full-size image) (click anywhere inside this popup to close it) my dog tucker (click anywhere inside this popup to close it) bricks pros:
from Ishii from Dallas, TX, www.circuitcity.com
i bought this camera in july b/c i was going to africa for a month and i wanted to capture every waking moment.

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Positives: Great Portability, Great Digital Zoom, Fast Shutter Speed, Resolution: 6.24 Megapixel

Canon IXUS 80 IS

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from www.bestbuy.com
i'll often start it up and see videos they've directed and produced with their cousins, music videos with their dolls, and pictures of everything from animals to flowers.
from www.bestbuy.com
i have a bigger canon 40d digital slr camera that is wonderful but i needed a compact camera for taking to theme parks, games and weddings and events such as these.
from www.bestbuy.com
what's not so great:?not enough memory for picture size, red light makes people and animals squirm "love the camera.
from www.bestbuy.com
to join the digital world.i am on the road all day for work and wanted a small digital to always have in the truck so i could snap things of interest - wildlife, architecture, scenic views, etc.
from www.bestbuy.com
trying to get a good shot when boys nor dogs stay still can be quite a challenge, but this fits the bill for the size and price.

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Positives: Good Image Stabilization, Easy To Use, Lots Of Extra Features, Resolution: 8.3 Megapixel

Canon Digital Rebel XSi

Best Price: $812.00

from "Steve the player", www1.wolfcamera.com
i use this camera for vacation,family events and taking wild life photos.
from www.amazon.com
i have had the camera for about a month and just returned from an east african safari and the pictures we got are unreal...i am so excited and happy with the camera.
from www.amazon.com
just in pixels alone, i effectively doubled my zoom rate, and it shows in bird closeups i've taken.
from www.amazon.com
it's wonderful for low light situations when you don't want that deer in the headlights flash look!
from www.amazon.com
it's the first game developed without naughty dog, who created crash's first four games; instead, it's developed by eurocom and mark cerny.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Lots Of Extra Features, Clear Picture Quality, Resolution: 12.4 Megapixel

Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS

Best Price: $215.00

from Sweet C from Rialto, CA, www.circuitcity.com
i used it recently at a wild animal park and have great close ups from a relatively far distance.
from www.bestbuy.com
within 10 minutes i had taken a few pictures of my dogs and recorded a short movie of my cat.
from www.amazon.com
we plan to use the camera on safari this summer - to capture close-up shots when my slr has a long lens on it.
from www.amazon.com
one last note: the optical zoom is only 3x, so if your looking to shoot at hard to reach objects(such as animals) then this is not the camera for you...
from www.amazon.com
i was in the market for a compact photo/video camera that i can easily carry with me for those casual evenings in the park with my 18 month old toddler or settings where you might not need hd quality

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Positives: Great Image Stabilization, Easy To Use, Long Battery Life, Resolution: 8.3 Megapixel

Canon EOS Rebel XSi

Best Price: $455.00

from www.amazon.com
i have had the camera for about a month and just returned from an east african safari and the pictures we got are unreal...i am so excited and happy with the camera.
from www.amazon.com
just in pixels alone, i effectively doubled my zoom rate, and it shows in bird closeups i've taken.
from www.amazon.com
it's wonderful for low light situations when you don't want that deer in the headlights flash look!
from www.amazon.com
my husband and i bought this camera for our 35th anniversary because we wanted to take a driving tour through the redwood forests of california and the ocean along the oregon coast.
from www.amazon.com
i wanted awesome pictures that i could share with family of mostly my dogs and vacation photos..

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Positives: Easy To Use, Lots Of Extra Features, Clear Picture Quality, Resolution: 12.4 Megapixel

Canon EOS 40D

Best Price: $1,324.00

from www1.photoalley.com
this camera is great for scenery, wildflowers, the changing of the aspen in the fall, the elk in rocky mountain national park and then back home for family pictures.
from www.amazon.com
it's taken a fall a couple hundred feet down a hill in kerry park in washington attached to a battery grip, tripod, and a 70-200mm f/4l lens and still turned on and functioned properly.
from www.amazon.com
when trying to get a bird through branches, it often misses even when the center dot is right on the bird.
from www.amazon.com
one other thing, i went to a park the first week i got it and there was a pro photographer who has been doing it for like 20 years.
from www.amazon.com
you want to be sure to set the camera manually when you are taking the 50millionth picture of your dog.

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Positives: Lots Of Extra Features, Great Durability, Clear Picture Quality, Resolution: 10.5 Megapixel

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Best Price: $608.00

from lt.dell.com
one shot showed a bird flying by and the camera caught it in focus.
from www.walmart.com
(would like and even bigger zoom!) it is often necessary when taking wildlife photos.
from www.datavis.com
i've had it about a month and i take it everywhere: the park, breakfast, even the mall: i *look* for excuses to use it.
from www.walmart.com
the fast shutter speed freezes even wiggly dogs :) (click anywhere inside this popup to close it) this was taken from the side of a road.
from Peter Bradshaw from Sunnyvale, CA, clickfrom.buy.com
the wide-angle is wider and the telephoto longer than my selection of lenses for the slr, the sensitivity is good enough to take many indoor pictures without flash (and even a deer at dusk in a

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Positives: Easy To Use, Great Image Stabilization, Good Digital Zoom, Resolution: 6.2 Megapixel

Canon Ixus 75

Best Price: $388.00

from Chris M from Bryn Mawr, PA, www.circuitcity.com
i let my friends borrow the camera to take some pictures in the rain forest and they said how easy it was to just point and shoot made this a camera they would want to invest in.
from Jaxs, www.circuitcity.com
if you have animals like i do (i live on a farm where there is always excitement), this camera will do the job no problem!!!!!the batt is great!!
from S, www.circuitcity.com
as a mother of two...and owner of a dog...i love this camera..its perfect!
from www.amazon.com
beautiful shots have been taken with this camera and it has never failed, from my moving dog to jumping nephew and new years fireworks.
from www.amazon.com
tried taking indoor shots of my dogs - they look professional (pictures not my dogs) even made a movie for the first time in my life - it worked & i am happy!

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Positives: Easy To Use, Lots Of Extra Features, Long Battery Life, Resolution: 7.4 Megapixel

Canon PowerShot G9

Best Price: $1,018.00

from "poleclimber007", www1.cameraworld.com
i use my camera every day.i can catch a butterfly in flight or an eagle soaring toward the forests: baby smiles and grandmas watching their grandbabies.if the memory card isn't in the camera, it
from www.bestbuy.com
i eventually got to where i don't like to lug around a massive slr rig because the one advantage it has is actually not an advantage in a vacation theme park....good zoom.
from Peggy from Van Buren, Ohio, www.circuitcity.com
i take alot of pictures of my dogs and the zoom lens is fantastic.
from "Artist formerly known as Ruth", www1.wolfcamera.com
plus the 12 megapixels is so impressive for shooting my painting subjects (animals).
from www.amazon.com
for my trips to wild life refuge, bird sanctuary etc i would carry my dslr, but i hated to lug it around when i know that i am not headed to a safari.

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Positives: Lots Of Extra Features, Clear Picture Quality, Compact, Resolution: 12.4 Megapixel

Nikon D40 6.1MP Digital SLR Camera

Best Price: $552.00

from www.amazon.com
i wanted it mostly for my africa mission trip this summer, but i have been playing with it already and am loving it.
from www.amazon.com
i'm constantly taking it off in a rush to catch a picture of dogs or kids in action and then i have to remember where i left it.
from www.amazon.com
first week i had it, took the family to a local park to shoot fall portraits.
from www.amazon.com
ok, i do a lot of nature photography, birds mostly.
from www.amazon.com
i have lots of new favorite shots, dogs jumping through snow, water dripping, etc.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Easy To Use, Excellent Digital Zoom, Resolution: 6.24 Megapixel

Canon EOS 30D

Best Price: $1,500.00

from lt.dell.com
a highly acclaimed photographer used this camera solely for a trip to denali nat'l forest in ak.
from www.amazon.com
it was between the nikon d90 and the canon 50d for me, since i plan to use the camera on a trail taking pictures of wild life and birds, i think the canon 50d will serve me better.
from www.amazon.com
first sitting i was worried that i just wasted 50 bucks.the game feels very diffrent than playing naughty dog crash.the reason it feels strange is cuz this game was developed by travelr's tales.wich
from www.amazon.com
my wife can even use it, and loves to go out and shoot animals outdoors, and get close-ups of butterflys and flowers.
from www.amazon.com
if i could afford it i suppose i would have had a 5, but that's in a whole other ball park and it weighs even more.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Easy To Use, Excellent Durability, Resolution: 8.5 Megapixel

Canon PowerShot S5 IS

Best Price: $800.00

from www.bestbuy.com
i mean this camera fits me just perfect i live out in the wild and i can zoom right up to the animals face, and if you have sensitive eyes to the sun or anything else you can just flip the screen so
from www.crutchfield.com
i take a lot of wildlife photos and the zoom comes in handy, but beware once you get into the digital zoom 13x to 48x you need to know what to set your pixels at.
from www.bestbuy.com
i have taken it to the snow, desert, forests, zoos, and aquariums and its pulled off great pictures every time.
from "Thornius", www.bhphotovideo.com
i am a bird and wildife photographer, and own several digital cameras including a slr.
from www.crutchfield.com
took it hiking around baxter state park and it survived it all.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Excellent Digital Zoom, Clear Picture Quality, Resolution: 8.3 Megapixel

Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS

Best Price: $216.00

from www.bestbuy.com
reviewer images (click to see full-size image) (click anywhere inside this popup to close it) dog shaking (click anywhere inside this popup to close it) lake washington turtles
from www.bestbuy.com
i'll often start it up and see videos they've directed and produced with their cousins, music videos with their dolls, and pictures of everything from animals to flowers.
from www.bestbuy.com
to join the digital world.i am on the road all day for work and wanted a small digital to always have in the truck so i could snap things of interest - wildlife, architecture, scenic views, etc.
from www.amazon.com
we plan to use the camera on safari this summer - to capture close-up shots when my slr has a long lens on it.
from www.amazon.com
it boots up quickly, too, making it easier to get shots of animals or moving people.

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Positives: Excellent Image Stabilization, Long Battery Life, Easy To Use, Resolution: 8.3 Megapixel

Canon EOS 400D

Best Price: $672.00

from www.amazon.com
i can't wait until nature starts getting it's color back to go shooting in some of the parks around town.
from www.amazon.com
i took it to the park two days later to take pictures of our dog and her canine buddies.
from www.amazon.com
my professor advised me to get this entry level camera before i explore some of the bigger dogs.
from www.amazon.com
i have shot photos with this camera through southern utah at zion national park, cedar breaks, moab, virgin river gorge, and the grand canyon.
from www.amazon.com
i have taken fast moving animals, close-ups, landscapes and shots with flash and as yet i have not changed a single setting on the camera.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Far Zoom Range, Lots Of Extra Features, Resolution: 10.5 Megapixel

Nikon D90 DX

Best Price: $855.00

from "Larry", www1.cameraworld.com
i love this camera and it is very easy to use.i mostly take wildlife photos with the d90.i have not found anything i don't like about this camera.
from "murphydenise", www.ritzcamera.com
i have the most fun taking quick movies/video of the deer in our state parks and of lake erie.
from "Dolly", www.adorama.com
my passion is photographing people, places and wildlife.
from www.amazon.com
d90 has continuous shooting speed above the entry level camera (4.5 fps) but it is still not very ideal for sports photography or bird photography (6 fps or better).
from www.amazon.com
also, i have used it at school programs, at the moment when my son is reeling in a fish, at special moments at the zoo and park, etc.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Easy To Use, Nice Autofocus, Resolution: 12.9 Megapixel

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50

Best Price: $670.00

from Susan from Oklahoma, www.circuitcity.com
i used it for the first time indoors at a dog show and the pictures were bright and clear, unlike the previous camera i owned.
from "Karen the cat lady", www1.wolfcamera.com
it has a very short lag time which is great with children and animals.
from www.crutchfield.com
we took it on our recent vacation to yellowstone and glacier national parks.
from www.bestbuy.com
i didn't even need to put the camera into action mode to get a clear shot of my dogs playing ...
from www.bestbuy.com
we are always comparing what we've capture from wild life to snow patterns to tiny bugs inside flowers to expansive views.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Nice Digital Zoom, Compact, Resolution: 9.1 Megapixel

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