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I bought my daughter the Canon Elf last year and it takes wonderful pictures and is quite easy to use. Here is a close up of a fairy headband that I made that she took with the camera. The beads are 8 mm. Robin Here is a link that might be useful:

The Canon Rebel XTI is a digital single-lens-reflex camera. It can be left on Auto and used with the lens it comes with, but, frankly, if that's all you do with it, you're wasting your money. Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, and Sony all sell cameras worth considering. Some things to keep in mind: - Image stabilization will let you get a better picture in low light and maybe fix some "user errors". But it won't fix every motion problem. You still can end up with blurry pictures. - Don't buy just megapixels. The way the camera handles the picture after you take it ("image processing") is even more important than the number of pixels. For the size of pictures most people will put in their homes, 6-8 megapixels is enough. Worry more about your options in managing the picture. - Watch the zooms. It sounds really good to have a 10x or 15x zoom, but most zooms get really dark at the far end. In addition, image stabilization will work the same at the wide and tele ends of the zoom even though that, too, may result in some unwanted effects. - It really helps to get your hands on cameras you're thinking of buying. Any given camera may seem too small for one person; too clumsy to handle to someone else; too difficult to operate. Take pictures, but also try some scene modes, formatting a memory card, and try deleting a shot. - If you can, either get return privileges or see if the store will either print some of your pictures or display them on a large screen. The little LCD on the back of the camera is not adequate for judging color, sharpness, contrast, or focus. - If you can, shop at a camera shop. Though it may be hard to believe, camera shops will sell the same cameras at the same prices as discount stores or big-box electronics stores. And you usually get the benefit of a wider range of cameras and accessories and a salesperson who isn't just substituting from Small Appliances. I realize this is a lot to read, but it can help you from spending a lot of money on a camera that doesn't do what you want it to do.

Mark :) I love dogs. All animals really. That one looks ferocious! Kristin S :( I'm sorry you're allergic, but yes there are many reasons people can't have dogs. You also share my theory on the people who really want to do it will do it. That's why I've not gone any further with what we have than what we have. However, I would like to add a couple cameras and maybe a doorbell camera. I get so overwhelmed with it all. imstillchloecat I'm sorry you've been burgled. I'm sure that really makes you serious about your security system. Sounds like you have it figured out! Awesome about USAA! We've had several mailbox vandalism events. Our drive is 1600+ long. So no wireless system will reach nor do we have power there. We're relying on a deer cam, but nothing has happened since we put it up. I'd love to come up with a better solution there...