Best Cheap Digital Camera

With the holidays approaching fast there are going to be many photo opportunities too good to pass up. If you're like me this time of year means not a lot of extra money sitting around. When shopping for a digital camera, it's easy to get discouraged by the dollar signs but rest assured you can find a great digital camera for very little dough. 

I purchased my first digital camera as a gift for myself for Mother's Day. I did tons of research, read all the consumer reports, and got the opinions of all the friends and family who had been telling me to jump on the digital bandwagon for quite some time. After several trips to several stores to get an up close and personal look at the ones that were highest on the best buy lists, I stumbled onto what would soon become my best friend, the Kodak Easy Share Z730. It had all the features I was looking for; 4X optical zoom, 5 megapixels, auto focus and much more. The cost was only $139.88 plus an additional $20 for a 256 MB memory card. 

The Z730 high zoom series digital camera has a 4X optical zoom Schneider-Kreuznach Variogon lens which delivers sharp pictures. Also, as I mentioned before, it has 5.0 MP resolution for stunning print quality up to 20 x 30 inches. It gives you more creative control with a full range of advanced manual and custom controls which means creative flexibility for more great pictures. It contains the Kodak color science image processing chip for crisp, colorful prints time after time. It comes with the Kodak Easy Share software which provides everything you need to easily print, share, edit and organize your pictures. This software is very user friendly. Whether you are a computer whiz or a newbie, you can surely navigate this software. The Z730 is compatible with the Easy Share printer docks and camera docks, but it does not require them. I personally do not have either and my camera works just as well without them. 

Let me just run through all of the camera specifications: