Camera Deals

Casio EX-Z33 (many colors) for around $103

If you are looking for a general P&S digital camera as a gift or as a general-purpose don't-mind-if-lost-stolen-or-broken type of a camera, then you may be interested in investigating the Casio EX-Z33 which is available in a variety of colors from a variety of sellers at Amazon for around $103, give or take a few quarters.

This has the typical P&S features, 3x zoom, 2.5-inch display, face detection, LiIon, SD/SDHC, movies, etc. We did not find any actual reviews of this camera, so your best bet is probably checking user-reviews at different retailers, user-review sites, and digital camera forums.

Kodak M1033 + photo-frame keychain for $100

We have a new $100 camera deal for you! The bronze Kodak M1033 with a bonus 1.5-inch keychain photo-frame ($20 list value) headlines this week's camera deals at Office Max. Free shipping is included with the camera. The keychain promotion is good until November 7.

They have three pages of specials at the aforementioned page, mostly point and shoot cameras. We didn't price-check every single camera listed there, but by skimming through the list, it looks like the Kodak M1033 is the most competitive listing. The others seem to be at or above the typical online prices.

Refurbished Nikon S220 (plum color) ships for $90

If you are looking for an affordable cutesy-colored P&S digital camera that won't break the bank and do not have any objections to refurbished digital cameras, then you may want to check out the refurbished Nikon S220 (plum) offered by Adorama for $90 with free shipping and handling.

This is a rather unusual color for a digital camera, and when you look at it in-person, it looks rather nice, in that it is an unusual color but it's not like some of the loud and obnoxious unusual colors (bright-green, blinding-magenta, etc). Of course preferences vary from person to person, so this is a subjective observation.

We will have more Adorama specials later today, after we process them and organize them in categories to make it easier for you to go through them.

Fuji A170 (AA-based P&S) ships for $80 (A220 for $90)

You don't have to break the bank to get a basic AA-based P&S digital camera! For just $80, with free shipping, you can get the sold and shipped by Amazon.com itself, along with third-party sellers.

This camera uses AA batteries and SD/SDHC memory cards, making it the most affordable in terms of maintainability for those who do not object to rechargeable AA batteries.

But unlike five years ago where you couldn't even get a fixed-lens camera at this price, this one has a 3x zoom lens, 2.7" display, and a 10mp sensor, and yes, of course face detection. But no sensor/optical stabilization. It's not a free lunch at $80 :)

The camera was announced in mid-July 2009, along with the 12-megapixel A220 which goes for $89 with free shipping.

And one more thing on these two, you also get a coupon code for 55 free prints from Shutterfly. The 55 prints are broken down as follows:
+ one 8x10
+ four 5x7
+ fifty 4x6

Panasonic LZ8K and FS4 for $100 each

We have two different $100 Panasonic digital camera specials right now! If you prefer AA-batteries, and dpreview-approved cameras, you can get the older Panasonic LZ8 with free shipping by Beach Camera on Amazon.

If you prefer LiIon-based cameras with a decent battery life, and are not phased out by the Panasonic battery-lock, you can get the Panasonic FS4 from J&R World.

Fuji J28 black ships for $100

We have another one-hundred-dollar camera deal for you! This time it is the Fuji J28, a LiIon-based point-and-shoot from Fuji that accepts SD/SDHC memory cards, and has a 10mp sensor with a 3x optical zoom lens, and a 2.7-inch LCD. And face detection, which appears to be more mandatory than a lens these days :)

Panasonic FS4 ships for $100

While we can certainly complain about the prices of the advanced and high-end digital cameras and DSLRs, it's hard to complain about how things have developed at the entry-level. Perhaps the extra pressure from camera-phones and webcams combined with the intense competition and economies of scale (and other factors) contributed to the availability of feature-packed options at the $100 price-point.

When you compare to five years ago, you can get a lot more for a lot less at $100, inflation-adjusted.

Okay, enough blah-blah, the purpose of this post is a $100 camera deal with free shipping, which is the daily deal at J&R World: the Panasonic FS4. There is a limit of one camera per customer.

If you are a camera-addict, yet the name still sounds strange and unfamiliar, it is because Panasonic sneaked it in without telling many people about it. We accidentally run into it at the Panasonic website in late August.

It is intended to be an affordable but featured-packed LiIon-based P&S digicam. It has the evil battery-lock, but the evil gives around 400 shots per charge.

Flip Mino (60 minutes) with AC adapter shipped for $100

Flip fans and flip-curious gadgetaholics, Amazon is offering the black Flip Mino (60 minutes) bundled with an AC adapter for $100 with free shipping and handling. The 60-minute edition can hold up to 2 hours of 30fps VGA video. This is not the HD edition, which usually goes for $170+.

Pretty in pink: Samsung SL202 for $99

For just $99, with free shipping, you can have the Samsung SL202 delivered to your door. This is a basic P&S camera, with a 3X optical zoom lens, a LiIon battery, SD/SDHC, 2.7-inch LCD, and a ten-megapixel sensor.

Panasonic LS85K (black) ships for around $100 (LZ8K also)

This is turning into Panasonic day! For around $100, with free shipping, you can get the black Panasonic LS85. This is a basic AA-based point and shoot digital camera, and could make a good starter-camera gift, or perhaps the type of camera you leave in your car, office or bag, and won't shed (m)any tears if it gets lost, stolen or damaged.

It has a reasonable eight megapixels, with a 4X MegaOIS lens, 2.5" LCD, face detection, 33-132mm equivalent focal range, SD/SDHC, AA batteries, etc.

For around the same price, you can also get a bright bold-o-vision magenta-pink-purple body-color :)

Staying with the same price point, but a slightly older camera, the one that won the last budget-compact group-test at dpreview, you can get the Panasonic LZ8K by Beach Camera on Amazon.

PS: Interesting note, if you type "MegaOIS" with your right hand shifted one character to the right, you end up writing "MegaPOS" :-)

(SOLD OUT) Fuji Finepix A220 shipped for $80 (Tue only)

Today's shell-shocker deal of the day at NewEgg.com is the Fuji Finepix A220, an entry-level AA-based digital camera, going for $80 with free shipping and handing (UPS, three business day). The price is good for Tuesday, in the Los Angeles time zone.

This is new-in-box, there are no rebates, and you can buy up to ten cameras per person!

Panasonic LZ8K shipping for $99

It may be hard to find a better camera going for $99 as new-in-box than the Panasonic LZ8K. This is the camera that beats the Canon A590is in the dpreview budget-compact group-test. Beat the Canon at dpreview? Oh my! :-)

This is offered for $99 with free shipping and handling by Beach Camera on Amazon.