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Best camera for a teenager

(October 25, 2004)

My 16-year-old daughter wants a digital camera for Christmas. I go back and forth on better pictures vs. portability. Should I get her one of the slim, small, pocket-size cameras or one with better quality and more pixels?

Submitted by: Jeanne, via e-mail

Lori Grunin
Senior editor,
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Luckily, the two choices aren't mutually exclusive. You can get her one that's small and stylish that also takes very nice photos.

Take a look at the following cameras as examples:

Konica Minolta Dimage Xg

Kyocera Finecam SL400R

Canon PowerShot SD10

How much should you spend?
Ultimately, I think a more important issue is how much you want to spend on a camera for a teenager. If she's shown an interest in photography and you think she'll want to work with the images, you might consider paying a bit more for a higher-resolution model, such as the 5-megapixel Canon PowerShot SD20. If all she wants to do is take snapshots, then a 3-megapixel model should suffice.

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