The Samsung PL210 and the Nikon S6100 have touch screen LCDs
That leaves the Kodak M583.
In the under $160 price range with a 8 MP zoom (approx), there are not many choices.
The Kodak M583 is about as good as you can find.
Go for it.
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I'm looking to buy a digital camera and need some help. There are some specific features I would like to have which are:
long zoom 7x or higher optical zoom
usb charging for convenience
720p hd video
preferably no touch screen
under $160
I've found that this is fairly hard to find under the $160 price point. My main question is with 720p video would it be better to get one with mpeg4 h.264 rather than motion jpeg? I am not really sure what the big difference is although I've read that mpeg4 is better for size and quality.
The three cameras I was looking at were the Samsung pl210 which has motion jpeg, the Nikon s6100 which has a touch screen, and the Kodak m583 which fully meets my criteria.
As far as brands go, what do you guys recommend. I tend to think that Nikon has the best quality and that is why I am leaning towards it but am not sure. Recommendations?

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