Options are limited in the Cameras below $50 segment but there are still quite a few that pack in an impressive range of features. Granted you won’t get a lot of megapixels or heavy zoom distance but what you can hope for is decent picture quality and a dependable performance. These cameras are basic Point & Shoot models compact enough to fit into a hand purse and for occasional, if not regular, use. Here are the top 5 under $50 budget cameras for all purposes.
1. Waterproof ACQUA WP6800
SVP now brings to consumers an affordable waterproof camera, the WP6800 is an upgrade over the WP5300 and it packs in an impressive 18 megapixel resolution with three colors namely, Blue, Black and Pink. The display is a TFT 2.4 inch screen and the camera offers 4x Digital zoom with the ability to record video and click pictures up to 4928 by 3696 resolution. It can take pictures in water up to a depth of 3 meters and supports 32GB Micro SD card.
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- Pros: Waterproof, decent picture quality and 18 megapixels.
- Cons: Low light pictures are grainy, doesn’t come with SD card, eats a lot of battery.
- Price: less than $50
2. Kodak Easyshare C195
Kodak EasyShare C195 is an easy to use P&S camera that features a 3 inch brilliant color display LCD panel and 5X optical zoom. It takes pictures instantly and uploads them simultaneously to Facebook, Flickr, Orkut, YouTube and more. With 14 megapixels, you can be assured of high quality pictures without a hefty price tag. This camera comes with blur reduction technology, smile capture and many more modes along with a full HD picture quality mode.
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- Pros: Superior picture quality, quick and easy to use.
- Cons: Uses 2xAA batteries and has a low battery life.
- Price: less than $50
3. GE W1200
Affordable and packed with interesting features, the GE W1200 is an amateur photographer’s camera with a 2.5 inch LCD display and 3x optical zoom. It packs in a sensor that operates using 12.1 megapixel resolution and an additional 4.5x digital zoom for far off shots. Other than the impressive styling, you also get a host of advanced features such as picture modes, onboard editing options and much more with a relatively longer battery life.
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- Pros: Very simple to use, decent picture quality.
- Cons: Lacks blur reduction, auto stabilization features.
- Price: less than $40
4. GE C1033
This GE camera boasts of a 2.4 inch LCD screen that automatically adjusts brightness depending on ambient conditions. It also features a 10.1 megapixel resolution with total zoom of 8.7x that includes 3x optical zoom. This camera offers panaromic shots, face detection, electronic image stabilization, red-eye removal and much more. It features a 8MB internal memory that can be increased to 16 GB with a SD or SDHC card. Some of the additional editing options available on board the GE C1033 are sunset, fireworks, portrait, glass, snow, leaf, indoor, movie, scene, panaroma and an auto ISO mode.
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- Pros: Easy to click pictures, navigate with the buttons and large screen.
- Cons: Only 10.1 megapixels, low light shooting is a bit grainy.
- Price: less than $40
5. Vivitar 7122BL
The Vivitar 7122 is an affordable point and shoot camera that has just 7.1 megapixels but features anti-shake technology for fantastic quick pics. It features a 1.8 inch TFT screen and comes with plenty of scene and ISO settings. This camera even provides white balance adjustment and can take decent video clips of short durations.
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- Pros: Sleek, compact and easy to conceal.
- Cons: Hard to use with no real information available from the manual, suffers from unexpected issues.
- Price: less than $40