# needed: cheap digital camera w/ plenty of optical zoom **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 22, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/needed-cheap-digital-camera-w-plenty-of-optical-zoom/28074 "2007-04-22T17:38:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/needed-cheap-digital-camera-w-plenty-of-optical-zoom/28074/1 "2007-04-22T17:38:53Z")
so i need to get a camera, and i would like to get one that can be used at autocross for snapping pics of cars on the course decent camera w/ plenty of zoom (so im not limited to only cars near the timing truck) for under 200 ? -memory need not be included on that price, needs to have a usb cord GO! ---
**Author:** ![articzap](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/articzap/32/7361_2.png) [@articzap](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/articzap)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/needed-cheap-digital-camera-w-plenty-of-optical-zoom/28074/2 "2007-04-22T18:32:16Z")
^^If you have a spotter with you, you can go almost anywhere to snap pics and such. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/needed-cheap-digital-camera-w-plenty-of-optical-zoom/28074/3 "2007-04-22T18:39:33Z")
point and shoot cameras are very limited with zoom. Whats your price range? ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/needed-cheap-digital-camera-w-plenty-of-optical-zoom/28074/4 "2007-04-22T19:48:59Z")
Target on transit/maple has quite the reduced selection.Try office max too (any of them). ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/needed-cheap-digital-camera-w-plenty-of-optical-zoom/28074/5 "2007-04-22T19:58:14Z")
it sounds like what you are looking for isn’t too feasible on your budget unless you find a good deal on something used. ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/needed-cheap-digital-camera-w-plenty-of-optical-zoom/28074/6 "2007-04-22T20:25:35Z")
standing location: i think ive got a bunch of leeway there, including the top of the timing truck, lol today i had a camera w/ 10x zoom total, and it was fucking me out of good shots of stuff at the far end im thinking of something like this: [http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004\_reviews/z2.html](http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/z2.html) for like $160 i can get one off ebay, then pick up a 1 gig card and some rechargables … and its not so expensive that id realy have to worry about other people touching it ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/needed-cheap-digital-camera-w-plenty-of-optical-zoom/28074/7 "2007-04-22T21:04:41Z")
Zooming in that far you really should have a tripod ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/needed-cheap-digital-camera-w-plenty-of-optical-zoom/28074/8 "2007-04-23T03:24:05Z")
i have a tripod already