New Camera - Terryville,CT

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I bought a very expensive Nikon when I though my Sony was finished. I gave my Sony to someone with photography experience and they used my camera like it was brand new. I had screwed up the settings. A $1,600 mistake I will add. Take it to your nearest camera store and let them check the settings. My husband was kind of angry with me and I told him that there is no fool like an old fool (me). Good luck.

Assuming this is a digital camera. Did you accidently set a filter or change the white balance (wb)? Does it take yellow pictures outside in the natural daylight?

If you take pictures in program, letting the camera take the pictures, your white balance should be set to All White Balance (AWB).

Hopefully your camera is still working. Also try to clean the lens with a soft clean cloth.

I have seen a lens so dirty that it took yellow pictures.

I had a little Sony point-and-shoot for years; I upgraded a few months ago, but it was good for a very simple camera. You might check online - look for user reviews to read! Before you buy a new one, though, see if you can find a camera repair shop near you - one with people who do the repair in the shop (rather than send it miles away). Perhaps you can find out (free?) what's wrong with your present one and whether it's worth fixing.

Check and make sure you didn't accidentally change any settings if you do need a camera I love my Nikon.

How old is your camera? Does it use film or is it a digital camera? One that doesn't use film.

If it's one of the newer cameras I suggest taking it to a camera repair shop and ask them to look at it or give them a call and describe what it is doing. They may be able to repair it for less than the cost of a new camera.

If it's an older camera I suggest that the cost of repair may be as much as the purchase of a new one. There are several good ones, for those of us who are not so particular, that are inexpensive and print good pictures using your own computer and printer or a kiosk at the store. I've not had to pay to have this done and so I don't know if that adds to the cost. My camera cost less than $50. Being able to see your pictures before you print them and printing your own pictures does add to the convenience. My daughter and her family actually print very few pictures. They "erase" the ones they don't want to keep and download the rest which is less than half of the total onto their computer. You can put them on a disk too.

I'm not technically proficient either. Therefore I take pictures mostly with my cell phone and then have my daughter download them. lol

I have a Sony CyberShot that I love and bought one for my daughter who loves hers as well. A few months ago my daughter and I went to see Stars on Ice and we both took pictures at the far end of the ice, they came out fantastic. It is so easy to use, just turn it on and shoot away and I love the zoom feature. Every few weeks or so I hook it up to the computer and the pictures download themselves. Both cameras came from BJ's if that helps.

The Canon power shot point and shoots have always been top-notch. I'm a photographer on the side and I've been using Canon for years from standard baseline camera to a higher end with HD video and they have been excellent for my personal camera purposes (stuff in front pocket to take quick pix of the kid). Make sure you have a camera case for general travel, or they are small enough to tuck in a front pocket.

Good luck!

We have the Nikon D40 - it takes AMAZING pictures and has a great shutter speed. I needed that for my little ones that move quickly :). It was about $500 and then we got another lens that was about $200 - but I wont need another camera for a LONG time unless I chose to upgrade. The picture quality is AMAZING though. And we got it on our Best Buy account so it was 0% interest for 18 months..good luck!

I have a Panasonic Lumix (DMC-FP1) and I love it! It's user friendly, small enough to fit in my purse and takes great photos. It was purchased in May and was under $150 (I think).

Hi. I just wrote a longer response but don't know if it went through. But I really wanted to stress that the most important feature to look for is the highest dpi that you can afford. The higher the dpi the better quality the photo. An absolute minimum should be 8 dpi. But 10 works great and a little higher even better.
I hope that my longer reply gets posted but if not I hope that this helps.

I just put a micro-SD card in my cell phone and directed the cell phone to save the pictures on the card not in the phone. This made the phone save a lot more detail and now I have a camera with me at all times. The only draw back is that the camera has no zoom nor flash, but I am mostly taking people pics so it is fine with me. Then I use a USB adaptor for the SD card to get the photos on my computer (adaptor about $6 and micro SD card with 8 GB about $12 on Amazon.com.
My kids have digital cameras that were less than $100 and they both work great - one Canon, one Kodak, both bought around Christmas in a completely sealed pack with everything you need (camera, SD card, USB cable, software,etc.). Zoom and flash included!

You have some very good replies already with regard to digital cameras. I just want to say that if it is a film camera and the pictures are coming out yellow, there is possibly something wrong with the film - perhaps too old. If money is tight, I wouldn't give up on that camera just yet.