200 dollars certainly is not a small amount of money but when it comes to new point and shoot digital cameras this certainly is a line in the sand and below these is poor quality cameras that are simply of no use buying if you want quality pictures. However, hovering around the 200 hundred dollar mark is a growing number of feature rich cameras that offer great bang for the buck.

Nowadays for 200 dollars you can get a camera that with features such as wide angle lenses, 3 inch diagonal LCD screens and ability to use AA batteries for power.

The top ten selling digital cameras below 200 along with their features include:

• Panasonic lumix DMC-FS25 that has a great battery life, a 29mm film equivalent on the wide-angle end of its 5x optical zoom lens, optical image stabilization and the third-best picture quality here.
• Nikon cool pix L20 priced at just 100 dollars that has very high quality image.
• Pentax Optio P70 retailing at just 200 dollars and its features include a 720p high-definition video mode, the widest-angle lens of the lot (a 27.5mm film equivalent on the wide end) and a compact design that makes it look fancier than most $200 cameras we've seen.
• Canon powershot A1100 IS that has a 12.1 mega pixel, AA battery compatibility and optical image stabilization.
• Sony cyber shot DSC- W230 which offers 4X optical-zoom Carl Zeiss lens offering a 30mm film equivalent on the wide-angle end, with 120mm on the telephoto end.
• Panasonic lumix DMC- LS85 that has its most valuable feature as the convenient intelligent auto at the top next to the shutter button. When the button is pressed it turns on other features such as optical image stabilization, automatic scene selection based on the shooting environment, red-eye correction, and ISO adjustment.
• Olympus FE -5010 which takes quality pictures and is easy to use. It features 12-megapixel resolution, 5X optical zoom (36mm to 180mm), and a 2.7-inch LCD.
• Pentax Optio E70 has the reputation of giving high quality images thanks to its high mega pixel camera
• Canon power shot A480 has a low price that compared to its high quality is quite a bargain.
• Fuji film finepix Z30 which close up the top ten list for the cheap high quality digital cameras. This one too has its high mega pixel quality as its main attribute.

It is now evident that one can get high quality digital cameras at quite a bargain price. These cameras provide state of the art pictures and so you can save up on the cost at the same time giving you quality in terms of photography.