<p>What is a good EBayable digital camera? I don’t plan on spending >$50 and I don’t care if its new or not as long as it works and is USB compatible.</p>
<p>For less than $50, you are probably going to find nothing over 2 Mpixels.</p>
<p>And 2 megapixels is just fine for most purposes. We did some 8x10 enlargements that look great! I’d avoid the Nikon Coolpix cameras though. They tend to have problems after a while. When ours stopped working (two of them) with “LENS ERROR” messages, it would have cost more to fix them than replace them. The repair shop said they saw that problem very frequently in the Nikon digital cameras.</p>
<p>I’d also avoid older cameras with rechargable batteries (which may not hold the charge they once did. And when you do buy batteries for a digital camera… PLEASE buy Lithium batteries. They seem so expensive when you buy them, but save you a lot of money and frustration in the long run.</p>
<p>I have a Nikon and it’s absolutely amazing. Maybe check out an older Canon model… those are alright.</p>
<p>Ooo big suggestion here. I have a Canon model with a battery pack and it is SOSOSO annoying! The camera itself is great even though it’s rather old at this point and only has 2 mpx, but I get so frustrated with the fact that I have to use a battery pack instead of regular (or rechargeable) AA batteries. Even a brand new battery pack only lasts for around 2.5 hours, whereas the Nikon Coolpix I had back home would last for at least one full day, probably multiple days, and I could substitute regular one-use AAs if I had to. This is a common complaint for this camera. (To clarify, I have my dad’s Canon because the Coolpix’s screen broke and my dad wanted me to have a working camera for my exchange–he has my Nikon, which still works even with the broken screen. I suppose the screen thing is also typical of Nikons–sigh, oh well.)</p>
<p>Anyway, just steer clear of battery packs and go for the ones that use normal-sized batteries, and as digmedia suggested, get some Lithium ones.</p>