If you want a reasonable camera for a low price. Go to Pricegrabber, chase down Photography>Digital Cameras, and sort the digicams by lowest price, and scroll down until you see something you like from a name brand like Fuji, HP, Kodak, Canon, etc. Some of the older 1 megapixel models are going for well under 100 dollars.

Then go to a site like www.imaging-resource.com and read the review for the camera and see if it meets your needs before you buy. Look at the ratings for the seller and make sure they have no more than 2 percent negative reviews. Some of the smaller outfits get overloaded in December and may not be able to deliver by Christmas.

For example, the Olympus D-460 Zoom 1280x960 8MB is a 1 megapixel camera that costs only $75 + shipping.