Seeking advice on camera purchase

[hammer326]

Hello everyone,
I'll keep it short. I am in the market for a digital camera. I paint tabletop miniatures (like models but astronomically more detailed) and make pertinent videos and take photos thereof. What I currently have isn't cutting it.

I would like to examine options possessing:
-$150 price range
-Great video(and therefore photo?) quality of highly detailed small objects up

close. Human sized figures are at times no more than an inch tall.

-basic SD or even micro-SD card storage.

-SECONDARY: If possible, the ability to have some fun with it at night would be great too, either via a cheap night vision mode as I've seen on various models or something that will take good video/photos of a dim night sky/stars, assuming anything sub $1000 is even manufactured that is capable.

All that said, I stumbled upon a canon Powershot here
http/www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006UMM1UO/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=

that seems like it'll work judging by test footage on youtube and reviews, one of which even stating favourable performance in low light.

Any help appreciated, thanks for your time.

 

[hammer326]

Before you make the plunge, read some reviews and take suggestions from the forum. Don't aim too low when choosing a camera. I've never heard anyone complaining that the camera they bought is too good.

Don't rule out used and refurbished cameras from dealers and manufacturers.

Camera Reviews

http/www.photographytalk.com/compare-prices/camera-buying-guide?pt=6

http/www.dpreview.com

http/www.snapsort.com

http/www.whatdigitalcamera.com/equipment.html

Definitely not useless info but that's still not a start. I've outlined my budget, needs, and an example that I think might satisfy. Can you give me a yay or nay on that at least? And I don't consider $150 aiming low, I've heard of $60 cameras that do the job, I need to know things like what I should be looking for in a camera to do what I need to. Thanks thus far.

 

[amuffin]

The Canon Powershot you have there, I think it should be a good choice. It has very good zoom and pixels as well as its image stabilization ability.
https/www.amazon.com/dp/B006UMM1UO/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=cheonlsto-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B006UMM1UO&adid=0N13VZR5Z6J9D2JN2Q7C&

Canon was running a $90 rebate (Maybe currently too?) on this camera. My mom picked one up for about $70 and it actually is a great point and shoot for the price.