< 200 Euros: you can get digital cameras with 5 to 12 mega pixel under 200 Euros. The price does not depend on the resolution. Cameras in this price range are good for snapshots, quick photos while traveling and ebay photos. With low light and demanding motives they have their limitations. These cameras mostly have automatic features and manually you can only change white balance, ISO speed and aperture. Sometimes you have integrated functions like face recognition and red eye correction and your internal memory has around 16 MB. 200-300 Euros: in this price range you will find semi automatic cameras which allow more different speed settings. These cameras have high quality optics and a good enough resolution between 5 and 12 mega pixels. Excellent photos for little money - these cameras have the best performance for the price. >300 Euros: for more than 300 Euros you will get models with 600 pixels or more, which have a lot of manual options and the possibility to screw on filters and ancillary lenses. In this price range you will also find powerful bridge cameras which have similar features than digital SLR cameras.