Im in Seattle for the next few days and i stopped by a camera store here since we don't really have any in Alaska worth a damn. I've been really wanting to get a decent camera to take pictures of the Aurora, Stars (we've got some amazingly spots 100's of miles from city lights), and of course awesome mountains and sunsets, ect. I'd really like to capture some of this with a great quality camera, of which there are none in Alaska for less than 650.00 or so. I was in this store and the guy recommended the Sony Alpha 330.... or the 230 if i didn't want to pay the extra 150.00 more. 399.99 for the Alpha 230, and he explained a lot of details about its stabilization tech, and the extra 150.00 for the "Live view" adjustable lcd, thats about it.
Any opinions on this camera or suggestions? Im trying to figure out if its even worth my spending money on.