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  • From: "A Sprouse" <asprouse AT pickett-sprouse.com>
  • To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [internetworkers] info on digital cameras needed
  • Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:03:59 -0400


More Resources:

http://www.digitalcamera-hq.com/

http://www.imaging-resource.com/DIGCAM01.HTM

http://www.pcphotoreview.com/defaultcrx.aspx


And...

Quotes from 04/30/2003 N&O article "Which digital camera should you buy?":


RESOLUTION
"For most people, 3 megapixels is a satisfying sweet spot."

SIZE
"All the features in the world are useless if a camera is so bulky that you
don't carry it with you.
"...one of the most beautiful digital cameras ever: the shiny tiny Olympus
Digital Stylus 300. It's so chic, it could pass for an expensive cell phone
when you need a quick status fix in public."

MEMORY CARD
"The best card format is CompactFlash (CF): an inexpensive, rigid,
Triscuit-size card available in capacities up to 2 gigabytes; big enough to
hold every photo in every shoebox in every attic on your block. The Canon,
Nikon and Minolta cameras use CF cards. The HP, Kodak, Toshiba, Casio and
Samsung models accept Secure Digital (SD) cards instead, with capacities up
to 512 megabytes. The Sonys use Memory Stick or Memory Stick Pro cards (up
to 1 gigabyte). Unfortunately, the Fuji camera and that cute Olympus use a
new, proprietary Olympus-Fuji format called XD-a card that currently offers
lower capacity than its rivals (256 megabytes at most), at higher prices and
dimensions so inconveniently small that the manual warns that 'they can be
accidentally swallowed by small children.' Worse, XD cards are incompatible
with all existing equipment that accepts memory cards: card readers,
printers, printing kiosks at drugstores and camera shops, and of course, any
past or future cameras you may own."

BATTERY FORMAT
"The problem with a proprietary, rechargeable battery...is that if you're
only an hour into your day at Disney when it dies, you can't exactly duck
into a drugstore to buy a new one.
"...use nickel-metal-hydride (NiMH) batteries. They last much longer than
alkalines, and because you can recharge them, they are far less expensive."

SHUTTER LAG
"Here's a feature you hope your camera doesn't have; an infuriating focusing
delay between the shutter-press and the image capture. Shutter lag will
drive you bonkers..."

DESIRABILITY
"The utter shutterphobe will appreciate the supersimple 4-megapixel Kodak
EasyShare 443."
"At the opposite extreme of flexibility, the bulky, traditionally shaped
4-megapixel Minolta Dimage S414 is inexpensive (about $310) and
sophisticated."
"If those big, boxy cameras don't quite fit your image, consider the Casio
Zoom EX-Z3. It's about the size of a credit card, yet its 2-inch screen is
much larger than those of rivals."
"But the most well-rounded new cameras are the Canon A70 and the Sony
CyberShot P8."


-----Original Message-----
From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Bill
Geschwind
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 2:31 PM
To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [internetworkers] info on digital cameras needed


I am considering buying a general purpose digital camera in the near
future.





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