Re: Off topic - Choosing a digital camara
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- Subject: Re: Off topic - Choosing a digital camara
- From: j* r* <j*@richnet.net>
- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 19:57:05 -0700 (MST)
Dennis Stoneburner wrote:
>
> ELaborde@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Hi everybody!
> >
> > Before the blooming season I would like to buy a digital camara to take
> > thousands of pictures of my irises without going broke. Since I know some of
> > you have already done it, I would like to ask you your advise/opinions/feed
> > back on whatever camara you have or on what to look for and what to avoid.
> > >From what I have seen in a couple of stores, the selection is not that great.
> > I would like to spend less than $1000, preferable closer to $500 than to 1k.
> > Thanks!
> > Cheers,
> > Elena
>
> Elena, I'm in the process of doing this now, and have the following info.
> Pictures from the Kodak DC40 are great - slight problem with in door
> shots, too dark. Can be corrected with Photoshop or other program.
> Kodak DC50 pictures are very good, too expensive once you buy a memory
> card.
> Epson PhotoPc500 has very good quality. (Can't remember off hand the
> number of Pictures it can hold)
> Casio QV-100 seems to be the best buy for now. For $599 at Staples
> Office Supply Store you get a 640X480 camera with a LCD screen to view
> and delete pictures. You get 64 images in hi-res and 192 in reg. mode.
> If you have access to Internet....log onto WWW.Casio.com and get all the
> specs. For the money it has the greatest amount of features. It's light
> weight also....about the size of a typical point-n-shoot camera.
> Have not printed or seen any prints..yet, but will by this time next
> week.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Dennis Stoneburner - Roanoke, VA zone 6-7 sorta (Kodak Employee)
Elena, as Dennis stated in his note there are more then a few of these
cameras available , I am also looking at buying a digital camera before
the season arrives , I have come up with a list of web sites from
different photo magazines that you might want to look at ,
www.ricoh.com www.sel.sony.com/sel/bppg/ www.mamiya.com
www.contaxcameras.com www.tamrom.com www.epson.com , hopes this
list helps.
Jim Ryan - Galion, OH