From: henk thijs (henk.thijs@hetnet.nl)
Date: 06/27/03-10:22:42 AM Z
>>At 2003-06-27 03:35 AM -0400, Judy wrote:
>>>So, to prove that I for one refuse to tremble, I admit that, much as I
>>>appreciate it, so far I have hardly understood the VERY savvy sounding
>>>digital camera advice. I've been coping with an 809-tooth, no make that 80
>>>tooth carbide tipped blade, among other disasters today, including 95
>>>degrees F on the streets of NY, and it's already 3:20 AM -- but I will try
>>>....................................
>
>Sil (et al) answered:
>
>As an instructor in "Digital" (misnomer - does it mean finger
>manipulation?) photography, my advice is to get a simple, well,
>comparatively simple, camera and learn to use it well. My
>recommendation is the Nikon Coolpix 3500: it's about $300, very
>compact (will fit in a coat pocket, so certainly a purse - my lady
>friend has one and loves it for its simplicity and great results)
>has enough megapixels (3+) and....................................
...and what I tried to add to the discussion...with the
system-administrator messing around......
>But what I missed in the whole discussion is the problem of pushing
>that button and first of all nothing happens. I bought as an intro a
>compact 'Kyocera Finecam S3L' for 400 Euro and was astonished about
>the superb quality of the images; but if you want to anticipate on
>changing events ( I just mean : if you want to do something else
>than still-life or landscape) it could be a problem; pushing,
>pushing, pushing, freezing and finally taking a different picture
>than one intended to take.
>What I understood is, that this is a minor problem with the
>pro-camera's; and what about making more than one shot directly
>behind each other? If you use a high resolution, it means
>automatically a lot of bits and pieces to store on your memory card,
>and this takes some time; also no problem with pro-camera's?? What
>do we have to pay for this, apart from the 3,4,6, etc. MPixels??
>Cheers,
>Henk
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