[Shotimes] Digital Camera Idiot

[Mike Dugas]

Personally, I strongly advise against anything Sony (and thats going to
be anything MemoryStick).

I've had a Sony, and 2 Olympus digitals, and the Olympus is by far my
favorite.  I went to the Sony after my 1st Olympus because it was
cheaper, however, I ended up going BACK to the Olympus, because the
Sony took HORRIBLE night pictures.

Don't get me wrong, its not a bad quality camera by any means - very
easy to use, small, light, durable, and held ~192 pictures on a 32MB
memory stick in 640x480, however, I do take night pictures on
occasion, and I may as well just have taken a picture with my hand
over the lens, I would've gotten the same effect.

The camera I have now is an Olympus D-380.  Wal-Mart sells it for
approx. $197, and it comes with an 8MB SmartMedia card (holds ~45
640x480 pictures - a 32 or 64MB SmartMedia card can be had for
~$30 at Best Buy or the like and will hold ~180 or 360 pictures,
respectively).

Has 5X digital zoom, a "video" mode for taking AVI movies, and is
horribly easy to use.  Connects via USB and is fast as lightning.

My first Olympus was a D-360L, and was very similar, however,
a little heavier, and didn't support USB.  Its a discontinued model
now.

The Sony I had was a DSC-P20.  Any of the Sony Mavicas that use
floppies are way too bulky to be of any good use... And still take
awful pictures :) E-mail me privately, if you'd like... My friend
has a Mavica that he took some pictures with, and I took similar
pictures with my Sony, if you'd like to compare the 2 quality-wise.

Finally, a topic I can contribute to. :)

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Mike Dugas                                                   mad@phobia.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael S Wojton" <Mike.Wojton@owens-ill.com>
Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 7:51 AM
Subject: RE:[Shotimes] Digital Camera Idiot


> I can't tell you alot about them.  My 8 year old son knows more about
> using ours than I do.  But it's my understanding that most of them will
> record movies.  How long of a movie depends on how much memory
> the camera has.
>
> I recommend a camera with a memory stick.  Alot of people like the ones
> that use 3 1/2" floppy discs, but I think the cameras are too big then,
and
> I wouldn't want to have to carry around a bunch of floppy discs on my
> trip to Disneyworld or whatever.  A camera with a large capacity memory
> stick will hold alot of pictures.  It hooks up to our computer with a USB
> cable and we just download the pics.
>
>
> Mike Wojton
> '95 MTX
> Toledo, Ohio
> shomike@tri-statesho-svt.org
>
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> ------------------( Forwarded letter 1 follows )---------------------
> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 04:19:21 EST
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> From: HomeboyNorm@aol.com
> Sender: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] Digital Camera Idiot here; PLS help, and thanks!
>
> Hey all,
>
> Although I'm an idiot when it comes around to today's digital camera
> technology - I'd still like to purchase one within my budget of $150 to
$250.
>
> What brands do I stay away from, and what are recommended?
>
> What are the more important features that I should look out to get for my
> bucks?
>
> Are there any digital cameras within my money range that can shoot movies?
>
> Thanks, Norm
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