[Shotimes] Digital Camera; Which one of two should I choose?

[Jeff Costantino]

I'm biased towards the A40 because I own one but you should try to find
a store with both in stock and ask to be able to try each of them out.
I'm not a big fan of Kodak's menu system and their plastics have a
strange look to them but that's just my opinion.

Jeff 

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of HomeboyNorm@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 5:06 AM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shotimes] Digital Camera; Which one of two should I choose?


Hey all,

I appreciate the good number of replies I received in regarding to my 
previous e-mail about myself being a digital camera idiot. 

I have looked at both the Canon Powershot A40 (2 megapixtels with 3x 
opitical/2.5x digital zoom), and the Kodak DX-4330 (3.1 megapixtels with
some 
good number higher than 3x opitical/2.5x digital zoom - 10x total zoom,
I 
believe, but not sure how many for what type of zoom). 

The Powershot A40 can be had for $298 from <A
HREF="www.BuyDig.com">www.BuyDig.com</A> with 64mb 
memorycard, and the DX-4330 is at $323 from the same place with the same
size 
memorycard.

The Canon looks to be of a complicated camera with a lot of features,
while 
the Kodak seems to be a little bit user-friendly ableit I don't know
about 
its spectrum of features. The Canon A40 is about a megapixtel less 
numberically than the Kodak that I looked at, yet they both are priced 
closely at the website stated above. The Kodak also has a LCD that is a
bit 
bigger than the Canon's.

I'd like to go with the camera with most features, since I believe I
will 
pick up with time on what features are for what. I would not want to
look 
back and say, 'Opps, I wish I have of had went with that other one
instead'. 
I am a young gentleman who is trying to get through my college years on
a 
typical 'college' budget.

I know I will stay less than the $323 that <A
HREF="www.BuyDig.com">www.BuyDig.com</A> is asking for the 
DX-4330, yet I need help on deciding which one of two cameras would be
the 
better choice. Or maybe even better, what other brands/models I should
look 
at also, before I come to the final decision. Ah, the powers of 
decision-making; Decisions, Decisions, and some more Decisions to be
made..

Help me out some more, please, and THANK YOU all for the wonderful help
up to 
now on the subject of digital photography.

Regards, Norm (can't wait to shoot digitalically if that's even a word,
lol)

'89 red/tan MTX SHO (THANKS Don Donelson)
'89 titanium/tan MTX SHO (working on getting this one for next to
nothing) '93 black/black MTX SHO (awaiting a 3.2L transplant) '93
red/gray ATX SHO (parting out - anyone need parts? rebuilt ATX, and so 
on)
'99 black/characol Mustang SVT Cobra
________ (fill in the blank) digital camera (so I could capture my 
SHOs/Cobra, family, friends, special events, and so on!)
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