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

[Tim Dahm]

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Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: <HomeboyNorm@aol.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 4:05 AM
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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