I have the Olympus C2500-L and it is great. It only a 2.1 megapixel but the pictures are great.


Check out these site for electronics reviews and web prices.

http://www.zdnet.com
http://www.cnet.com

 

Sony DSC-F505V.

3.3Mp, uses MemorySticks, plugs in directly to USB, or use a USB MemoryStick reader.

They've now got a wheel mouse with MemoryStick reader which is perfect for laptops.

Also, it has a big ugly chunky Carl Zeiss lens.

Oh, and it takes MPEG movies with sound.

 

go with what funcar has, the Ricoh RDC-7, it rocks.

I personally have a Kodak DC4800 - 64 megs, 2 Li Ion batteries, its great, has lots of great options, but wish it would be a bit more consistent, but what do you expect with digital cameras? especially when I've been working off of a notebook lately - crappy LCD instead of my 21" Sony Trinitron - I miss it so much.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Luder94
[B]I got the Nikon CoolPix 880. . .great pictures!!!

 

I have the Canon Digital IXUS, one of the smallest cameras there is with zoom (which i think is a must have function with digital photography), and 2.1 megapixel. I like it because it's so tiny, very easy to bring along. If you want really good picture quality i'd consider then Nikon Coolpix series, a bit bulky but high quality pics.

Think about how to connect to the PC. USB or a PCMCIA card adapter (which i use with my laptop) is a must, transfer time to the PC will kill your interest otherwise.

Finally, consider buying as large a memory card as you can afford (i have a 96 MB one!). It's a pain to fill the card up and then have to stop snapping because of this.

 

The Coolpix 880 is not really bulky like the 950 and 990. It is about double the size and weight of my most compact film camera, a tiny Olympus Stylus 80.

The 880 has essentially the same electronics as the 990, but some minor sacrifices: fancy 245 battery instead of AA, no flash other than built in flash, 2.5 optical zoom instead of 3.0 optical zoom. I could live with all that for a few hundred dollars less and a traditional camera package rather than the swivel which I did not like even though I tried it.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikoncp880/

I have a 32 mb card. The pics are about 1 mb at very high resolution and that works for me. The 8 mb card supplied with the camera is a joke.

Barry

[Edited by Barry WY Silver/Black '01 on 03-14-2001 at 06:18 AM]

 

Sorry, my bad, i was thinking 950/990 when i wrote my previous post. Thanks for spotting that mistake.

 

Sony Cybershot S-70. 3.3 megapixel, zoom, shutter and aperture priority settings, macro mode. Also takes MPEG movies. Just can't recommend this camera enough.

 

Dunno,

Get both with the Panasonic PV-DV100. A friend received one as a wedding gift and it's really nice! It is a digital palmcorder camcorder with 2.5" diagonal color LCD monitor and built-in digital camera. Once I get some time, I'm planning to research it further and get one myself. They took it on a recent trip to Hawaii and it was incredible. You don't like the pix you shot, no problem, review it and shoot it again.

The website is at http://www.prodcat.panasonic.com/shop/list...?categoryid=229

 

I have a kodak DC3400. It's one of the less expensive 2 megapixel cameras. You can get them for $300-400. It doesn't have too many features, but it does have digital and optical zoom. I think it's one of the best 'entry level' digital cameras you can buy.

-boka