[TheForge] Digital Cameras

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To All,
I have been a Nikon fan for a long time.  I recently jumped into the digital 
age with a Minolta DiMage 5.  It comes highly rated and is always compared 
favorably to the CoolPix.  My first 35 mm was a Minolta so I did not feel bad 
about the switch.  After spending a lot of time on-line searching out all the 
specs, reviews and such, I figured out a factor that seems to be a good first 
cut.  You take the mega-pixels times the optical zoom and divide that number 
into the selling price.  It's sort of the biggest bang for the buck thing.  
From there you have to look at the details of what you want to do.  The 
Minolta came out on top. The Nikon seemed a little overpriced and the Sony's 
were obscene.  I had Santa deliver my DiMage from Adorama in NYC.  They were 
$75 higher than the best price on the net but the feedback on the 10 sites 
lower priced than Adorama was viciously negative so be careful.
I have not played with printing many images yet.   I was a resolution and 
acutance freak in my 35 mm B&W days so I must temper my expectations a little 
bit.  Nikkor lenses with Pan-X and Rodinal will spoil you in a hurry.   I am  
thrilled just the same.
Seek free advice from users and buds and accept it at face value.

hochewa


In a message dated 1/20/02 11:49:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, erik@methow.com 
writes:

<< I know this discussion has been around before but of course I was not 
really
 interested then and did not pay attention.
 
 I am on the cusp of buying a digital camera and have been searching on line. 
 I
 am partial to Nikon and am looking the hardest at their 'Cool Pix 885'.
 
 Does anyone have this camera?  How do you like it?  Why did you buy it and 
not
 the 'Cool Pix 995'?  Anyone got the 995?  Why that one?  Are you happy with 
it?
 
 Anyone else out there with a digital camera they wish they would NOT have
 gotten?
 
 Thanks for your input,
 
 Roger Olsen
  >>