[TheForge] digital cameras

Mon Dec 15 23:07:01 2003

    Santa brought me an HP - 850 last Christmas. I have taken about 1500
pics
so far this year and I like it pretty well. There are some things which take
getting
used to. This is my first foray into digital photography so these may apply
to
most digital cameras.
4.1 mega-pixels.
8X optical zoom and 7X digital zoom
3 resolution/compression settings
digital viewfinder which only turns on when you look through it -saving
power
LCD viewer available - but can be left off
Up to 30 second mpeg recording and audio with still pics
Many other things which I am still experimenting with.

There are some things which take getting used to. This is my first foray
into digital
photography so these may apply to most digital cameras.
It takes a second or 2 to focus the image which makes quick shots tricky.
Some settings like shutter settings like (action / speed preference) have to
be selcted
every power on.

Bob Willman
The Eagle's Anvil
Bowling Green, Ohio
WB8NQW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc Godbout" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 22:11
Subject: Re: [TheForge] digital cameras

> We just got a FujiFilm S5000. This one has a 10X optical zoom. The
> viewfinder is a little LCD, so you see through the lens, along with all
> the settings you usually need the bigger LCD for. The batteries drained
> after about 50 shots, but my wife uses the big LCD a lot. I don't know
> how much the little LCD uses by itself, yet.
>
> The nicest thing about the camera was the price. A 10x zoom for less
> than $300. And you can get a telephoto or wide-angle lens if you need
> to.
>
> -Marc
>
> On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 20:47, Steve Smith wrote:
> > I have a Nikon 995, which I like pretty well.
> >
> > The lcd screen is difficult for a couple of reasons:
> > -very hard to use in daylight
> > -hard to see if you are over 40
> > Both can be cured with a product called Xtend-a-view:
> > http://www.photosolve.com/main/product/xtendaview/index.html
> > It is just a lens with a shadow box that velcro's on to your lcd frame.
> > Very useful.
> >
> > The lcd does draw a lot of juice, but if you set your camera to
> > automatically shutdown after some period of inactivity, it doesn't
> > really drag the batteries down too fast.
> >
> > Steve Smith
> >
> > [email protected] wrote:
> >
> > > I am looking at the Nikon Coolpix 2100 for $199.99. there is a review
> > > here http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/CP2100/CP21A.HTM
> > >
> > > This camera doesn't seem to have a viewfinder (other than the lcd
> > > screen). Is this a disadvantage in sunny locations and will this cause
> > > the batteries to wear down faster? Does anyone have this camera?
> > >
> > > Any comments appreciated.
> > >
> > > Bob
> > >
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