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altis · 18-09-2003, 11:18

Mrs A's got one of those too.

Have a wander round this site. There's loads of info - but you sometimes have to hunt for it. Look out for the pull-down menu buttons. They have some good tables of the main features.
http://www.steves-digicams.com/

I always try to bear in mind the total cost of ownership. How much are spare batteries? What expansion cards are available?

I took a long look at the expansion card market and plumped for Compact Flash. See this post. Now, I wouldn't buy anything that didn't take AA batteries and have a Compact Flash socket. That's why I recommended the Canon.

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Oh, and don't be conned into getting more megapixels than you need. Follow the 'www' link below to see my efforts with a lowly 2.1 megapixel camera. Even the biggest pictures on those pages are only 1/4 of that resolution. Some of my photos are spoilt more by camera shake and poor focussing than by lack of resoulution. Mind you, I hardly ever make prints from them - so, I guess, it depends what you have in mind.

18-09-2003, 11:18	#14
altis Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Warrington ntl:81304 Altitude: 12m (and falling) Posts: 4,499	Mrs A's got one of those too. Have a wander round this site. There's loads of info - but you sometimes have to hunt for it. Look out for the pull-down menu buttons. They have some good tables of the main features. http://www.steves-digicams.com/ I always try to bear in mind the total cost of ownership. How much are spare batteries? What expansion cards are available? I took a long look at the expansion card market and plumped for Compact Flash. See this post. Now, I wouldn't buy anything that didn't take AA batteries and have a Compact Flash socket. That's why I recommended the Canon. *Edit* Oh, and don't be conned into getting more megapixels than you need. Follow the 'www' link below to see my efforts with a lowly 2.1 megapixel camera. Even the biggest pictures on those pages are only 1/4 of that resolution. Some of my photos are spoilt more by camera shake and poor focussing than by lack of resoulution. Mind you, I hardly ever make prints from them - so, I guess, it depends what you have in mind.