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PostMon Mar 24, 2003 10:20 pm 
I am looking for a 1st timers digital camera. Just to take pictures while hiking or on summer outings. Nothing to fancy... Anyone have a suggestions for a good/cheap camera, or anyone selling an older one and getting an UPGRADE?!!

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PostMon Mar 24, 2003 10:47 pm 
You'll probably get as many suggestions as submitters; I just bought our parents a Nikon Coolpix 4300. $500 incl tax at Kenmore Camera, up to $100 less over the internet if you want to take the risk. Unless you do frequent blowups, 4 megapixels should be enough (even 8x10's look good). This thing is small (but pretty thick) and easy to operate. Not too many advanced features. Drawback is limited zoom; Olympus has the best ones for that. But with 4MP you can cut quite a bit out of the picture w/Photoshop and the likes and still frame pretty well. First day out the parents just point-and-shot without reading the manual. My mom does lots of flower closeups - no problem. I got a Nikon 5000 a year ago; same thing, better lens, more options, 5MP, 850$. Great results; happy with it. Was a toss-up between that and the Canon G2. Have Nikon SLR gear so it ended up being a brand preference more than quality/price issue. Lots of good cameras for reasonable prices out there - but any one of them is only as good as the photographer operating it...

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PostTue Mar 25, 2003 12:00 am 
What price range are you considering?

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PostThu Mar 27, 2003 9:25 pm 
Tom wrote:
What price range are you considering?
I was hoping to spend between 3-500 bucks. If it have to flex more towards the upper end (sounds like I may have to) I will. The problem is I am not real serious about taking pictures, so for me it is hard to spend 1million dollars on a camera. That is why I am reaching out for instructions. Thanks

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PostFri Mar 28, 2003 12:04 am 
I'd probably spend closer to the lower end of that price range then. If you watch techbargains.com, there is usually a $35-50 stackable coupon for purchases over $350 from dell home (a new coupon appears every other day). If I were you I might consider a Canon A70. Dell Home sells it for $315 (after automatic 10% off). Throw in a 256 MB Kingston card for $38 (after rebate), apply a $40 dell stackable coupon (see techbargains), and you're looking at $313 shipped.

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PostThu Apr 17, 2003 10:27 am 
I got this camera for christmas (Konica KD-500Z 5.0MP) and so far I love it. Takes great shots at 5+MP and weighs under 7 oz. I have taken hundereds of shots with zoom and have only charged the battery two times in 4 mounths, and still using it on the second charge. I was gonna buy a second battery (like I needed for my old digital) but don't think I will need it. I got a cheepo 128 MB card and so far it is all I have needed, but may get a 256 MB card for those LONG hikes. Costco.com has them for $499. PS. 5 MP shots are large (file size) and you will need some hard disk space if you take as many pictures as I do. Jonathan

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PostThu Apr 24, 2003 9:14 pm 
I was in the market for a digital camera too. After reading Tom's post and the review of the Canon A70, I went with the Canon A60. In the review the A60 is mentioned as the same camera with less resolution. The only drawback though is it won't print 8 x 10's as well. I got it for $211 shipped from Dell.

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PostFri Apr 25, 2003 7:29 am 
I was in the market for a digital camera and would have liked to get the Nikon 5000 (I have to have 28mm or wider capability) but opted to spend my tax return on this instead: http://woodworker.com/cgi-bin/FULLPRES.exe?PARTNUM=36-830A&LARGEVIEW=ON I guess I shall have to continue to rely on my ever faithful but very heavy F3.

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PostFri Apr 25, 2003 10:00 am 
mega pixel saw
So how many mega pixels does your saw have? It looks kind of heavy to take backpacking, but I bet you can build a heck of an enlargement.

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PostFri Apr 25, 2003 10:27 am 
Slide Alder Slayer wrote:
So how many mega pixels does your saw have? It looks kind of heavy to take backpacking, but I bet you can build a heck of an enlargement.
Slide Man: Or, maybe he can just make us some nice frames.

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PostFri Apr 25, 2003 11:01 am 
Yeh, frames. Good idea. NN

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PostFri Apr 25, 2003 11:17 am 
Hey will that work for quartersawn white oak blowdowns across the trail? If they have a titanium version I may get one for trail work.

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PostMon Apr 28, 2003 11:06 am 
Just as a reference point, for an image to be of publication quality at 8 x 10, it's got to be 4 mp.

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PostMon Apr 28, 2003 2:07 pm 
I've had great 20 x 30s from 4 MP as well.

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