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RE: ? About Digital Cameraby Stuart & Toni Livesey <tonilivesey(at)vision.net.au> |
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Another aspect to be considered when purchasing a digital camera is whether or not it is user friendly. Quite a few of the digital cameras around today do not use through the lens technology (slr in non-digital terms) but rely on a preview screen on the back of the camera. >From my perspective this has several drawbacks. Firstly this type of camera is very power hungry and eats batteries. Secondly the preview screen tends to be quite foreign to anyone who has used an slr camera. I have now had experience with both types and started out with a cheap Casio that used the preview screen on the back. Now I found that it took adequate pics but I would like a dollar for every time I whipped it up to my eye to try and take a shot - I think I finally developed quite a bruise on my forehead :> After a couple of weeks I changed to a Kodak DC210 and while it does not have a through the lens viewfinder what it does have is quite close and I no longer look like a dill as I whip the camera up to my eye. Before I purchased the Kodak I did quite a bit of research and would really have liked to have bought an Olympus but the price tag was just too much. The Kodak was pricey enough but about $700 (Australian) less than the Olympus and while you get what you pay for the difference between the Kodak and the Olympus was acceptable while the difference between the Casio and the Kodak was like chalk and cheese. The one drawback that I have experienced with both cameras is the download time - on my P166 the download was slower than the speed of growing grass. The other positive for the Kodak was the software that came bundled with it. It was far better than the Casio and from reviews I have read here in Australia the Kodak software beats the heck out of just about everything else. Stuart
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