[P1] Cameras

[Angus Wallace]

Hey all,

Just to resurrect this thread...

I'm thinking about the powershot series, but I'm also considering the 
Olympus C-760 (or similar), which has a 10x optical zoom (which I think 
would be a real asset). Does anyone have any experience with this, or 
other cameras who can give me some advice?

I'm not a photography buff, but think I'd like to play with manual 
control of a camera, and I thought a 10x optical zoom would give 
greater flexibility...

Any thoughts?

Cheers,
-Angus

On 17/05/2004, at 10:02 AM, Larry Kollar wrote:

>
>>>> Myself, I chose to purchase the Canon Powershot A80, a 4 mp wonder 
>>>> that I
>>>> recommend highly. It works very well with my Canon i860 photo 
>>>> printer.
>>>
>>> I second that recommendation. I have one as well. It's extremely 
>>> versatile;
>>> it has full auto mode, full manual mode, and just about anything in 
>>> between.
>
> My in-laws took us with them to a reunion (so we could drive & take 
> pix :-) last
> night. I got a 128MB CF card at the same time I got the camera, and 
> they had
> me taking shots of each couple (about 20) and various mixes of people. 
> Others
> were doing the same & kept dropping out to swap film; I just kept 
> shooting. It
> really boggled them when I shut off the camera, pulled out the CF 
> card, and
> told them that's where all the pictures were.
>
> Only gripes with the A-series Powershots is the lack of a 2nd strap 
> "eye" for
> use with a neck strap (it only allows for a wrist strap) and I'd like 
> it if the mode
> selection dial wasn't so easy to knock to a different setting. (I'd 
> absolutely
> love it if the shutter & aperture settings had dial switches instead 
> of using a
> menu to set them too!)
> --
> Larry Kollar    k  o  l  l  a  r  @  a  l  l  t  e  l  .  n  e  t
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