What scanner? What digi camera? What printer?

[Tom Kuhn]

YO Eagle, Great shots of the dog peeking out from couch.

SCANNER, COPIER, PRINTER:
I have an HP 750 all in one. Slim small foot print, capable of fine prints,
scans, and copies, but the driver software sucks. I am exploring switching
to the new $200 Epson 3-in-1.

CAMERA:
Have owned a Fuji MX1700 for 3 years - Only 1.5 mega pixels, but I love it!
Why? Pocket-able, 3X optical zoom, but mainly, it has a LARGE LCD screen
making it so easy to compose. None of the newer cameras have a comparable
sized screen. So I just purchased for my wife, from eBay, a nearly new Fuji
MX 4700 for $228.   Effectively 2.5 mp. Looks exactly like the 1700, with a
beautiful pocket size design and HUGE screen, and video too. Terrific
camera. Nothing like it out there for this money.

Footnote:
I also just purchased a NIKON COOL-PIX 4500 touted for its outstanding macro
capabilities for use in my dental office. Disappointingly overrated.
Ridiculously tiny screen, hard to compose. Not quite pocket size, and when I
want to grab a shot, I go for the Fuji every time. I've read the manual
cover to cover several times, bought a ring light and still haven't figured
out the proper combination of settings to get a quick and sharp photo of
smiles and teeth. If anyone (preferably a dentist) has advice on this
machine, let me know.

Many Thanks,
Tom Kuhn
www.tomkuhn.com


From: Eagle <eagle243 at mac.com>
Subject: Re: [CUBE] what scanner? what digi camera, what printer
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 19:24:51 -0400
To: "Cube List" <Cube at lists.themacintoshguy.com>

On Saturday, Apr 12, 2003, at 23:15 US/Eastern, Lacorona at aol.com wrote:

You guys are always helpful...I hope you can help me agani...
Does anyone here who works with photography or images have a dream team idea
of printer, scanner and digi camera that I can buy at COMPUSA or through
Apple catologs, or other apple supplier? For not a billion dollars, but not
cheapo-doesn't-look-good price either. I guess, best qulaity for reasonable
money.

I bought a 2 megapixel Canon PowerShot A60 two weeks ago -- my first digital
camera. The A60 costs around $250 so it's not too expensive but not too
cheap either. I have been completely impressed with the pictures I have
taken so far -- feel free to take a look at
http://homepage.mac.com/eagle243/digicam/ - and keep checking because I'll
be adding more pics that I want to publish. In 2 weeks I have taken well
over 150 pictures, probably near 200. If 2 megapixel isn't enough for you,
Canon makes a $350-$400 3 megapixel version of the camera, the A70.

I bought the A60 because it can take additional lenses with an adapter, and
because it has manual shutter, aperture, and focus modes, and because it has
a continuous drive settings in which takes up to six frames @ 2.6 frames per
second. I wanted a camera whose pictures I could print, but I didn't want to
spend piles of money to be able to print greater than 8x10, as I will likely
never do that.