Digital camera summary update

[Jane Sprando]

Since I have received more comments, I thought I would add them to the list
and update it. Keep those cards and letters coming! This is great!

jane


Camera characteristics:
Megapixels: at least 3.0
Zoom: at least 3x
REAL Optical lens: must have; is there a numerical recommendation?
Shutter delay: pain in the A$$ (this was so funny that I had to include it!)

Suggestions:
Rechargeable AA batteries
Memory card reader
Several 32 mg memory cards (cheap on Ebay)

Links
http://www.dpreview.com/
http://www.megapixel.net/html/issueindex.html
http://www.megapixel.net/html/pastissues.html
http://pricegrabber.com

Specific camera data:
Kodak and Nikon use Compact Flash cards
Sony uses own memory Stick
Olympus uses Smart media card


Camera Recommendations:
Nikon 775
Nikon Coolpix 990 (has swivel lens)
Pentax Optio 330
Kodak Dc240
Canon G2 (easy to use)
Canon A40
Kodak DC 240
Fuji Finepix 3800 (6x optical zoom)