I would recommend the Canon Powershot A70 it works fine with linux and takes compact flash cards which are the cheapest also pickup another CF card or two and some spare batteries
from pricespy.co.nz flashcards.co.nz is the only place you will need to shop Canon Powershot A70 $498.00 8xAA batteries $40 256mb CF card $99 and delivered free. On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 08:05, anton wrote: > Hi, > My partner and I are going overseas and want to get a digital camera. We > would be looking to spend in the $400 to $600 bracket, and that would > probably need to include a reasonable memory chip/card (or whatever it > is, either packaged with or bought separately). I will, of course, be > wanting it to be fully interoperable with a linux system, as I hear they > have computers where we are going ;-). > I don't know much about digital cameras but would prefer it to be able > to work as a webcam and possibly take video as well. Is this unrealistic > for the price? Are there issues with linux drivers? > Any advice on wheres, whys and hows are much appreciated. > Cheers > Anton > > -=-=- > ... genius, n.: > Person clever enough to be born in the right place at the right > time of the right sex and to follow up this advantage by saying > all the right things to all the right people. > >
