Re: Vacation snaps with an Optio?

[Mr. William M Kane]

Another problem with buying a new gadget for a trip is this:  Usually 
the people who purchase them, as intelligent as they may be, do not 
have a chance to learn the new gadget.  They do not know all the 
features, quirks, or let downs.  They do not know how it behaves or 
operates.  In my experience, this results in poor results, bad feelings 
and a disgruntled gadget owner.  They may feel as if they wasted their 
money and use the new gadget far less often in the future.

My .02, adjusted for inflation.

IL Bill
On Monday, December 8, 2003, at 04:32 AM, Herb Chong wrote:
the person who is intending to use any P&S camera for their primary 
camera
on a 6 month vacation to exotic scenic locations isn't going to do any 
such
thing. they may shoot a few hundred frames to a thousand frames the 
whole
trip and the camera had better be hassle free. they are the same 
people for
whom if there were no digital cameras would consider 10 rolls of film 
on
such a trip a huge number of photos.

Herb...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Brogden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: Vacation snaps with an Optio?

So what are you trying to say?  That there's no electricity in Tibet 
and
India to charge a laptop?  Or that you can't buy memory cards there?  
If
any memory card is for sale there it'll be CompactFlash, the kind 
that the
Optio 33L uses.  Ditto with the AA batteries it uses.  Or buy enough 
CF
cards before you go... they'll certainly take up less room than 200 
rolls
of film.