on 11/23/02 12:04 PM, gfen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 330RS has the built in memory and uses a special rechargable battery good (in my limited experience) for about 125-150 shots at max quality with very limited usage of the LCD or flash. Metal build. Small. Available at about $330. 430S is identical but with larger effective # of pixels. Available at about $475. 330GS is slightly larger, does not have the built in memory, has a movable LCD screen so you can see it from the side or front, not just from the rear of the camera. Uses AA batteries. Has an output to TV I believe. Allows autobracketing. Has a lens design that is 6/5 rather then 7/6. Available at about $330.
If you like, I (and others I am sure) would be glad to send you one or two full-size image files that you can view and print and evaluate for yourself. I haven't done any professional prints from my Optio images yet, have just done a couple on my cheap printer. On cheap paper. Stan > On 23 Nov 2002, Heiko Hamann wrote: >> I've got a 330RS. I don't know if the 230 is still available where you >> live, but in Europe it has been replaced by the 330GS. As the 330GS has > > B&H appears to stock the 230, 330GS, and 330RS. > >> 3MP I would go for it (it has many improvements, too). You won't see a > > It seemed to be a $40 difference between the cheaper 330 and 230. I kind > of figured it was a nobrainer to opt for the 330. > >> difference between 2MP and 3MP at 4x6. I didn't make a 5x7 with 2MP, but >> I think, that you will see a difference here between 2MP and 3MP. With >> 3MP 5x7 look fine. > > She;s not a photographer, so I doubt even 5x7 will be a common size, > however, who knows since I plan on picking up (finally) a printer for > myself down the line, and she can always print out there or to the local > Ritz's Frontier. > >> Regarding the decision between 330RS and 330GS you can't make something >> wrong. The RS is more expensive but it is smaller and offers more >> optional equipment (underwater case etc.). But the 330GS has the same >> (or even better) picture quality and some interesting features (auto- >> bracketing e.g.). Honestly - the GS offers more for its price. But the >> RS might be more attractive...;-) > > I didn't realize the RS was smaller, I didnt seem to notice that part.. It > hoguth the only difference was the internal 11mb of memory. > > Obvisouly,w hen I'm obsessing over details, I didn't obsess over that > part! > >>> I hope this doesn't qualify as buying myself a gift, I swear, I won't >>> touch it for at leas tthree months! >> LOL. Better buy two... > > She's not really one fo rpictures, but she's got a little Canon PnS I'd > been threatening to replace. Instead of repalcing it with something that's > not really much better, outside of the Pentax label onit, of course, > perhaps I should get her a digital to better round out the options she has > available to her. >
