Re: Good, inexpensive digital camera
On Sunday, April 14, 2002 10:39 PM, Luca Rescigno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- I'm looking to get a digital camera, but I'm not sure what's good considering how many different models are out there. I'm willing to spend no more than $300, so what could I get in that price range that would work with FireWire (I have a Wallstreet 233 with a FireWire cardbus)? You might want to check out this great digital camera site: DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW. Has lots of info. This is their general URL: http://www.dpreview.com/ This is their review URL: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare.asp Good luck. Gene -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Good, inexpensive digital camera
-- I'm looking to get a digital camera, but I'm not sure what's good considering how many different models are out there. I'm willing to spend no more than $300, so what could I get in that price range that would work with FireWire (I have a Wallstreet 233 with a FireWire cardbus)? I'm not sure what you want here, a firewire enabled camcorder, of which there are many. Or a digital camera, of which I am not sure any come with a firewire port. Assuming it is a digital camera you seek, look for one that uses a compact flash memory card, and just get a pcmcia adapter. I have found some of the best camera reviews on this website http://www.steves-digicam.com. Very thorough reviews. Prices can sometimes be out of date though. Your best bet is to find the features that are most important, then narrow down the field to your price range. You should be able to find at least a 2 megapixel camera for that price. Also, a quick check on the computer geeks web site revealed this camera http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=MDC3000 for $199.00. I don't know anything about the mustek camera, but I have used there scanners before. They're ok, not the highest quality, but they get the job done. Lee -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Good, inexpensive digital camera
Hello, Make sure to consider what you want to do with your photos. If you plan to make prints, you'll want to get the best resolution you can for your money. I use mine solely for sending via email or to use on web pages. I got the low-end Sony (DSC-20, I think), and it's been great. It has a USB cable to connect it directly to my iBook. Since I have OS X and iPhoto, as soon as I plug in the cable, iPhoto fires up and is ready to go. The LCD screen on the cam is among the best I've seen. Even friends with more expensive digital cameras like the screen on mine better than their own. Like another poster said, FireWire still cams are a rarity and is usually reserved for digital video cams. However you can get a FireWire digital video cam with the ability to take still photos. Have fun, Philip -- I'm looking to get a digital camera, but I'm not sure what's good considering how many different models are out there. I'm willing to spend no more than $300, so what could I get in that price range that would work with FireWire (I have a Wallstreet 233 with a FireWire cardbus)? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Good, inexpensive digital camera
Luca, I love my Coolpix 800 and there are some refurbished models left at www.abesofmaine.com--they come with a 90 day warentee and cost around $230- It is a 2.11 megapixel camera and that is a pretty good size. Also, check out www.dpreview.com- it is a great digital camera review site! Ed Zelinsky Luca Rescigno wrote: -- I'm looking to get a digital camera, but I'm not sure what's good considering how many different models are out there. I'm willing to spend no more than $300, so what could I get in that price range that would work with FireWire (I have a Wallstreet 233 with a FireWire cardbus)? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Good, inexpensive digital camera
On 15/04/02 11:22, patrick fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am on my third digital camera. It is a Fuji 4700 and I absolutely love it. It has a lot of great, fine features. They have it at computergeeks for $339 and it is USB, though. And it has an optical zoom. Very sweet camera. And it records movies!!! I think you can still get $20 off if you put Geek4700 in the specials box when you order. I would suggest at least 2.1 megapixel. At the very least. The price of cameras shoots up when you add an optical zoom onto it. You pay through the nose for that feature. Any most digital camera is good. What you should look for is features and cost. And there are excellent review sites on the internet. Find a camera and go to Google and type review and there are a handful of excellent camera review sites. When I see the ongoing prices for digital cameras, it strikes me that something is still wrong. To get a good camera, not even matching a good SLR, you will pay the price that you would pay for an advanced-amateur/pro SLR. $1000 will almost get you the Minolta Maxxum 9, the top of the line at Minolta, or a very nice Nikon N90. To get similar result of those of a SLR, you would have to plunk over $5000. I don't know, maybe I'm not getting it, but still, you would think that digital cameras should be cheaper than SLR, since they have far less mobile parts that require precision engineering (like with a 1/12000th exposure). Just a thought... -Laurent. -- = Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Washington, DC, USA ** Usual disclaimers apply ** BUAG // n.: [abbreviation, from alt.fan.warlord] Big Ugly ASCII Graphic. Pejorative term for ugly ASCII art, especially as found in sig blocks. For some reason, mutations of the head of Bart Simpson are particularly common in the least imaginative sig blocks. See warlording. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Good, inexpensive digital camera
Good point. I wonder what the answer is to that. They should be cheaper. Maybe it is the CCD that costs so much. Still, I don't think they should cost as much as they do. On the other hand, prices are plummeting year by year. I don't know, maybe I'm not getting it, but still, you would think that digital cameras should be cheaper than SLR, since they have far less mobile parts that require precision engineering (like with a 1/12000th exposure). Just a thought... -Lau -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Good, inexpensive digital camera
on 4/15/02 11:22 AM, patrick fisher at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am on my third digital camera. It is a Fuji 4700 and I absolutely love it. I have the Fuji 2600 and I also love it. GREAT 2.1 megapixel photo quality, 3x optical zoom, 16 meg card, rechargeable batteries AND charger all for $279. Price performance ration is very solid here. It's a little plastic feeling and the sliding lens cover is slightly annoying but these are minor gripes. Brian -- 12) Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Good, inexpensive digital camera
On Monday, April 15, 2002, at 09:54 , lee wrote: -- I'm looking to get a digital camera, but I'm not sure what's good considering how many different models are out there. I'm willing to spend no more than $300, so what could I get in that price range that would work with FireWire (I have a Wallstreet 233 with a FireWire cardbus)? http:///www.megapixel.net is a good source for reviews, and http://www.buydig.com has some of the best prices. look on http://www.pricewatch.com for price comparisons. I had a Kodak DC3400 before upgrading to an Olympus C-3030. The DC-3400 was about $250 the last I looked and is a decent, easy-to-use camera. It only supports JPEG compression, though. The DC-3400 has its flaws, but it makes a great first camera. GmG -- Nothing good comes from the earth anymore. -Jet Black, Cowboy Bebop, 2071 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Good, inexpensive digital camera
Laurent Daudelin wrote: When I see the ongoing prices for digital cameras, it strikes me that something is still wrong. To get a good camera, not even matching a good SLR, you will pay the price that you would pay for an advanced-amateur/pro SLR. $1000 will almost get you the Minolta Maxxum 9, the top of the line at Minolta, or a very nice Nikon N90. To get similar result of those of a SLR, you would have to plunk over $5000. I don't know, maybe I'm not getting it, but still, you would think that digital cameras should be cheaper than SLR, since they have far less mobile parts that require precision engineering (like with a 1/12000th exposure). Five magic words for you, Laurent: What the market will bear While the CCD chips on these cameras are expensive, particularly the larger ones, accounting for a goodly portion of the final cost, a lot of the pricing is that the demand for digital cameras is very high, which keeps prices up. There's also the relentless pace of technological innovation in digicams. A state of the art digicam two years ago was 2 megapixels. Today it's 5 or higher. These companies cannot economically sell these older cameras like they can, say an EOS body which has been made with few changes for what, a decade or more? These are all new electronics, mechanicals, and assembly lines. Finally, there's the question of the rest of their camera lines. 35mm and APS film use nearly the same size negative, at least compared to the CCD chips in most consumer digicams. http://www.minoxlab.com/Don_Krehbiel/mpl/dknegsiz.htm shows the negative size of various film formats. Let's take, for example, my latest digicam lust object, the Canon Proshot 90is (Because of it's gorgeous,long, bright zoom lens.) it's ccd chip is 8.1 x 6.4 mm. (2140 x 1560 total pixels, 3.34 Mpx). At equivalent resolution, a 35mm frame (24 x 36 mm) is 9510 x 5850 pixels or *55.6* megapixels... That means digital cameras can't use the same optics and mechanicals as their established, amortized 35mm and APS production lines. A smaller 'negative' means that a shorter focal length lens is required to give the equivalent performance. CCD chips are finally approaching the size of 35 mm and aps negatives. This means two things: Big Honkin' File sizes: a 56 megapixel image is huge. A raw 56 Mpx image at 24bit color is 160 megabytes in sizesuddenly that IBM 1G microdrive looks like the 8 mb card that came with my little camera...it'll hold 6 shots. The camera makers will be able to leverage their investment in 35 mm and APS tooling and optics, which, in theory, should bring down prices and improve performance. This is years down the line, though, IMO...there are a lot of other stumbling blocks, like moving that much data around in a timely fashion, compressing it in camera (which they'll have to do, and mild JPEG compression does wonders for camera card file size!) and storing it, all without something like a belt-fed battery compartment spitting dead AA cells out the side like a machine gun...;-) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
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Re: Good, inexpensive digital camera
Since we are on the subject of Olympus cameras, I've found this on www.macdeals.com The D-360 and 370 are excellent budget cameras... Olympus D-370L 1.3M digicam for $95 after coupon 11:49 am OfficeMax.com and OfficeMax retail stores offer the Olympus D-370L 1.3-megapixel digital camera for $119.98. Use a $25 off $100 coupon if available to you to knock the net price to $94.98. With free shipping, it's the lowest total price we've seen on this camera. Features include 1.5-inch LCD, 1280x960 resolution, 4x digital zoom, 2MB internal memory, and USB connectivity. Just to add my experience to the pot. I have been using an Olympus dl360 for a couple of years $300. Not super high res or firewire, (but quick to download with a USB reader - $40.) Does everything I need - ebay pix, emailable JPEGs for friends, super closeups to 4 inches and macro even closer when needed; good battery service on 4 rechargeable AA's. The camera can also be plugged directly into a TV and do its own slideshow very elegantly. You can probably find this camera used for bupkis or only a bit more -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Good, inexpensive digital camera
1.3 Megapixels, I feel, is not good enough for average photograhy. For web stuff, fine. 2.1 is kind of a minimum, I feel, to decent photography. Still, I should get this camera for my daughter. P Vic Viet Duong wrote: Since we are on the subject of Olympus cameras, I've found this on www.macdeals.com The D-360 and 370 are excellent budget cameras... Olympus D-370L 1.3M digicam for $95 after coupon 11:49 am OfficeMax.com and OfficeMax retail stores offer the Olympus D-370L 1.3-megapix -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Good, inexpensive digital camera
1.3 Megapixels, I feel, is not good enough for average photograhy. For web stuff, fine. 2.1 is kind of a minimum, I feel, to decent photography. The weird part is that I have seen 1.3 megapixel pictures printed out that are great. I wonder how they do that?? I have a 2 megapixel camera and it's ok. I have seen some nice 1 MP pictures though. Aron -- --- Aron Nelson Audio Bytes Corporation 1050 Queen Street #300 Honolulu, HI 96814 808-589-2727 FAX:808-589-2626 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Good, inexpensive digital camera
My first digital camera was the old Apple QuickTake 7 years ago. The resolution was 600x800, not even 1 megapixel. I was able to use it to print fairly large architectural pictures of my models in college. As Bruce mentioned, it's the optics, AND it's the skills of the user that determines good pictures. I still use my old quicktake for quick web pics. We use an old 1.3 MP D-360 in the office for site photos and it still takes great pictures. So if 1.3MP good enough for a graphic design firm, then its good enough for most people. The whole megapixel issue is kind of like the Mac/PC Mhz myth. Buy a quality camera over quantity. But most important, have fun with your new camera! Vic Duong 1.3 Megapixels, I feel, is not good enough for average photograhy. For web stuff, fine. 2.1 is kind of a minimum, I feel, to decent photography. The weird part is that I have seen 1.3 megapixel pictures printed out that are great. I wonder how they do that?? I have a 2 megapixel camera and it's ok. I have seen some nice 1 MP pictures though. Aron -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Good, inexpensive digital camera
Thought I'd throw my two cents in as I just went through buying a new camera. I settled on the 2.1 megapixel Canon A40, which I found online for $258 (though with $20 shipping). I was a journalist just long enough to know optics are important, and so I went with the Canon. It's an actual camera company and the camera reviewed well on the sites already mentioned on the list. I also recommend thinking through the memory card issue and the battery issue. Another thing the Canon had going for it was AA batteries, as opposed to some of the camera-specific ones some companies use. I bought some rechargeables and can always use regular AAs in a pinch. It uses Compact Flash, though it only comes with a 8MB card -- good for only a few photos. I got a 128MB card at Sam's Club for $54. So the ancillary things ate up near another $100 after I got the camera. The shots I've taken so far are very sharp and up clear. Camera's easy to use works with my USB well. The A-30 is a 1.3 megapixel version of the same camera; don't know the price. Last recommendation: go to pricescan.com and pricegrabber.com to research the costs. They saved me $20. Thanks, joe f. -- Joseph Ferrare [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.mac.com/jferrare/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Need Epson driver
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 19:39:28 -0500 Subject: Need Epson driver From: Jack Hodgson [EMAIL PROTECTED] I recently got an Epson Action Laser 1500. Epson has the manuals available at its Web site, but no drivers, at least for Macs. And the manuals say it is Mac compatible. If it is a PostScript printer, you can just use Apple's LaserWriter Driver, which should be included on you system CD or available through Apple. If Epson does not have a specifice PDD file for the printer, it should still work with the generic one that is part of the LaserWriter driver. The other commonly seen laser printer language is PCL which I believe is common to HP. If it does use the PCL page language I would look at the HP site for information on that, or perhaps search the Epson site to see how they handle that language. bill -- \/\/i||i@^^ ()\/e -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Good, inexpensive digital camera
On 4/15/02 6:43 PM, (G-Books) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking to get a digital camera, but I'm not sure what's good considering how many different models are out there. I'm willing to spend no more than $300, so what could I get in that price range that would work with FireWire (I have a Wallstreet 233 with a FireWire cardbus)? I have bought two of the HP Photosmart 318 digital cameras. You can pick them up at CompUSA for $199, and online for cheaper. I bought mine, and liked it so much, and is so easy to use with iPhoto that I had my wife pick one up for herself so she can email me pictures without having to use conventional film and scanner. It's a 2.3 Megapixel, USB connected camera. Has built in 8 Megs (113 pictures low setting/8 on high) with a slot for a CF card. http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product%5Fcode=287265csea rch= for details. Normally I just use it on the cheapest quality (one star) because all my pictures usually get emailed out, and I don't plan on ever printing them. When I do plan on a printing, I change it to the highest quality, and it prints out very well. Looks like a real picture. Hope this helps. -- Walt Basil [EMAIL PROTECTED] MS Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
