Have you tried joining your local Freecycle <http://www.freecycle.org/> group and asking if anyone has a camera? If you mention OSM that spreads the word to a wider audience too.
Cheers, Chris Ed Loach wrote: > I'd like a cheap digital camera to use when I'm out noting things for mapping > purposes; our existing camera eats batteries. > > Features I'd like: > * Rechargable battery > * Optical viewfinder - I struggle to see the LCD display on our current > camera in high light levels. > * Optical zoom higher if possible. > * Takes memory cards rather than relies on internal memory > * Megapixel isn't really too important. As long as I can take a photo of a > streetsign with optical zoom from the opposite side of the road, that should > probably be fine. I don't intend printing these images after all. > * Splashproof would perhaps be useful if cycling in the rain, though I guess > this adds to cost and low cost is important (after all - I do have *a* > digital camera, and have to justify the cost of any other). > > Can anyone suggest either a camera or a good comparison website. I tried > Jessops who are overpriced, Amazon that don't have optical viewfinder as a > data item and Dabs whose website was down. The Jessops site suggested that I > can probably do without the splashproof requirement... > > Alternatively if anyone can recommend some good quality, reasonably priced, > high capacity rechargeable AA batteries that work well in their digital > camera then that may work out a cheaper option. > > Thanks > > Ed > > _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
