I've been very happy with my Canon S-40 (the current model is the S-45, also very nice), but there are two points where it doesn't meet your requirements: 1 - It doesn't use standard batteries (although it gets pretty good life on its non-standard LiIon rechargeable) 2 - It costs more than $300. You could probably find a used S-40 in the $250 range, though.
--- Richard Esplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My wife and I would like to purchase a digital camera for > Christmas. I was hoping to get your input as to what kind of > camera we should buy. Neither of us are real photography > buffs. We just want a camera that we can use to record family > moments and occasional hiking trips. Here's our wish > list: > > Under $300 > At least 4 mega-pixel (so that we can print 8X10s) > Easy to use (for us amateurs) > Good in varied lighting conditions > Cheap to maintain (standard batteries, durable, etc) > 3x optical zoom or better > Linux support as a camera and as a webcam > If it could take a minute or so of video and audio, that would be > a bonus ===== PGP Key ID: 071B173D Fingerprint: ED30 B048 6833 56B4 28C0 CE52 F12B 884A 071B 173D __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
