Hi Tony,
Should you not be able to find a camera to meet all your desires have
I got the camera for you..~l~..specially when primary students and
outdoors and sailing mentioned in the one breath.
Sadly the Olympus 1030SW only has 3.6 zoom but is 10.1 megapixels,
shockproof to 2 metres and waterproof to 10 metres all in the one
small easy to use camera and it is lithium ion too. Check it out at
http://www.olympus.com.au/component/option,com_product/id,297/
task,detail/Itemid,69/
and cameraland has it for $549 http://www.camera-land.com.au/pages/
olympus.html
I can email you a few sample shots taken with one if you'd like.
Yvonne
On 03/06/2008, at 8:15 AM, Evers wrote:
Greetings all WAMUGers,
Some advice/user experience please.
Our small primary school (Woodbury Boston Primary School -
www.woodburyboston.wa.edu.au - some of you have been generous with
advice and support in the past) is about to purchase a digital
still camera. Requirements include good optical zoom - 8-10x - and
resolution 6+ megapixels minimum (lots of outdoor and action shots
- sailing etc, so good zoom essential). Largish screen would help
students ease of use. Easy interface to eMac OS 10.3.9 network
essential (although I've yet to see a USB camera that won't talk to
this system).
Budget is $600 or less. There is some bias toward Canon. The school
has had disappointing/frustrating recent experience with a Fuji
FinePix 90 (devours AA batteries, indifferent performance,
intermittent crashes - I think they got a lemon) although this is
helping to guide current purchase parameters.
Past experience suggests that cameras with dedicated lithium ion
rechargeable batteries (same as video cameras) perform better/last
longer/are more reliable between battery changes than those using
AA cells - any comments?
Any recommendations greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Tony Evers
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