Date:         Thu, 7 Jul 2005 01:17:16 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Digital Camera
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>Just before my adventure to Glacier I purchased a Canon EOS 20D - 8
>megapixels.  I took about two thousand photos without really reading the
>manual...used automatic until I started reading the book.  The trouble is...
>.they all turn out super.  I bought mine online at digital1234.com -
>purchased with a 28-55MM lens.  Had my laptop along and just downloaded at
>the end of each session to free up the Compact Flash cards.

I bought an 8mpx  Konica Minolta DiMage A2. This is a small pseudoSLR
ie looks rather SLRlike but ain't one. It has some really good
features, but has difficulty focusing in low light conditions and the
images are NO better than I was getting with an old 1.3mpx Sony
Mavica FD-88... no better detail when blown-up. It also has huge
trouble on sunny days, with shadows either being dead black or the
lit bits being burned-out.

It's a camera I would not really recommend. But at least it takes
decent memory... I bought a 4gb MicroDrive.

Sony's floppy-disc Mavicas were good wee units, but they had one weak
point... the disc drive is prone to failure at high "milages", as
happened to the FD-88, an ill-treated university department item.

...anyone got a good Mavica floppy drive lying around spare?

My boss gets excellent (scientific as well as esthetic work)  results
with his digital Nikon SLR... and this item takes his photocamera
lenses.