[SGVLUG] Camera recommendations?

[DYN: Jim Workman]

Depends on your priorities:

I think Megapixels have been fine since 3.x, but my 2 priorities, Optical Zoom and pocket-ability seem to be diametrically opposed.

Olympus 7xx series has 8 & 10x optical zoom which is great for outdoors, but won't fit in your pocket.  (They retire them so often that you can find a 740 or 750 for ~$200.)

On the pocketablility front, I bought the Canon S100 stainless steel mini-brick when it first came out.  It fits in Dockers pockets okay.  Now I want it to expire so I can get one of the new ultra-thins with periscope-type zoom completely within the camera.  Pentax X-series started this but others have joined the game.

The Sunday Times had an Olympus 4MP, 3x zoom clamshell-style for $150 at one of Office stores.  For the price, it's probably a good all-around camera (especially if it may end up on Sunset Peak.)

Jim



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dustin [mailto:laurence at alice.caltech.edu]
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 7:01 PM
> To: SGV LUG
> Subject: [SGVLUG] Camera recommendations?
> 
> 
> OK, this is from the "I'm an idiot" file: we went hiking up 
> to Sunset Peak 
> and seem to have left the camera up there, as best we can 
> tell.  It was a 
> couple of years old so my info is two generations or so out of 
> date--anyone have a recommendation for a good, relatively 
> cheap portable 
> camera?
> 
> The thing I found most annoying about the old one was the 
> shutter delay
> (the kid always moves before you get the picture), but I gather that
> doesn't go away until you spend the big bucks for digital 
> SLR.  Since that
> would pretty much decimate the laptop fund, I'm not doing that, but
> inexpensive ones with less than usual delay would be nice.
> 
> Dustin
> 
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