[SGVLUG] Camera recommendations?

[Terry Hancock]

On Monday 26 September 2005 09:01 pm, Dustin wrote:
> anyone have a recommendation for a good, relatively cheap portable 
> camera?

Something I forget to mention -- I highly recommend getting a camera
that uses AA batteries.  Get NiMH AA batteries from Best Buy or another
local store and a charger.  You can charge these batteries faster than
you can use them, so you can get 8 for a camera that takes 4, and
always have a fresh charge.  Including the charger, this is going to
be less than $30, and you don't have to worry about standard size
batteries being discontinued.  And, of course, in a pinch, you can
buy alkaline batteries and use them.

If you buy a camera that uses a specialized battery and recharger, you're
going to have a lot more headaches making sure you can keep it charged;
the batteries will be much more expensive; and if you keep the camera
a long time, you may get stranded.

Of course this goes for memory, and anything else you're likely to
replace, too (but I think pretty much all cameras today use standard
flash memory -- I'm partial to Compact Flash because it's an openly
documented standard, but you get the idea).

Cheers,
Terry

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Terry Hancock ( hancock at anansispaceworks.com )
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