Digital Camera recommendations ...

[Ken Moffat]

Alma J Wetzker wrote:

> Kurt Wall wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 11:03:04AM -0500, Aakin N. Patel took 24 
>> lines to write:
>> ; ; I've had 2 canon digital cameras (the S100, and then the S1 IS), and
>> ; both are great. I haven't used them directly linked to my linux box,
>> ; but both of them use compact flash cards, and using any card reader
>> ; with the usb-storage module is easy. Compile in scsi disk support,
>> ; modprobe uhci-hcd, modprobe usb-storage, and then mount /dev/sda1.
>>
>> Vis-a-vis. "using any card reader with the usb-storage modules is easy,"
>> I've had a bear of a time the with USBAT02-based readers (think
>> Microtech Zio!) under 2.6. It seems the driver is just now getting
>> to the point that it works.
>> I was just admiring the Fujifilm FinePix S3100. $299 at Office Depot
>> with a $100 mail-in rebate...
>>
>> Kurt
>
>
> I was just talking to someone about Fujifilm cameras.  It seems that 
> they stagger the pixels instead of leaving them in a square grid.  
> That quality has earned their high end cameras "best picture" awards 
> for the last several years.  If they are bringing that CCD down to 
> lower end devices, I want one!
>
>     -- Alma


FWIW: I happen to have a 2+ year old Fujifilm 3800 3.2 meg, and love the 
picture quality. Pretty good features, good closeups, some manual 
control.  Can't speak to the type of ccd, but can talk a bit about 
camera quality. I had it for 11 months when it stopped remembering 
settings when I changed the batteries. Kind of a nuisance, but not 
fatal, except when I took it to the local shop for warrantee repair they 
lost it and I didn't get it back for about 3 months. Ach! Still, the 
camera took/takes great pics, but now, after another 11 months, the 
memory is gone again! Oh, well. Have to set the time/date and resolution 
each battery change. The batteries (4 AA's, I use Ray-o-vac 
rechargeables) last a long time and hold a charge a long time. I'm very 
happy if not for the one big flaw. It is hotpluggable to debian/libranet 
and other linuxes using usb-mass-storage. I bought a card reader for the 
(tiny) xD cards it uses, and am happy.

I paid about $330 of a site called ubid.com. good price back then.

-- 
ken