Chisy: OT.....
Funny you should mention digital cameras. I'm looking at them meself. I've finished all my X-mas shopping and now am in full furor to buy meself a load of toys for me, me, ME! *Ahem*
Anyway, digital cameras are one of the categories I'm looking at. You should know the January 2000 issue of PC World, page 157, has an evaluation of 13 cameras $500 and above, and 7 cameras under $500. The camera they rate the best buy over $500 is the Nikon Coolpix 950 at ~$999 street price. The pro's are the devices extensive manual controls, the con's are slow shutter response, weak documentation, no TWAIN drive.
The best buy under $500 is Olympus D-450 Zoom, for $499 street price. The pro's here are Top optical-zoom model, impressive pictures, easy image downloads. The cons are short BATTERY LIFE(heh), cryptic controls.
I recommend you get the magazine, because the accompanying article can probably add more information than I can here.
Hope this helps with the 'ol X-mas shopping...
John~ |
