I'm with Bill. You don't need a camera and printer made by the same manufacturer.
It's hard to say which camera and printer to get because no one knows your needs better than you. Recommending one is impossible to do. For instance, someone or perhaps a couple may say to get the Nikon Coolpix 4500. You go out and get one and find out you can't stand the layout of the controls, perhaps too awkward to use, macro shots not what you expected, etc. You get my drift.
The only thing to do is to go to a retailer and look at them, go to places such as www.dpreview.com and look at the reviews of the various cameras and make a choice based on what best suits your needs. This goes for printers too. Do you want to be able to drop your media card into the printer and let it print out the results, or do you want to be able to play around with photos and edit them with a third party software such as Photoshop? What's the largest size picture you want to print? 4x6, 8x10, 13x19? All printers will not print all sizes.
I've got a large format Epson that I use in a aerial photography business/hobby. It's slower than molasses in January and its inks are archival and expensive, so I don't use it for text. Another pc has an all-in-one multipass Canon attached to it that is great for text and prints out excellent photos up to 8x10. Two different printers; two different needs. You just have to figure what your needs are, do a little research and make your choice.
Personally, I can't think of a better way to lose a friend than to recommend a stock to him. But gold is looking pretty goo.....oops, there I go again! <g>
Jerry |
