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To: Philip J. Davis who wrote (5714)	1/12/1999 12:08:00 PM
From: David Colvin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

Phillip, I really appreciate you sharing your experiences with your new Olympus D-400Z digital camera, and your posting of pictures taken with it. The problem is....it's your fault that I'm now even considering buying an expensive digital camera that I really need like a hole in the head since I already own two 35 mm SLR cameras. g Anyway, FWIW, I just this A.M. posted the following on the AOL Motley Fool Iomega board in response to another poster that just bought an Agfa ePhoto 1680 camera and said he really liked it. Here is the post: I, too, am seriously considering buying an Agfa ePhoto 1680 camera because of the high resolution pictures it can take and because of the free clik! drive offer from Agfa if the camera is purchased before Feb. 28, 1999. Here are the results of some research I've done so far: 1. I can buy the camera for $708 plus $11 shipping from www.buy.com. It's actually listed for $732.95 at their site but they will match anyone else's price and subtract a dollar. There is another site that will sell the camera for $709 but they want $23 for shipping. The $709 price can be found by searching at www.pricewatch.com. So, if I buy the camera for $719 and I get a clik! drive bundle free (a $265 value if buying locally and paying sales tax), it looks like when the smoke clears the camera will effectively cost $454 ($719 minus $265). What a deal! for a camera of this caliber. I have found two other cameras that are apparently in the same league with the Agfa ePhoto 1680....they are the Kodak DC260 ($899.95 MSRP) and the Nikon Coolpix 900s ($799.95 MSRP). 2. Here is a link to Agfa's web site page for the Agfa ePhoto 1680 camera: agfahome.com At this page, you can click where it says "HTML page" to see a coupon that needs to be filled out and sent in to get the free clik! drive. 3. Here is another link (at the same site) that shows some sample pictures taken with the Agfa ePhoto 1680 camera: agfahome.com You can click on any of the pictures to see a larger version. Of particular interest to me was the quality of the picture of the Old Classic car. To me, it rivals the quality of a picture taken with a good 35 mm SLR camera. 4. Here is another link (at the same site) that compares the features of three Agfa cameras: agfahome.com Here is a link to an August 1998 Macworld review that does not speak kindly of Agfa's "photo genie" software that's included with Agfa cameras. macworld.zdnet.com; The guy was apparently trying to run the software on a Mac. Three thoughts: 1) Maybe the software doesn't like Macs and will run fine on PCs. 2) Perhaps Agfa has revised the software since the review (Aug. 1998) to be more compatible. 3) This review did put me off somewhat...but maybe I don't have to use their software at all and can, instead, use Paintshop Pro 5.0 or something like that. 5. Here is a link to a PC magazine review of two Agfa cameras: zdnet.com This reviewer seems to acknowledge the quality of photos taken with Agfa cameras but prefers a Kodak or Nikon for image quality. 6. Here is a final link to a very thorough January 2, 1999 review by Imaging Resource, apparently some kind of photography publication. imaging-resource.com This review seems to tell you everything you would ever want to know about an Agfa ePhoto 1680 camera. I know there is a lot of information here (perhaps boring to some), but it took me quite a while to find all this stuff and I know I would be grateful if someone were to supply all of this data to me before I spent over $700. To summarize, I am not a professional photographer, so as long as I can buy a digital camera that takes "good" pictures that are similar (to me) to 35 mm pictures for effectively $454 it currently seems like a good deal to me. Even if the high-end Kodak or Nikon cameras take slightly better pictures, the price of all I can get by buying the Agfa ePhoto 1680 camera keeps drawing me to buy the Agfa. However, I'm still thinking about it!.......will probably make a decision in a week or two. Dave