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To: N4ZQ who wrote (7565)	2/20/1999 12:14:00 AM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 10072

>>My conclusion is that the digital photo market is changing so rapidly that it is not possible to make an intelligent buying decision. I went home empty handed. You can buy the latest and greatest today but you are totally blind to what may be coming tomorrow or next week.<< Angier - I've heard people say the same thing about the computer market. Yes, it is true that no matter what you buy today, there will always be something better coming down the pike. But if you worry about that, you'll never buy a computer, or in your case a digital camera. If you don't really need a digital camera, that isn't such a bad thing. What you have to do is to wait until you can buy a camera that is satisfactory in terms of picture quality, storage, etc., at a price you are willing to pay. Then buy it, and don't worry about what comes out six months later. Sure, the next camera will be better in some ways, but you will have had the use of your camera for six months. I think that you'll probably be able to get digital cameras capable of producing photos close to the quality of film within one year to eighteen months at reasonable prices. Maybe it will take slightly longer. It sounds like you're a pretty serious photographer. What is good enough for most people might not be good enough for you. BTW, it's not that surprising that the store didn't know about Iomega deals to bundle Clik!, although they should have known about the Agfa deal. The Kodak and Olympus bundles from PC Connection appear to have been put together by the retailer. - Allen

To: N4ZQ who wrote (7565)	2/20/1999 1:00:00 AM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

>>For Christmas 1997, I put a Nikon Coolpix 900 under the tree for my wife and after three days, took it back for a full refund.Among other things, it was power hungry,<< Yes, by all accounts most Digicams are extremely power hungry. The Coolpix 900 has been described as lasting for only 15 to 20 shots or so between battery changes. >> ...terribly slow in uploading data to the Mac<< A CompactFlash reader is a much better solution compared to a serial cable. >>not to mention less than great resolution.<< If you are comparing resolution to 35mm film, then there is no contest. Film still blows digital away, even the newer 2+ Megapixel ones. The highest quality digital cameras ($10,000 or more) can offer quality that has been described as very close to actual 35mm, the only problem is that the file size is 80MB per picture. This is why Flop! is handicapped by its design limit of 40MB. CompactFlash already is available in 96MB and 128MB is due this Spring. CompactFlash will be able to grow as digicam files sizes grow. **The new Nikon Coolpix950 writes a 6.5MB file size for its uncompressed mode. >>(NIKON entry has been pulled from the market).<< Incorrect. Nikon completely sold out of Coolpix 900's last month. Usenet has been full of upset customers who had put deposits for 900's down only to be told that there were none to be had. Nikon only made so many of them because the replacement model Coolpix 950 was just rolled out at PMA this week, and Nikon greatly underestimated the demand that rave reviews of the 900 camera caused during the Christmas Season. Nikon thought that their supply of 900's would last until the 950's hit the shelves. They were wrong.