[Cialug] digital cameras

[Tom Pohl]

I love my tiny Canon SD300.  It boots in 1.5 seconds and takes awesome  
pictures and unlimited movies. It's so small it's actually convenient  
to take on vacation :)
It's at ecost for $317
http://www.ecost.com/ecost/ecsplash/shop/ 
detail~dpno~517548~Action~Detail.asp

-Tom


On Jul 1, 2005, at 1:55 AM, <dave at visionary.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 30, 2005, "n.d" <admin at c0wzftp.com> said:
>
>> i'm looking to get a digital camera of some sort to take with me on
>> "vacation". i'm looking to spend $200-$350 including memory cards,
>> cases, etc.  i'd like to get a digital video camera (don't know much
>> about them).  i've had a kodak dc3400 for the last 2 year, which works
>> great i just want something a bit better for "vacation".
>>
>> thanks
>
> I have a Canon Powershot S500 (PC1084), it's an outstanding camera -  
> 5mp,
> 4x optical zoom. Uses CF cards (comes with a measly 32mb card, but I  
> got a
> 256mb card for $19). Works fine with gphoto under linux.
>
> The only big complaint I have about it is there is no battery meter...  
> so
> you basically have to use it until the battery dies. For this reason,  
> if
> you're taking it on vacation, I'd get an extra battery pack.
>
> -dc
>
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