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"Mike Stanley" <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.general, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> > It does eat batteries fairly quickly, but I was able to get two sets of • NiMH
> > AA batteries and a charger for less than $30. The camera also comes with • a
> > 16 MB card and a USB cable, so you don't need to buy a card reader. And • if
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> Ditto on the batteries - digicams eat them like popcorn. Here's a good • site
> for batteries and chargers:
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> http://www.thomas-distributing.com/
I recently got the Nikon 880 and you are absolutely right about batteries!
One of the first accessories I purchased was an AC adaptor and the LI-ion
rechargable battery. One other great thing about the Nikon are the optional
lens atachments they make. A lot of my LEGO shooting requires a wide angle
of at least 28mm (in 35mm format). I got a hold of the non-fisheye lens
atachment and now I can get down to a comparable 24mm lens!
> > you take pictures at half resolution (1024x768) which is fine for most
> > computer applications, you can fit 78 pictures on the card that comes • with
> > the camera.
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> 78 - not bad. :) At full resolution (2048x1536) I get 245 with my Casio
> 3000 and microdrive. At half resolution I think I can fit just under • 1000.
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> I think the Nikon's are awesome cameras, maybe even a little better
> quality-wise than the 3000 (the 990 anyway). But they were dumb in not
> making them able to use CF II cards. To get the kind of space I wanted so • I
> wouldn't have to worry about dumping pics during the middle of a vacation
> day I would have had to spend hundreds more on a couple of 128mb CF cards.
Yea, they made that same mistake with the 880 but to add insult to injury,
they only include a measly 8MB CF card(can't store a single TIFF)! Oh
well, hiho, hiho, it's off to spend I go!
Adrian
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| (...) It's about comparative pricing: if any company included a 16mb card, their camera would be $25 less profitable than the other guy's. Plenty of reviews lament the 8mb card. Might as well sell the darn cards separately (but that risks alienating (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Ditto on the batteries - digicams eat them like popcorn. Here's a good site for batteries and chargers: (URL)you take pictures at half resolution (1024x768) which is fine for most (...) 78 - not bad. :) At full resolution (2048x1536) I get 245 (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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