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Mike Walsh writes:
> > $1000 -- Decide between the Nikon Coolpix 990 or Olympus 3030Z.
> > There are numerous runners-up from Fuji, Canon, and Sony.
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> My brother-in-law has the 990. I personally do not like the twist body
> style that the Coolpix 950 and 990 use. It is also heavier than
> I expected it to be and it is no where near as good with batteries as my
> D490 (analysis based purely on obervation and discussions w/ my
> brother-in-law).
I have had a 990 for a month or two now, and I love it! (I got it for $836
at pcwonders.com) The twist body design is really useful because you can
tilt the LCD so you can look in a different direction than the lens is
pointed...for example, if you want to take a self portrait, or a low angle
or high angle shot (tilt the LCD down and hold the camera above your head).
The camera also takes excellent pictures in low lighting...and if the
automatic settings don't give the results you desire, everything is also
manual if you want it to be...focus, aperture, shutter, post-processing,
flash, etc.
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
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.
Just my .02,
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht
bram@cwru.edu
http://home.cwru.edu/~bxl34/
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| (...) The Nikon cameras also have an excellent macro mode -- very nice for taking Lego pictures. Although many people are recommending Olympus's cameras, I personally find them to have terrible ergonomics. They may be fine if you're used to a (...) (24 years ago, 29-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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| "Erik Olson" <olsone@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:G6B5IB.IC1@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) with (...) I have the D490 and I am very happy with it. It is awesome with respect to batteries. I have had it since September, have (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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