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Re: New Mavica-competitor from Panasonic on the way
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Fri, 10 Sep 1999 06:19:44 GMT
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Maybe I am all mixed up, but I thought Sony was trying to get away from
the bulkiness of floppy disks. There latest Cyber-shot camera uses a memory
stick (which is currently available with up to 64MB and is a third the size
of a floppy). Seems like all the good cameras are using memory cards
instead of disks. Is that Panasonic's first digital camera? Even Sony's
first digital had many drawbacks - I would stick with the tried and true
brands (like Kodak, Olympus, Agfa or Sony) before gambling on the new
contender from Panasonic. On the up side, though, Tiger Direct sells those
Superdisk (internal) drives for about $60, not $200.
As for waiting for a "super" camera - that might be a better idea - make
do with a discontinued (megapixel) Olympus or Kodak (for $200 or $300 with a
16MB memory card - you can get extra cards cheap, too) until the
advancements (and rapid depreciation of outdated models) slow down a little.
HTH
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> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-114754.html?tag=st.cn.1fd2.lthd.1006-2 • 00-114757
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> Wheeee! Always wanted Sony to get off its butt and do this, but I'll
> take one from Panasonic at $899.
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> Digital Camera (only 1.3 megapixels, but oh well) that uses the 120mb
> SuperDisk (and also can use floppies evidently).
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> The only downside the article mentions is the cost of a SuperDisk
> drive for your computer (about $200) but that seems like a non-issue
> since the camera comes with a USB cable. Why bother with a drive?
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> Now I'm going to have to do some serious thinking. Go with this and
> have ultra cheap 120mb disks to use, or keep waiting for a 2+
> megapixel camera that comes with IBM's new Micro-drive?
>
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| (...) Of those, I'd take the Kodak -- I've really hated every olympus digital camera I've played with. But I gotta say (and I'm not biased, having just purchased one *grin*) the Nikon 950 is far and away my favorite. Good digital camera review (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| (URL) Always wanted Sony to get off its butt and do this, but I'll take one from Panasonic at $899. Digital Camera (only 1.3 megapixels, but oh well) that uses the 120mb SuperDisk (and also can use floppies evidently). The only downside the article (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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