Re: digital camera for tour documentation

[Catilyne <catilyne@icicle.net>]

At 09:35 AM 5/8/2003 -0700, Dave Trenkel wrote:
>>I would be very appreciative if someone
>>could recommend me a particularly excellent
>>deal on a digital camera.
>>
>>I'd like 3.0 megapixels and, hopefully under
>>$300.
>I have a Nikon Coolpix 885 that I bought for under $300 last year. It's 
>very small and easy to use for a photo-neophyte like myself, but my wife, 
>who has a degree in photography, finds that it has enough options to get 
>good shots for her as well. It's probably been replaced by something 
>better and smaller at the same price by now.

I'd second the Coolpix recommendation.  My wife & I are in a similar 
situation, where she's studying photography and I actually worked as a 
photographer in a previous life (C&P was my minor in college as well).  We 
picked up a Coolpix 775 a little over a year ago and our opinion matches 
Dave's exactly -- small footprint, and easy-to-use for a novice while 
offering a lot of options for the semi-professional.

As a matter of fact we liked the little 775 so much we just got its big 
brother -- the Coolpix 5700.  It just came in this morning and my wife's 
wandering around shooting everything in the apartment even as we speak.  ;)

         -c-

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