> I have 2 questions I hope you can answer.
>
> 1) What camera brand to avoid?
Avoid for what reason? Personally, I avoid canon because of their total
lack of Linux support and I avoid Fuji for past business practices. Other
than that the world is my oyster. Caveats: I also avoid anything using
proprietary memory cards i.e. xd or memory stick - other than that, I'll
look at olympus and sony models - thinking stronly about a Sony Alpha.
> 2) I'm wanting to buy a camera under $200 to put in luggage or
> car glove box. One that may take a bit of abuse.
Suggest you look at the Kodak online store for refurb products - I've
purchased cameras (two from Kodak - a 1mp DC210+ and a P850), scanners and
printers refurbished - always saved a good deal of money and never had a
single problem - all still running.
Paulie wrote:
> I have 2 questions I hope you can answer.
>
> 1) What camera brand to avoid?
> 2) I'm wanting to buy a camera under $200 to put in luggage or
> car glove box. One that may take a bit of abuse.
>
> Thank you all for suggestions.
>
> Paulie
I doubt that any camera will stand up well to the high
temperatures in a car's glove box in the summer.
Marvin wrote:
> Paulie wrote:
>> 2) I'm wanting to buy a camera under $200 to put in luggage or
>> car glove box. One that may take a bit of abuse.
>
> I doubt that any camera will stand up well to the high
> temperatures in a car's glove box in the summer.
Very true for film, but AFAIK not an issue for digital.
Does anyone have a credible source to the contratry?
On Nov 4, 8:10 am, Paulie <m...@privacy.net.invalid> wrote:
> I have 2 questions I hope you can answer.
>
> 1) What camera brand to avoid?
> 2) I'm wanting to buy a camera under $200 to put in luggage or
> car glove box. One that may take a bit of abuse.
>
> Thank you all for suggestions.
>
> Paulie
The best rumble-around-in-your-glove-box-until-you-need-it camera is a
waterproof, disposable. Waterproof. Dust proof. Small size. Low
cost. No loss if stolen. Durable. Can be processed and put on
disk. Water/rain proof.
ray <ray@zianet.com> wrote in
newsan.2007.11.04.14.03.45.297336@zianet.com:
> On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:10:35 +0000, Paulie wrote:
>
>> I have 2 questions I hope you can answer.
>>
>> 1) What camera brand to avoid?
>
> Avoid for what reason?
Just any reason.
> Personally, I avoid canon because of
> their total lack of Linux support and I avoid Fuji for past
> business practices. Other than that the world is my oyster.
> Caveats: I also avoid anything using proprietary memory cards
> i.e. xd or memory stick - other than that, I'll look at
> olympus and sony models - thinking stronly about a Sony Alpha.
>
>> 2) I'm wanting to buy a camera under $200 to put in luggage
>> or
>> car glove box. One that may take a bit of abuse.
>
> Suggest you look at the Kodak online store for refurb products
> - I've purchased cameras (two from Kodak - a 1mp DC210+ and a
> P850), scanners and printers refurbished - always saved a good
> deal of money and never had a single problem - all still
> running.
Thank you so much for your insight! Appreciate it.
> The best rumble-around-in-your-glove-box-until-you-need-it
> camera is a waterproof, disposable. Waterproof. Dust proof.
> Small size. Low cost. No loss if stolen. Durable. Can be
> processed and put on disk. Water/rain proof.
I have one of those already.
I'm looking for a rugged digital camera that is reasonable in
price. And which brand to avoid.
Paulie wrote:
[]
> I have one of those already.
>
> I'm looking for a rugged digital camera that is reasonable in
> price. And which brand to avoid.
>
> Thanks.
I have been very happy with Panasonic compact cameras, so I would suggest
you don't avoid that brand. I would avoid brands which are not
"well-known". I think the Panasonic TZ3 is reasonably rugged and
reasonable in price, but it's not designed to be highly ruggedised - that
would be inconsistent with "reasonable in price". Cameras are precision
optical instruments (or they should be <G>) and should be treated
accordingly to get the best out of them.
On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 07:03:47 -0700
ray <ray@zianet.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:10:35 +0000, Paulie wrote:
> > 1) What camera brand to avoid?
>
> [...] Personally, I avoid canon because of their
> total lack of Linux support
Really? I wasn't aware that Canon was any worse than the rest
in this regard. Would you care to elaborate?
> and I avoid Fuji for past business
> practices. [...]
I avoided them this last time around because they just seemed
a bit strange. All of the camera makers seem to be in bed with
the Microsoft monopoly. Has Fuji done something worse than that?
:-)
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