[muglo] Re: Looking for a new digicam

Eric D wrote:

>Hi, I'm in the market for a new digicam to replace a recently dearly 
>departed Canon PowerShot A70 (let this be a lesson to all foolish enough to 
>forget to fully seal a ziplock bag in a very humid environment (climbing the 
>mountains near Grosmere in the Lakes District of northern England in 8 hours 
>of rain)).
>
>The Canon A70 (and all its siblings) are a great camera but I'd like to move 
>up to something a little more advanced (most notably with a decent zoom 
>capabilty).
>
>I'd like: a good zoom (>3x), 3/4 megapixels, AA batteries, CompactFlash (b/c 
>I already have a 256 MB CF), good UI, movie, compression settings (rules out 
>the S5000), manual settings (perhaps even manual focus... good for night 
>shots or closeups... the A70 was awsome in that respect).
>
>I'm now considering the Fuji S5000 (bad JPEG compression), Minolta DiMAGE 
>Z1, Olympus C-740, Kodak EasyShare DX6490 and _maybe_ the Fuji 3800 (an 
>underwhelming view-finder + manual feature set... of course, it's only 
>£190). The Minolta DiMAGE S414 (4 MP, 4x zoom) also registers on the to be 
>considered list even though it lacks a notable-zoom (it makes up for it with 
>higher MP).
>
>Does anyone have experience with these or even other cameras that run in the 
>£250-300 range with decent zoom capabilities ($500-650 CAD excl. tax) that 
>aren't too big?
>
As you know, I have a Fuji 3800 & am very pleased with it, but in poor 
light you can see virtually nothing in the viewfinder, although the 
photos turn out fine with the flash. There are quite a few new ones here 
now. Toshiba have one that's virtually identical to the Fuji 3800, 6 
optical zoom, except it's black; my preferred colour so as to eliminate 
any camera reflections; & the price is the same. Kodak also has a 
similar one and they were rated well in Consumers mag.
TTFN,
TeeC


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