Yet another digital camera thread...

[Entity]

Mine's a slightly different take, though. I've read up on dpreview and Steve's Digicams, but I want to hear a little more "field" experience. One of the biggest problems I had with my previous camera (Olympus D520), besides the fact that it broke, is that I wanted the batteries to last a bit longer. It took 4AA's, and that was before I had NiMH 1800mAH rechargables.

Anywho. I'm particularly interested in cameras that still use AA's, unless someone can convince me of a definitive reason not to go with that. I've got quite a few rechargable AA's, so I'm thinking that it seems the most feasible route.

Any advice would be appreciated. I'm mainly looking for a 3-4mp camera, and one that is good quality additionally. I've heard good things about the Minolta F100. What else?

Rob

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: Entity
Mine's a slightly different take, though. I've read up on dpreview and Steve's Digicams, but I want to hear a little more "field" experience. One of the biggest problems I had with my previous camera (Olympus D520), besides the fact that it broke, is that I wanted the batteries to last a bit longer. It took 4AA's, and that was before I had NiMH 1800mAH rechargables.

Anywho. I'm particularly interested in cameras that still use AA's, unless someone can convince me of a definitive reason not to go with that. I've got quite a few rechargable AA's, so I'm thinking that it seems the most feasible route.

Any advice would be appreciated. I'm mainly looking for a 3-4mp camera, and one that is good quality additionally. I've heard good things about the Minolta F100. What else?

Rob

If minoltas are charging people 50 bucks for a firmware upgrade which should be free..
I question their warranty as well..

Sony has some AA battery cameras~
possibly 3 megapixel... not too sure..

most 3-4 megapixel cameras use propriety battery~ so i doubt you'll find anything that use AA

 

[vi edit]

My Canon G2 has a proprietary battery but I can fill up 2 complete 128 cards and another 32 meg card with pictures without really even getting worried about battery life. I only had it lose life on me once, and that was after about a week without recharging, and using lots of flash and LCD display. Takes about 2 hours to recharge.

Unless I was going to be out in the boonies for a full week or two without the ability to recharge, and was taking quite a few pictures every day I was out, then I really would have no concern of battery life. I actually prefer the battery system in my G2 to AA's. don't have to hastle around with replacing them out, and I think I get better batterlife out of it.

Just my $.02.

 

[RossMAN]

I'm not sure if you are anti-Olympus now but there's a pretty hot deal on an Olympus D-550 for $280 with some free stuff in the Hot Deals forum.

 

[Entity]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
My Canon G2 has a proprietary battery but I can fill up 2 complete 128 cards and another 32 meg card with pictures without really even getting worried about battery life. I only had it lose life on me once, and that was after about a week without recharging, and using lots of flash and LCD display. Takes about 2 hours to recharge.

Unless I was going to be out in the boonies for a full week or two without the ability to recharge, and was taking quite a few pictures every day I was out, then I really would have no concern of battery life. I actually prefer the battery system in my G2 to AA's. don't have to hastle around with replacing them out, and I think I get better batterlife out of it.

Just my $.02.

How much did you score your G2 for? It looks to me that the best I can get it for is ~$500-$550.

Rob

 

[Moonbeam]

I want this.

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
I want this.

ROFL 16megapixel camera

i want one too~

 

[Entity]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I'm not sure if you are anti-Olympus now but there's a pretty hot deal on an Olympus D-550 for $280 with some free stuff in the Hot Deals forum.

I'm not sure if I'm anti-Olympus now or not either. I had bad luck with that camera, but it was a great camera up until the second it broke.

Rob

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
I want this.

That's the camera the photographer used for my engagement pictures.

Rob - I paid a quite bit more for my G2 than $500 But then again I bought it almost 6 months ago.

 

[sinunbeso]

The Canon s230 came out not long ago and it's really really nice. If you like the small form factor, you should definitely check it out. First time I saw a s200 (which is the exactly the same except s200 is 2.0mp), I thought it must be short on functions because its form factor. And yes they are short on the zoom, which is 2x, but everything else is there and works flawlessly. The battery issue... The rechargeable battery that came with the camera lasts surprisingly long. I could take about 150 pictures under normal use without charging it again. However, you can go online and buy third party high capacity battery for s230. I never tried them but they are cheap (around 35 bucks) and worth a shot.
It's just an amazing camera. It has a heck more manual controls than other comparable size cameras. It has TV out and even an ac adapter can be used. The LCD on the camera is the best I've ever seen, it viewable under even the brightest sunlight.
Check it out at a best buy and you'll be impressed too.