Camera [RE-wrenches]

[Doug Pratt]

Techies,
  What really eats camera batteries is those digital displays on the
back of the camera. Buy a camera that gives you feedback without turning
on the display, and your batteries will last many times longer. The
catalog biz has me shooting a lot of digital pictures. I usually just
fire off a whole bunch from different angles, with and without
fill-flash, and then sort them out on the computer big screen. (Get
yourself a couple 64 MB or larger memory cards too. The 8 or 16 MB cards
that come with most cameras are too small to be useful.)
  Rechargeable lithium-ion is the best battery (but $$!!) for digital
cameras, followed by NiMH. Grocery store alkalines are a poor choice.
You'll only get about half the capacity before the dropping voltage
causes the camera to reject them. NiMH cells will go to about 90% DOD
before they start to drop voltage.
  If you ever want to publish your photos or use them for brochures or
literature, get yourself at *least* a 3 megapixel camera. You can always
set the quality lower for everyday stuff, but you can't set it higher
with a cheap camera.

Cheers,
Doug Pratt
Real Goods Technical Editor

-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Bassett [mailto:bsbassett at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 12:03 PM
To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
Subject: RE: Camera [RE-wrenches]

Jay,

I second Jeff's vote, but I have the Fine-Pix 2600 which is OK if you're

looking for a 2 MPixel, less expensive camera. They're running about 
$175 now from local retailers. One thing that stands out is great 
battery life. It even comes with a couple of NiMH AA cells and charger. 
Also the software was very easy to use.

Brad



Jeff Clearwater wrote:
> Hi Jay,
> 
> I absolutely love my Fuji FinePix 3800.  3 MPixels, 6X optical zoom 
> and as much digital as 3MP gives you (8x+), movie mode, XDCard 
> memory(super small and solid - supposed to replace smartcard as the 
> best format (according to the Circuit City salesguy).  

Brad Bassett
Schott Applied Power 
Tumwater, WA office
bsbassett at earthlink.net

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