[AT] OT- Digital Cameras

[CEE VILL]

That  is a newer level from my DX 6490 Mark.  All pretty similar, except 
mine is 4.0 mp but has 10x optical zoom.  Everything else is as you 
described for your wifes model.  Sounds like we are both pretty pleased with 
the product.

Charlie V.


>From: "Mark Greer" <greerfam at raex.com>
>Reply-To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
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>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] OT- Digital Cameras
>Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:07:26 -0400
>
>I got my wife a Kodak EasyShare DX4530. It is a 5.0 megapixel camera with a
>3x optical zoom. I didn't know squat about stuff like that and after
>shopping around that's the one I got for her. Now that I've played with 
>this
>thing a bit I want one to ride around in the truck with me. It would be
>great for remembering where I've seen old iron hidden away or for sale so I
>can go back and track it down at a later date. This camera came with the
>dock you mentioned which is really easy to use. I found it on sale at one
>store with the dock for the same price most others were charging for the
>camera alone. You don't have to use the dock as the camera comes with a
>cable for connecting it directly to the computer but the dock is too easy.
>You just plop the camera down on the dock when you are not using it and it
>charges the battery. Push one button on the dock and all your pictures in
>the camera load onto your computer hard drive in nice files arranged by
>date. It takes pretty good pictures and it also does movie clips with 
>sound.
>It also uses a SD memory card if you want to take more pictures than the
>internal memory will hold. This is nice for vacations, trips, etc. where 
>you
>are away from the computer for a while. I thought about getting a good
>printer to be able to print photos at home but I can take the memory card 
>to
>Wal-Mart, stick it in their machine and print as many pics as I want for 24
>cents each while I wait. I am NOT a Wal-Mart fan by any stretch of the
>imagination but this is one redeeming quality that store does have. This is
>a bargain when compared with the price of a decent printer, ink, and photo
>paper. The ink doesn't last long when printing pics and the cartridges are
>about $35 each and the paper is expensive too and you have to maintain the
>printer. One thing I should mention is about the zoom lens features. Go for
>the biggest optical zoom you can find because the digital zoom is a bit
>cheesy-it gets real grainy/fuzzy if you zoom very far with  the digital
>zoom. My 2 cents worth.
>Mark Greer
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mike S Meulenberg" <msm10301 at juno.com>
>To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 4:39 PM
>Subject: [AT] OT- Digital Cameras
>
>
> > Hi All,
> > I am going to take the plunge and buy a digital camera. When I began
> > looking on the web however, my head started to spin. There seems to be 
>so
> > many kinds and styles that I don't know where to start. I know that a 
>lot
> > of you use digital cameras at shows and to show us your places and
> > assorted stuff. I would be interested in going to school on what you've
> > learned about digital cameras. I don't need one with all the bells and
> > whistles, because I probably would never use them. I'm looking for one
> > that is easy to use, good quality with good battery life. I've seen some
> > that require a separate dock to get the pictures into the computer. Do
> > they all need that, or can you hook some directly to the computer? 
>Thanks
> > for any advice.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mike
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