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My daughter is an officer in her sorority, and needs a camera to post activity pictures on their web site. Both her and I are camera-tech challenged. She will be using it inside and outside, needs one that is light weight. Also (showing my ignorance here), are there ones with some sort of removable in-the-field storage, like memory sticks, to extend the picture capacity? She is looking at the Cannon A75 and the Olympus D580 for starters.
Thanks, John

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Re: Cannon: - Vinylly 10:41:38 01/18/05 (4)
You can't go wrong with any of the Cannons, just pick your budget limits. Your daughter should try putting them in her hand and pick the one she feels most comfortable with.
- Here's Good Source For Reviews: (Open in New Window)
- Re: Cannon: - johnvb 11:25:09 01/18/05 (3)
  Thanks, she's picking up one of the A400s today. Since she probably wouldn't use any of the extra manual controls on the other models, such as the A75, this one should work out fine.
  - http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/a400.html (Open in New Window)
  - How about rechargable batteries? - johnvb 13:42:16 01/18/05 (2)
    She got the camera, plus extra memory, but still needs to get a AA battery/charger steup. Any suggestions?
    - Re: How about rechargable batteries? - Vinylly 18:23:36 01/18/05 (1)
      I didn't know that AA batteries are rechargable. I thought that they were used in some digital cameras because the were cheap and disposable. The Olympus's that I use have chargeable lithium-ion batteries and a charger comes with the camera kit. These batteries are expensive and you always need a charged spare if you do much photo work in the field.
      - Here you go - johnvb 18:41:48 01/18/05 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Re: How about rechargable batteries? posted by Vinylly on January 18, 2005 at 18:23:36:
        
        Here is what the Rat Shack offers, along with quite a few different chargers to match. I guess when one is in Disneyland and all the Ni-Cads are used up, in a pinch you can hit the concession stand for some throw-aways.
        http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog_name=CTLG&category_name=CTLG_009_011_006_000&product_id=23-149 (Open in New Window)
Now she's looking at the Cannon a400 - johnvb 10:06:27 01/17/05 (0)
in "designer colors!" So how important is manual focus? (which the a400 doesn't have)

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