[WEB4LIB] digital camera recommendation?

[Shirl Kennedy]

Coming back to FL from NYC on Useless Air..uh, US Airways last June, I sat
across the aisle from a guy who reviews scanners and digital cameras for one
of the ZD publications.  We both had been to PC Expo, and were sharing
publications, brochures, etc., during the flight.  I asked him what he would
choose if he were shopping right then for an inexpensive digital camera.  He
recommended the Kodak DC200 Plus Digital Camera 1.0 MegaPixel 1152 X 864.
At that time, he told me, Kodak had or was in the process of coming out with
new models, and had dropped the price on the 200.

I just did a quick run through Bottom Dollar  (http://www.bottomdollar.com),
and came up with a price of $294.99 at Shopping.com
(http://www.shopping.com/store/ComputersSoftware/default.asp?nav=|6|-1|-1|00
00066837021|-1&x=cgi-bin)

Take a look and see if it'll do what you want it to do.  I'm no expert on
digital cameras by any stretch of the imagination, so you may want to prowl
around the Net for reviews.  Start searching at http://www.reviewbooth.com,
one of my favorite fishing holes.

Shirl Kennedy
Web Doyenne
City of Clearwater (Florida)
http://www.clearwater-fl.com

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     -- John F. Kennedy






----- Original Message -----
From: Wes Edens <edensw at t-bird.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 2:27 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] digital camera recommendation?


> I'm looking at Consumer Reports 11/98, which I fear is already too dated,
for recommendations on a digital camera for our library.  We will be using
this only for web/PowerPoint displays, so I don't think we need to go to the
high resolution models.  I'm thinking about a Sanyo VPX-X300($500) or Ricoh
RDC-300Z($450) but even these are a little more expensive than I want.  Can
anyone suggest a relatively inexpensive digital camera that takes pictures
suitable for putting on the web?
> Thanks--
>
>
> Wes Edens
> Electronic Resources Librarian
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