[plug] Digital camera

[Trevor Phillips]

On Tuesday 23 July 2002 08:34, Tim Bowden wrote:
> I can get a canon a100 for $350 (8mb cf card) and I have seen a cf
> reader for $100. I assume there are no questions of compatibility
> between brands of cf card and readers. If I can keep the costs around
> this then I will be happy.

I quite like the Kodak range. They're cheapo range, but some have optical zoom 
(and even 2x zoom is great for tightening up a shot).

No, I don't own one myself (yet), but I've used my cousin's DX3600 extensively 
(used it like crazy as our new house was built), which at 2.2 Megapixel does 
decent shots. They even seem to've dropped in price by $100-$200 since he got 
his.
   http://www.kodak.com.au/global/en/digital/easyShare/dx3600/dx3600.jhtml

They're CompactFlash I believe, but come with a USB cable, and talk some new 
standard protocol (PTP). I think it was jphoto I tried which worked, but I 
predominantly used Windoze to transfer pics on & off, as the Linux software 
was still a little immature feature-wise at the time.