DIGITAL CAMERA

[frank_f15]

AM IN THE PROCESS OF BUYING A DIGITAL CAMERA, mabey this weekend if the weather allows, and the sale price is right. am seriously considering the olympus d510. any one have any thing good or bad to say about this camera? anything i should be looking for? any input will be welcomed.

 

[DrDan]

Frank - Don't know much about this particular model, but I had another Oly and it was a battery hog. It took good pictures but battery life was very short. I have a Sony Mavica now that takes the 3.5" Floppy disks as storage and love it. Can't get much cheaper storage media than a 3.5" floppy and it can just plug into any puter and show JPEG files. I am also not into these fancy cables that wear out and memory sticks are extremely expensive. Like I say the Mavica is the one for me. Can get a nice used one on eBay.

DrDan

 

[Harv]

I don't know about the d510 either, but I have the Olympus C-2500L, and its battery life is terrific. I can take many dozens of pictures over a period of several days on one charge of the nickel metal hydride batteries. I bought one extra set, and it only takes about 3 hours to recharge them. The result is that I've never run out of battery. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Guess you just have to evaluate them one camera at a time. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[glennmac]

Go to cnet.com and epinions.com and search on your camera model. You may find professional reviews as well as user opinions.

 

[DrDan]

I had nicads in mine Harv. Metal halide is "much" better.

DrDan

 

[billboe]

Frank,

It has been mentioned before, but, check out <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.dpreview.com>http://www.dpreview.com</A>... It a great site with reviews and discussion forums (the forums can be a little overwhelming at times tho).

Good Luck!

 

[ronjhall]

Frank
I have a 490. A friend of mine bought a 510 after seeing how mine worked. It has performed well for him.
We both bought Nickel Metal Hydride batteries and chargers. I can take pictures all day long without changing them. About 100 or more. Get an extra set of batteries pictures. Time is less if you are using the digital view and flash.
Olympus is offering a free 64mb memory upgrade with these cameras.
A memory card reader is an excellent accessory.
I like the compact size of these cameras and ease of use.

 

[Bird]

I've got the Olympus D460 and I'd read so much about the short battery life that I was concerned about that before buying, but if anything I've been amazed at how LONG the batteries last. But of course, I'm using the Ni-MH batteries and I bought a cheap Maxell charger that'll charge either them or the Ni-Cd batteries.

 

[DocHeb]

Another page with digital camera reviews and information:

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.zdnet.com/special/filters/sc/camera/>ZD Net Digital Camera Section</A>

I got a Olympus C-700 UltraZoom for Christmas - Lithium Halide batteries with excellent life. We've taken 200 pictures without problems. Consider an additional SmartMedia card. The 8M card that comes with my camera only holds 8 pics on Super High Resolution, 15 on High Resolution and 32 on Low Resolution. Amazon sells the 128M Olympus SmartMedia Cards for $70. We're getting a 64M card as part of a rebate program. The Olympus brand SmartMedia card allows the Olympus' Panorama Feature to work.

 

[MikePA]

The Olympus C700, C2100UZ and E100RS are all similar digital cameras, each with 10x optical zoom. The 2100 and 100 also have Image Stabilization. Great cameras (I have the 2100UZ).