+cache-potato Posted June 11, 2002 Share Posted June 11, 2002 OK, lots of ya have em. any advice for first time buyer. i.e. where to get one. checked tigerdirect.com wasn't that impressed. HELP! Gonna need one if I gonna take pics of these BM's Quote Link to comment
+GIDEON-X Posted June 11, 2002 Share Posted June 11, 2002 The one I use for benchmarking is a small one I picked up at Staples ~~~ sale deal plus a re-bate, coast me a little over $50.00. It's small and compact yet does the job. Check out BM #DB1336 Enjoy the Game Mzee --- The Seeker! Quote Link to comment
+GIDEON-X Posted June 11, 2002 Share Posted June 11, 2002 The one I use for benchmarking is a small one I picked up at Staples ~~~ sale deal plus a re-bate, coast me a little over $50.00. It's small and compact yet does the job. Check out BM #DB1336 Enjoy the Game Mzee --- The Seeker! Quote Link to comment
+OblongFred Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 I ended up buying ours at a K-Mart that is closing down. My Wife wanted to go bargin hunting and we bought a Sony P-30, 16meg stick and a set of Christmas plates for about $170. Never hold a cat and a Dustbuster at the same time. Quote Link to comment
+PLCDoctor Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 If you're not in a big hurry and want to impluse buy like I usually do, you can research just about every digital camera ever produced at Digital Photography Review Jeff <>< Quote Link to comment
Scoupe Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 I've owned Kodaks and Olympus. At the timeI was most interested in decent color rendition and either the ability to kill sharpening routines, or find sharpening routines that didn't smack the edges of everything. Both did that well, but cost more than $800 at the time. However, we needed a digital camera RIGHT NOW on a job site the other day and picked up a Samsung Digimax 200 for $177 at Wal-Mart. It's 2.1 mega pixel resolution, which is enough to print out an acceptable 8x10 on a decent printer (we use Epson Stylus Photo models). I've been impressed with it for the money. "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance" Thos. Jefferson Quote Link to comment
+embra Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 We've had a Kodak DC280 (2.1MP) which has been versitile for us the past few years, but the After Hours review of mini digital cameras in the current (July 2002) issue of PC Magazine has me thinking of a lightweight camera specificly for geocaching excursions. I'm smitten with the $40 SiPix StyleCam Blink, which measures a little over 2" X 2" X 1/2", and the Aiptek Mini PenCam ($100, but 1.3 megapixel resolution and a macro mode would work better for benchmark closeups). There's also the Casio Wrist Camera (an only slightly clunky wrist watch/camera combo listing for $199), and 3 other offerings reviewed. Most of them only do VGA resolution (640 X 480), but 4 of the 6 cameras reviewed came in at $100 or less. I wouldn't use these for higher quality pics; for one's only camera, I'd recommend something better. For a specialty niche, I wa-a-a-nt one! max Just visiting this planet Quote Link to comment
+embra Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 We've had a Kodak DC280 (2.1MP) which has been versitile for us the past few years, but the After Hours review of mini digital cameras in the current (July 2002) issue of PC Magazine has me thinking of a lightweight camera specificly for geocaching excursions. I'm smitten with the $40 SiPix StyleCam Blink, which measures a little over 2" X 2" X 1/2", and the Aiptek Mini PenCam ($100, but 1.3 megapixel resolution and a macro mode would work better for benchmark closeups). There's also the Casio Wrist Camera (an only slightly clunky wrist watch/camera combo listing for $199), and 3 other offerings reviewed. Most of them only do VGA resolution (640 X 480), but 4 of the 6 cameras reviewed came in at $100 or less. I wouldn't use these for higher quality pics; for one's only camera, I'd recommend something better. For a specialty niche, I wa-a-a-nt one! max Just visiting this planet Quote Link to comment
+inaholedotnet Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 Has anyone use the Aiptek Mini PenCam? If so is it worth the buy for geocaching? Quote Link to comment
+Ttepee Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 We have got one of those but rarely use it. The quality of the photos is in the line of the jam cam type quality. For the price it's not a bad little gadget and definitely handy...but we've got a couple higher end digitals that we stick to for the most part. As to where to get dig cameras... I buy them for work quite frequently...I've had good luck with these online stores and some of the best prices you'll get will be at places like www.harmonycomputers.com www.compdirect.com www.buydig.com Good Luck Quote Link to comment
Cracker. Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 FYI - I have an Olympus D-360L. I want to get rid of it. I havent had any problems with the camera, and have been pretty satisfied with it, but Olympus has begun to p!ss me off. First, there is an upgrade that can be done to it so it can handle up to 32MB SmartMedia. You send in the camera, they upgrade it, you PAY FOR IT! The Camedia software also, to put it nicely, STINKS!! It takes for ever just to load thumbnails from a folder or the camera, much less to TRANSFER any files....The program is CONSTANTLY locking up my computer. To upgrade to a newer version of Camedia (if they even fixed it), you HAVE TO PAY and buy a newer version!! I definately WONT be buying an Olympus again! SOrry, just wanted to vent and throw my Geo-coin's worth out, since this has really been bugging me lately.... Art www.yankeetoys.org www.BudBuilt.com http://www.ttora-ne.mainpage.net/ Quote Link to comment
+cheerose Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 Got a Canon S30 that has so far worked well (had it for a couple of weeks). I got it via the Dell for about 20% off its usual price - 10% off on Digitial Cameras with a stackable 10% off coupon. Not valid now.. but if you can wait, these types of deals do come around every so often. For what its worth, I found the deal at Nifty News, Decent Deals Jeff Quote Link to comment
+embra Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 quote:Originally posted by inaholedotnet:Has anyone use the Aiptek Mini PenCam? If so is it worth the buy for geocaching? Cachew nut has one (loves it), and posted a few sample pics in this post. I'm still thinking of getting one. Quote Link to comment
+Black Dog Trackers Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 As to the question of where to buy, this is my all-time favorite site for finding where to buy at the cheapest price, read reviews, and compare specifications. As for which, I like my good ol' sony mavica that puts 15-20 50k 640x480 pics on an ordinary floppy disk. I also have a 2.1MP camera and it takes pictures that look 10 percent better and take up 40 times as much space each and I never use it. Quote Link to comment
rusty0101 Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 There are dozens of questions you may be asking yourself as part of where to buy, but you should first ask yourself what you are going to use the camera for. If all you are going to do is use it for documenting benchmarks and geocaches, you will probably be happy with a vga quality camera that has a macro feature. On the other hand if you want to take pictures that you are going to make prints of, or share with friends or family, then you will probably want a higher resolution camera. 1.3 mpixel is probably too light end, 4 mpixel may be too much. 2 mpixel is about what you are looking for. For benchmarks be sure that it has a macro lense. Otherwise look at the camera, decide if you can figure out what the features are without looking at the manual, and if you understand the features you didn't spot when you look through the spec sheet for the camera. If you know what the difference is between optical and digital zoom, you probably know which you would rather have. Deciding upon where to buy the camera is a matter of comfort. If you are happy getting your camera online, do so. You are not likely to find better prices anywhere else. If you would rather shop at a discount store, Target, Shopko, Wallmart, Kmart, Alco, and many other regional discount stores all have varying qualities of cameras and sales people. If you are not satisfied with the cameras you find there, start looking at camera stores. They will cost more, however better camera stores (not necesarily the ones you find at the local mall) will have spent more time verifying that the person selling you a camera actually knows something about the cameras he or she is selling. If this is the first time that you seriously considered getting a camera, I would recomend getting a camera the same way you got your GPS. -Rusty Quote Link to comment
+geofred Posted November 3, 2002 Share Posted November 3, 2002 I got a decent $50 Vivatar compact digital at Walmart. I use it instead of the family JVC digital still/video camera. I got nervouse carrying the $2300 camera around on scrambles. Quality is good for benchmarking. And I have no fear giving it a 10year old to keep them interested in the hike. Quote Link to comment
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