Re: [Thinkpad] Nikon Coolpix 5.1 megapixel camera

The Panny is great, I have a similar model. What EVERYONE seems to be
forgetting here is that the quality of the camera is VERY secondary to the
skill of the photographer.
Joe Rosenthal could do more with a Brownie or diaposable than most of us
could do with the best camera in the world.
Most modern digitals are capable of taking pretty darn good pictures. It is
up to the photographer to make it happen.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank K-F" <ferko@attglobal.net>
To: "Jeffrey Race" <jrace@attglobal.net>
Cc: "Thinkpad Users Group" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Nikon Coolpix 5.1 megapixel camera

> Jeffrey,
> before you spend on a "cheap" buy for a digicam ... you want to think
> through what you want to do with it. For example, do you need a pocket
> camera?
>
> Consider capabilities you need: Fine detail (8-10MP max .. high pixel
> count means more noisy image) ... for document copying, for cropping
> overhead; Video capability .. with zoom; The short end of the ZOOM ...
> the shorter the more useful; Lens performance; Shutter delay is
> important for moving targets (e.g. childrren); Shake reduction ..
> in-lens or imager shift (but not "electronic") .... and there are
> several other considerations including how much manual control you
> want/need.
>
> Being a shutterbug from my teens, and having had Zeiss glass since the
> '60s my initial digital experience was more curiosity than commitment;
> over the past 10 I have acquired several (my wife thinks too many)
> digicams ... from very iffy earlier capabilities to astounding more
> current versions .. and via Moore's Law progressively more camera for
> less money. Just ordered a Panasonic DMC-TZ5 for my wife's upcoming
> visit with her family in Europe. It is an astounding pocket camera
> incorporating significant advances on several fronts ... but more money
> than that obsolete Nikon that caught your eye.
>
> See,
>
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11277006&whse=BC&Ne=5000001+4000000&eCat=BC|79&N=4001459%204294967278&Mo=3&No=0&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1?=en-US&Sp=C
>
<http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11277006&whse=BC&Ne=500000
1+4000000&eCat=BC%7C79&N=4001459%204294967278&Mo=3&No=0&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&
Ns=P_Price%7C1%7C%7CP_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C>
>
http://www.digitalcamerareview.com/default.asp?newsID=3333&review=panasonic+lumix+tz5
>
<http://www.digitalcamerareview.com/default.asp?newsID=3333&review=panasonic
+lumix+tz5>
>
> Enjoy,
> Frank K-F
> ==========
> Jeffrey Race wrote:
> > This camera on sale refurb at Heartland $79.99
> > <http://www.heartlandamerica.com/browse/item.asp?PIN=65295&EID=W842
> > &SC=W8421000&>
> >
> > I have never owned a digital camera but probably ought to have
> > one and this looks cheap for a Nikon. Has anyone experience
> > with this model running on W2K with a machine like 600E, 600X
> > or T43? Says it interfaces by USB. Any gotchas?
> >
> > Thanks for any advice
> > Jeffrey Race
> >
> >
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