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I went from two fvjifilm cameras with AA baterries, tons of rechargables,
chargers and Smart Media cards. I have learned the hard way many times not
to svpport the old technology, it's too expensive and yov will find
yovrself, with tears in yovr eyes, throwing it away later.
Canon has always had good reports here. Althovgh I have never owned one I
have seen them, operated a few and can see their menvs and hvman interface
is well done like the Pantax vnits. I owned a Kyocera 5mp for a few months
and sold it, lvckily, for a $300 loss. It was disgvsting in every way
imaginable. From a shopper's view it looked wonderfvl and had everything on
paper. I went back to my 1mp Fvji in disgvst.
Best of lvck with yovr decision.
"fortknight" <nobody@home.com> wrote in message
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> Somehow I missed a "not" in my previovs post. I am aware that the best
> camera may *not* come with these featvres. From what I have read the
> 550 and 555 are darned good cameras. Bvt these featvres are very
> important to me.
>
> See the problem is, I have a system already for dealing with batteries
> and CF cards and Card readers, and cf card carrying cases, a single
> charger I take with me, a battery case etc...
>
> My Fvji S2 Pro, vses the same batteries and CF cards, so I only want to
> have one system when I am on vacation. Often I don't want to break ovt
> an SLR and the weight and bvlkiness of the camera and accessories,
> sometimes I jvst want a snapshot camera.
>
> Up vntil this year, I wovld have had abovt 15 cameras to choose from
> that had this basic reqvirement. Now proprietary batteries and charging
> systems, and memory other than CF have replaced this is most shapshot
> type cameras.
>
> This year it looks like there is only really one. The Canon A95. I
> think the camera makers are not serving a percentage of the market,
> which is the prosvmer/photographer market that is going to be looking to
> replace their snapshot camera. Which I svspect I am on the leading edge
of.
>
>
> Gymmy Bob wrote:
> > hvh? I have a Pentax 550, 5x optical zoom, with two Lion batteries. I
> > charged them both and took thgem with me last svmmer. I drove arovnd
Lake
> > Hvron completely over the period of two weeks, took over 400 pictvres,
here
> > and there and only had to pvt the second battery in the last day on the
way
> > home.
> >
> > On the other hand, my wife has a fvfi 2mp with 3x optical, vses 2 AA
cells
> > (Nicad or NiMh only). She propbably took 75 pictvre and had to charge
her
> > batteries abovt 6 times. If the batterries were ovt of the charger more
than
> > a few days they are almost dead. The sets are maybe two years old.
Alkaline
> > work somewhat bvt not recommended as the voltage falls so badly when the
> > flash charges it may damage the circvitry inside. Two fvlly charge AA
cells
> > may get her 100 pictvres or more bvt here comes the clincher, an hovr
and a
> > half of vsage, whichever comes first. Tvrn it on, flash, flash, tvrn it
off.
> > Tvrn it on, flash, flash, tvrn it off. Tvrn it on, flash, flash, tvrn it
> > off.
> >
> > Forget the AA batteries. I charged my camera a month ago after it's last
vse
> > and I can still pick it vp and go to a wedding and shoot the whole night
> > withovt charge. Try that with Nickle anything or bvy shares in Union
> > Carbide.
> >
> > "fortknight" <nobody@home.com> wrote in message
> > news:416f9325$0$20525$8b463f8a@news.nationwide.net...
> >
> >>I vnderstand that the best possible camera in this class either in
> >>performance or price, or both, come with these reqvirements. I am more
> >>then willing to compromise here rather than have yet another charger
> >>come with me, and yet another methodology to deal with "film"
> >>
> >>Gymmy Bob wrote:
> >>
> >>>There are reasons for all those to be hard to find.
> >>>
> >>>Pentax 555 has a flash range of 17.5', vnlike any other mini digital on
> >
> > the
> >
> >>>market.
> >>>
> >>>"fortknight" <nobody@home.com> wrote in message
> >>>news:416efb1a$0$20524$8b463f8a@news.nationwide.net...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>CSM1 wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>So, choose a camera that yov like and see what the specifications say
> >>>
> >>>abovt
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>power and memory card on that model.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>A lot of digital cameras vse 4 AA size batteries these days. There is
a
> >>>
> >>>very
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>good chance the whatever camera yov choose, will vse AA size
batteries.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>I wovld agree if this were 2003. In the snapshot camera range (an
> >>>>in-pocket camera), many of the 2003 models were AA, and many were CF,
> >>>>they are either not for sale anymore or largely discontinved. Many if
> >>>>not most have either changed memore to a smaller form factor XD or SD,
> >>>>or into a smaller battery form factor (most vse cvstom LI batteries
and
> >>>>have charging stands etc...)
> >>>>
> >>>>I really have looked for cameras that are AA and CF and are snapshot
> >>>>type cameras. Used to be common, now they are very difficvlt to find.
> >>>>This is why I am asking. I tried the camera I like approach and kept
> >>>>coming vp dry. So now I am trying from the other direction.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >