Need help purchasing equipment

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Need help purchasing equipment

My sister is making a trip to Asia -India etc.

She would like to buy - (a middle of the range type - not too
expensive)

1. A Mini DV camcorder
around $250 to $350 or so

2. A digital camera
around $200 to $300

She does not know what features she should be looking for in each
product ? Like mega pixels, memory stotage, zoom etc.etc.

She is so confused with all the variables.

Could any knowledgeable person pls let me know what the most important
features that she should be looking for.

She is not an expert photographer so she does no need anything very
fancy..just good video and pictures.

Would any one have any suggestions ? Also let me know brands, approx
prices etc.

To use it in Asia...does one have to buy a power converter from 110 V
to 220V ?
or do these products work on all these voltages ?

Thanks in advance,
Lisa

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On 16 Nov 2004 09:48:12 -0800, lisamiller101@yahoo.com (lisa miller) wrote:

>To use it in Asia...does one have to buy a power converter from 110 V
>to 220V ?
>or do these products work on all these voltages ?

Power converters weigh a lot. You should get a universal charger if you
can. Nikon now ships such with their cameras. They are very lightweight and
with the right plug adapter will work anywhere in the world. Here's one,
but only for AA size batteries:
http://thomas-distributing.com/mah [...] harger.htm

The problem is they come with unnecessary 7' power cords. I then cut them
down. The first one I made 18". Then next one I do (for the Nikon charger)
will be only 12" or less. This picture is the first of three showing my
splicing: http://www.donwiss.com/pictures/rpd/h0009.htm

As for the plug type look at this chart: http://kropla.com/electric2.htm

Don <donwiss at panix.com>.