Digital pics.

[the dodger]

OK this may be a General gassing topic, but I'm only interested in what budding David Bailey's who are TVR nuts think. I'm thinking of buying a digital camera - mostly for pics of my car (and maybe holiday snaps etc). Must be cheap! - or good value. What do you lot out there use? Any recommendations? A local p.c./gadget shop near me had a "special" limited upply of Kodak DX3900 3.1 megapixies, 2x optical, 3x digi zoom with 8 meg flashcard - for £129 !!! I was too late, they sold out. Internetcamerasdirect have DX4330 (newer version) 3.3 mpix, 3x and 3.3x etc for £220 but I don't know if this is good value. What do you think? Anybody got one they want to sell?

[gemini]

Just bought the dx4900 = 4meg pixels and is very good - dead easy to use and sits in a direct dock for easy download - got it from dabs and the dock from amazon - loads of research and best deals

[alan_driver]

remember, if its cheap its good value.

On a serious note, get yourself down to the neerest jessops and see what they offer, try some out etc, they're very friendly staff at the one near me.

[MikeyT]

Bought my Sony P7 recently from InternetCamerasDirect and recommend their service which was next day as promised.

Had to ring up and order though as the on-line shop wasn't working - so not so 'Direct' in fact, but they were OK.

Spend as much as you can afford - you'll see the results in the pics you get.

:advicefromsomeonestilllearningtheropeswithhis:

[wedg1e]

I use an Olympus OM2N(MD)...

Then I put the prints through a high-res scanner if I want a digital version...

Ian

[hut49]

Canon digital IXUS does it for me - supremely easy to use and small enough to fit in a pocket.

Hutch

[budd]

Just got the Nikon coolpix2000 for a very good £149 compact and easy to use,OK for snaps and messing around,however it will not replace my Canon EOS 300 which I'll continue to use for higher quality work.

[JohnL]

Got a Casio QVR4 4 Megapixels for £325 from internet cameras direct - good service, good camera. Nice and small camera too, it'll fit in almost any pocket easily.

[kevinday]

A general point re digital cameras, zoom issues, optical zoom is good, digital zoom degrades the quality of the photo as it is effectively cloning pixels. Therefore for good distance photos go for a digital camera with the best optical zoom options, or a good 35mm SLR and a good scanner.

[.Mark]

I have a Fuji Finepix S304 - £340, 3.2 megapixels, 6x optical zoom.
Excellent camera.

[squirrelz]

hut49 said: Canon digital IXUS does it for me - supremely easy to use and small enough to fit in a pocket.

Hutch

Yeah me too. The only issues I have with it are:
1) takes about a second between pressing the shutter release to it actually taking the photo.
2) there isn't a decent battery level indicator, just a warning when the battery is low.
3) only takes CF type I cards not the type II (microdrives).

Apart from that, it's small enough that I'll actually take it places....