>Thank you all for the interesting comments and information. In the past >I was a great fan of the SLR and I had several starting with a Russian >camera, 'Zenit', which I still have and finishing up with a Nikon with >28mm and 135mm lenses which unfortunately were stolen. My Arthritic >problems were just starting so I moved to an Olympus compact camera with >built in zoom and have staggered from then into the digital era. In my >earlier years I had a dark room which eventually I had to give up and >now I see my computer taking over the functions of a dark room. > >So you see, I am not a newcomer to photography and I am well aware of >the problems with dust etc especially with SLR cameras. As I said in my >original posting I need ease of handling and RAW. Changing lenses is not >so easy when one hand is holding a walking cane even standing for any >length of time is a problem. Carrying equipment is not comfortable and I >do like to wander on my own when out for a shoot. > >Norman
Depending on which focal area is of your interest, there are more interesting suggestions - all of the "bridge" type, witch means "bigger compacts". My suggestion is (being an Olympus fan) the Olympus SP-560 UZ. It has a 27 - 486 (35 mm equivalent) lens, 8Mp and saves in RAW. Besides that it has an CCD-based image stabilization system. And of course full manual exposure control. mvh Mogens Jæger _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
