BTW: The Canons (S30, S40, G2) use CF2 and can take an IBM Microdrive. The battery is a Lithium proprietary rechargable. The battery takes about an hour to charge fully.
Another camera line to look at is the HP cameras. These are made as a joint venture with Pentax. I think the critical issue is to decide what features and price range. The URLs I posted have reviews and opinions. The TFT displays are all SLR, but the optical viewfinders in some, including the Canon, is not. Another issue is to look at zoom capability. Optical zoom is good, digital zoom is (IMHO) not. On 3 Jun 2002 at 11:01, John Abreau wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > I need to buy a digital camera. I want a good one, that's easily > > usable with Linux (USB conn. is fine if it works :) > > > > I've been thinking about: > > > > the Nikon CoolPix 995 > > the Canon G2 > > the Olympus E20 > > The Olympus E20 runs you about $2000. For the same price, you can get the > Canon EOS D60, which I've been drooling over since I first saw it. > 6 megapixel (3072x2048), IBM microdrive, uses the same SLR lenses as > my film SLR, buffers shots so you can take maybe 10 pictures in a couple > seconds without delays between shots, etc. > > > -- > John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix > ICQ 28611923 / AIM abreauj / JABBER [EMAIL PROTECTED] / YAHOO abreauj > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 > PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 > > "The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese." > > > -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Associate Director Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
