I just bought the G2 last week. Although I have no experience with any other digicams, I've been studying and drooling for one for a long time. The things I like the most about it are :
Swivel lcd. I already used it successfully at my kids school show by holding the camera way over my head and tilting the lcd down so I could see it. Also, can turn inwards for protection. 4MP. More than enough resolution for me. Makes for fantastic printouts on my canon printer. Fantastic battery. It has one of the longest run times of all cameras. Not too big, not too small. Reasonable lens. With a cheap 256M (~$95) compact flash, I can store about 250 high res pictures. Fairly quick performance. Reviewing pictures takes about 2 seconds each. Neat to view pictures from video out directly to big-screen tv. :) Video recording is fun. Not great quality, but usable. Good luck, -Tom > 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 > > I've heard that the coolpix went downhill from the 990 to the 995, > and further down hill still to the 5000. There's also a huge price > difference between the 3 I listed above, with the E20 being the most > expensive at $1600 and the 995 being <$700. > > Anyone else have one of these, or, something else entirely that you > feel strongly in favor of/against? I know very little about digital > photography, and the terms used to descripe the camera capabilities > seem complete foreign to me, coming from the old analog world of SLR > cameras. > > Any advice, information, comments, complaints, and/or wisdom would be > greatly appreciated :) > > > -- > > Seeya, > Paul > > > > ***************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > ***************************************************************** > ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
