No offense,\ but I'm in the trade Volker and I must disagree with your assertions, see below:
Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
The Canon A series work good with gphoto2.
Anything which needs gphoto instead of just working like a disk drive is a PITA.
MOST cameras require GPhoto or a card reader, rarely do they use the standard USB Mass Storage Protocol. Besides, for $44 you can have one of our 7 in 1 Card Reader/Writers that works at USB 2.0 Speeds and can stay plugged into your system instead of having to futz about with plugging/unplugging the camera all the time.
Get good lenses, NiMH batteries, & compact flash (preferably CF2) storage.
Ack. Unfortunately, standard batteries seem to be replaced with that awful lithium-ion rubbish leaving no choice afterwards. Want a spare battery? No problem. That's $150, thanks...
Wrong, very wrong. Check out our battery prices online, even for InfoLithium.
Again, wrong.
Getting all those features you listed in $400-600 is unrealistic.
If
you get them at all, they'd have to be rock-bottom I-hate-to-say quality.
Again, wrong: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P72 - NZD$519.00 Nikon Coolpix 4300 Digital Camera - NZD$655.00 Canon PowerShot A60 Digital Camera - NZD$395.00 Canon PowerShot A70 Digital Camera - NZD$498.00 Canon PowerShot A80 Digital Camera - NZD$671.00
Those are not no-name, cheapy ass Digital Zoom models from some unknown supplier either.
256MB memory (kind of minimum you'd want) starts at $140 for
CF. From a photographic point of view, the picture quality of most $1000-1500 digicams is rubbish (read consumer Oct 03 onwards for comparisons). I don't want to know what the story is at 1/3 of that price.
You've been out of the loop for a while haven't you?
Cheers
Jason
