> MOST cameras require GPhoto ok, didn't know - was assuming they'd go towards mass storage device Irrespective of what most cameras do, gphoto is a PITA. Do *all* cameras write files onto the flash mem such that the files can be read by the usual card readers?
> Wrong, very wrong. Check out our battery prices online, even for > InfoLithium. Done, for the camera I may be interested in you only list 1 item, and it's the wrong one (and your search doesn't work). I was quoted $150 from what would possible be one of the cheapest photo shops in NZ (photo.co.nz), and I doubt you can supply the battery for 30-40 (which is what I'd be prepared to pay, based on Ah-capacity). > >Getting all those features you listed in $400-600 is unrealistic. > Again, wrong. All a question of quality. > Those are not no-name, cheapy ass Digital Zoom models from some unknown > supplier either. Looking at consumer test results, most of the big-brand models I'd rate as you describe. Few score above 7 (out of 10) for image quality. You use a camera to get images, right? One would think the quality of those to be somewhat important. > You've been out of the loop for a while haven't you? Maybe. Or I have more professional requirements and been talking to a pro photographer who's just tried to buy something useful and failed :) (And, no offense intended, I would tend to listen more to photographers than to digicam tradespeople :) ) If someone finds a digicam that does what they want - fine. I'm still looking... Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
