I just bought a Sony Cybershot and I love it, but the biggest downside is that the darned Memory Sticks are essentially twice as expensive as SD or Compact Flash. For what I paid on a 512 MB Memory Stick you can get a 1 GB Compact Flash. So that cost is something of an issue.
If you want to print your photos there's another downside to the Memory Stick--not all the digital photo-finishing stations accept the Memory Stick Pro. I'm talking those self-service print stations like at Walgreens, where you insert the card and print out the photos you want. The issue is that these stations support the older Memory Stick format but not always the new higher-density Memory Stick Pro. It's way confusing and not something that I'd want a casual user to have to deal with. For those two reasons reasons, I'd unfortunately not recommend the Sony models for a casual user. Much as I like the Sony that I bought. --- Rex. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Rising Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 10:12 PM To: MacUser Group Subject: MacGroup: recommendations for ~$200 digicams? Hey Folks, Any recommendations for ~$200 digicams? I'm on the lookout for my stepdaughter's boyfriend. I've looked through some of the 4MP reviews at steves-digicams, but quickly have become overwhelmed. Should the type of memory card weigh on the decision? Should I care about proprietary vs. standard AA battery types? If the main user of the camera is interested in point-and-shoot, and would most likely never use anything other than an automatic mode, can money be saved by buying a simpler camera, or has it become the case that more complicated possibilities (like shutter-speed priority etc) are always present in cameras with better lenses and better sensors? Any tips would be appreciated. Back to reading reviews. Bill | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January | 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
