I agree! We have three Sony Cybershot DSC-S30 cameras in the family & love them!
Jim H ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Miconi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Alexander Seidel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Digital camera and meteorites > Alexander, > I wil;l HIGHLY recommend the Sony Cybershot line. My wife and I are sellers > on Ebay...Mostly high end antiques, fine art and collectibles. I have a > DSC -S50, 18 months old, 20,177 photos taken in that time. NO battery loss, > still get 225 minute on a charge...everytime. NO loss on the memory sticks > my 8meg sticks all get 120 shots each, 4 megs get 61 shots each and I have > never filled the 32 meg completely but it is rated to about 490 or so. > > Here is the link to their page: > http://www.sonystyle.com/digitalimaging/F_CS.shtml > > The DSC-S85 is excellent mid range...The DSC-F707 is OUTSTANDING a friend of > mine has one and I am envious everytime I get to use it. > > They have a ton of add on lens and filters. The memory sticks are > interchangable with other sony products like camcorders and MP3 players. > > Check out the info I sent you. If you have a good enough connection I can > send you some photos I have taken. Only thing is that digital cameras are > alot less forgiving than film. > > Contact me off the list I will be glad to discuss them at length. > > Bright Blessings, > > Mark Miconi > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alexander Seidel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 2:28 PM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Digital camera and meteorites > > > > Hi list, > > > > with a new (secondary, Mo thru Fri) place to live for professional > > reasons and a brandnew computer, I am now looking for a good quality > > digital camera. This may sound a bit off-topic on the one hand, and I > > may beat an old horse on the other hand, as this was already discussed > > a good while ago, but actually I am thinking about photographing my > > meteorite hand-specimen collection and thin section collection (with > > the aid of my MBC-10 microscope) for the sake of documentation, > > enjoyment and last but not least transfer of one or the other Jpeg > > amongst meteorite friends. > > > > Likely opinions and/or recommendations have changed since this topic > > was discussed the last time, and high-end-cameras of two years ago may > > well be mainstream cameras right now - but surely I am no expert on > > this. > > > > My question is: what would you folks, experienced with the use of > > digital cameras along with meteorites, recommend as "a good, > > reasonably priced" camera for this purpose? It really must not be a > > high-end-high-price-product, but should work properly and yield good > > results both with and without the microscope. What about zooming down > > to details and what about resolution? > > > > Any recommendations for my potential purchase will be highly > > appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Alex > > Berlin/Germany > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

