My wife as the original OptioS - 3mp and I couldn't pry it out of her hands for anything. It has been the perfect camera for her. Size and image quality have been major factors as well as ease of use.
-- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, August 7, 2005, 5:04:07 PM, you wrote: k> Bob Sullivan wrote: >> I used my daughter's S4 on a week long business trip. >> It was quite handy and convenient as the temperature was 95 F. degrees. >> I especially enjoyed the small size and light weight. >> One battery was good for 250 jpegs and a maximum day's shooting. >> >> Now I would like to buy another one, perhaps an upgrade for my >> daughter or just for wifey & self. There are two problems. >> 1) The Optio S4 is long out of date. I would probably do an S5i or >> SV. I think I can get these for $300 and $220 respectively. Does >> anybody have a cheap source for an S4? >> 2) My daughter is very taken with the idea of the S4 fitting into the >> Altoids tin. Both the S5i and the SV (especially) are a bit bigger >> than the S4. I am not sure she wants to trade-up, so we would end up >> with the bigger camera... not much of a gift for letting me borrow the >> camera. >> >> I have looked at ebay, but the price of the S4 or S4i is silly. They >> are going for more than $150 and I would rather pay the extra for a >> new SV at that price. >> >> So do we have any sage advice out there? k> Oh my. You asked the wrong guy! k> Not only have I had an S4 for ever since they started advertising it, I k> wouldn't give it up for anything I can think of! k> If my wife didn't have an Optio S5i (a gift from me) I'd probably get a k> backup S4, and pack it in a dust and moisture free atmosphere and put it k> in a safe, just in case! k> I use this little jewel all the time. I simply can't imagine being k> without it! k> Now, part two of this diatribe: k> Just because a camera company lacks the foresight to continue to produce k> a model, in no way reflects on the desireability of that model. Or it's k> reliability, for that matter. Other examples are abundant in the industry. k> Pentax moved on because they wanted to move on. They felt pressed to k> come up with bigger and better. Not because there was a single thing k> wrong with the S4. Nothing! k> A major truth here: camera model does NOT start deteriorating, k> physically or otherwise, just because it's taken off the maker's list of k> production cameras. k> Were it me, I'd go ahead and find the very nicest S4 I could find. Some k> old person who never drove it over 35 MPH, and only on alternate Wednesdays. k> Then buy it and use it! You'll never be sorry! k> keith whaley >> >> (Yes, I found myself wishing that I had the *istDS along with me, but >> I didn't miss trying to fumble in and out of vehicles with papers and >> a big camera at 95 degrees. On the basis of this trip and ownership >> of the *istDS, I want to trade in my Sony S85 on something smaller >> like the S4.) >> >> Regards, Bob S.
