A few years ago, a friend wanted a compact camera. She liked the look and feel of my Sony W-1 that I own. I got that camera because it has an optical VF and a 2.5 inch screen. The main selling point for me was that it uses AA batteries, that, as you know, are available almost everywhere. I suppose the only drawback to the Sony is that it uses Sony's proprietary Memory Stick, not the more common SD card that other digicams are using for storage. The W-1 isn't made anymore. I got mine used from KEH. Other models were the W-5 and W-7. The 1 and 5 are 5 megapixels and the 7 is 7 megapixels.
Jim A. On Jan 7, 2008, at 9:22 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > I'm looking for a new compact digital camera for my wife, for her > birthday and our next trip. > > I have always preferred SLRs, and currently use my *ist D most of the > time. I bought an Optio S twhen it first came out, and I keep in my > briefcase or wear one my belt when I don't want to lug my camera bag. > That's what my wife is using now, since her camera is broken, but she > doesn't take as many photos with it as when she had one of her own. > > She has had three digitals over the last 10 years or so, first a > Casio, then an Olympus, and finally, for the past several years, a > Nikon Coolpix 775. She really liked the Nikon, and wants something > like it if possible, but Nikon has gone in another direction with > their compacts. > > What she is looking for is a small, durable compact that is easy to > operate and to download photos from. She never shoots at high > resolution, so she doesn't need a camera with a high mega-pixel > capability. She does need something with a good optical zoom, and > strongly prefers an optical view finder in addition to the usual video > screen. > > If anyone has a camera they can recommend, I would be grateful. TIA > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
