If you don't have the need to buy the latest, why not try out a discontinued model? I use a Kodak 4800DC and I understand it's now being sold at a heavily discounted price. I use it for my architectural work (as a kind of dairy) and its on-board 28~84 zoom covers my needs very well. Add on the wide adapter and you have a 17~something zoom which is neat for cramped interiors. It has a external flash jack which is mighty useful; build quality is good- I've been carting my camera around with me for over a year now on all my construction sites and have had no major problems. Good range of long shutter speeds/ manual colour balance options as well. Cons? Poor macro range and no focus assist.
HTH, RK Darryn Richter wrote: > I need to purchase a digital camera for work purposes, and don't have a clue > where to start. My budget stretches as far as an Optio 220 or Coolpix 775 It > doesn't need to be high resolution 1.3 - 2.0 mp is sufficient. The wider the > better. I often need to take photographs of work areas where, due to space > constraints, I cannot move farther away. (I currently use 24mm- 28mm slr > lens). I don't particularly need a zoom (optical or digital, fixed focal > length may even be better if I get a little extra speed. I'd like the > downloaded files to be jpeg. (Do any or all of them do this???). Build > quality needs to be high as I'll carry this around every day in a shoulder > bag, and it will get heavy use. > > I use the photographs in documents to support and illustrate points I'm > writing about. They would typically be printed three to a page on A4 paper, > so about the size of a standard photo. I'd occasionally use it for snaps, > but that would be rare (unless they bring out a model I can dunk in x-tol). > > I have a copuple of Pentax flash units AF 400 FTZ and a 200s (or something > like that). If I have the option of using those, it would give me a little > more flexibility. All opinions on Pentax or otherwise is welcome. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
