Aloha, I am about to upgrade my Olympus D459Zoom (1.3 MB). I have used it primarily to copy archival photos to illustrate books. The old Olympus worked fine for grabbing low-res images for placement, but the final images were photographed traditionally. I would now like to eliminate that second step and use a higher-res digital camera for placement and final. Most of the images are about 8 x 10 so extreme close-ups are not a requirement.
I have been looking at the Nikon Coolpix 5000, but this morning my publisher suggested looking at the Hewlett-Packard 850. The dollar difference--about $100--seems less important than the ability to shoot RAW images (the HP is limited to JPEG). I rarely use batteries as I have access to AC power. Are there other suggestions for cameras in this price range that would work for my purposes? Thanks, Mac Simpson =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
