These two review should light your lantern. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/hp850/
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikoncp5000/ My own suggestion wold the Olympus C5050, but not untill the CA problem have been fixed, if ever. Cheers, Andre ----- Original Message ----- From: "MacKinnon Simpson" Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 3:28 AM Subject: [PRODIG] mid-level camera advice > 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, > =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
