OK all, Thanks for all the great advice, I am looking at the canon G3 :o) just have to wait for my supplier to get them in :o(
I will also as money permits buy a DV camera for my partner to make movies with (she can wate as I am bringing in the $$$ ATM and need it for business) Regards, Kat. > -----Original Message----- > From: David de la Hunty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 3 February 2003 9:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT DV video cameras > > > It is a bit of a mistake to try to get one camera for both jobs but it > depends how serious > you are with each task. > > Most modern digital still cameras will take short lo-res clips (my > Nikon Coolpix 5000 > takes 1 minute of 30fps video but only at about 320x240 or whatever). > Similar story in > reverse for most DV cameras. > > However I am becoming a camera junkie and read a review recently on the > Fuji Finepix M603. It is a 6.03 megapixel camera which can take > 30-second clips > of TV-screen sized 640 x 480 at 30fps. RRP 2 grand. I can't vouch for > the optics but > Fujis review consistently well lately. Its 2x digital zoom is a bit on > the light side these > days (contrast with the similarly priced Nikon Coolpix 5700, 5 > megapixel still camera > with 8x (optical) zoom. > > Check out www.fujifilm.com.au > > Personally I am a confirmed Nikon man, all the eye surgery community I > talk to > online use the Coolpix for work. > > It really depends whether your partner is going tomake movies with it > in which case > I would seriously consider 2 cameras. > > Good luck, > > David de la Hunty > > > On Wednesday, Jan 29, 2003, at 21:06 Australia/Perth, Katinka Mills > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I am stuck with choosing a camera. > > > > What I need as a minimum is to be able to take still photos of a good > > quality of PCB images (to show mods that I make to people over seas) > > and to > > take general photos. > > > > I have looked around, and I seem to be ushered by many people to > > Panasonic > > (good brand, and reasonably reliable) > > > > Now the hard part, My Partner is studying Digital Media at ECU. She is > > asking me to make it a DV camera. > > > > So the options I see : > > > > I have selected between 2 Still cameras and 3 DV Cameras here are the > > models > > : > > > > Still : > > > > LC40A > > LC5A > > > > DV Cameras : > > > > NV-GX7 > > NV-G55A > > NV-DS50A > > > > Any Advice is well welcomed, even if someone says a different brand, I > > am a > > computer Junky, but I know squat about Cameras lol. > > > > Regards, > > > > Kat. > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 10/01/2003 > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html> > > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html> > > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 10/01/2003 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 10/01/2003
