Greetings all WAMUGers, Some advice/user experience please.
Our small primary school (Woodbury Boston Primary School - www.woodburyboston.wa.edu.au - some of you have been generous with advice and support in the past) is about to purchase a digital still camera. Requirements include good optical zoom - 8-10x - and resolution 6+ megapixels minimum (lots of outdoor and action shots - sailing etc, so good zoom essential). Largish screen would help students ease of use. Easy interface to eMac OS 10.3.9 network essential (although I've yet to see a USB camera that won't talk to this system).
Budget is $600 or less. There is some bias toward Canon. The school has had disappointing/frustrating recent experience with a Fuji FinePix 90 (devours AA batteries, indifferent performance, intermittent crashes - I think they got a lemon) although this is helping to guide current purchase parameters.
Past experience suggests that cameras with dedicated lithium ion rechargeable batteries (same as video cameras) perform better/last longer/are more reliable between battery changes than those using AA cells - any comments?
Any recommendations greatly appreciated. Cheers Tony Evers -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
