Hi Tony I would recommend the Canon G9. An amazing point and shoot camera with many features. You should be able to get it for $600. It has a 12 Megapixel sensor, 6x optical zoom, large 3" LCD screen, optical image stabilizer,advanced image presets and can shoot in RAW as well as JPEG.
I take photos for a living using large heavy DSLR's. I have been looking for a small point and shoot for holidays and general photos but still want good quality shots. The G9 is the best I have found under $1000. I don't have one yet but have tested one at a retail outlet. While I am photoshoping I listen to a number of different photography podcasts and the G9 gets a lot of favourable mentions. Happy shooting. Cheers Frank On 3/6/08 8:15 AM, "Evers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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]> -- 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]>
