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Opening the floor
So....I've decided that I want to get myself a digital camera. Here's the deal: I'm on a limited budget, so I can't just get the top-of-the-line, all-the-bells-and-whistles, very expensive but also very neat model. What I want is good, solid quality, a decent amount of memory, and some zoom capability. I don't want to give up my old dinky point-and-shoot film camera in order to get a dinky point-and-shoot digital. I want something nice, in other words, but not too pricey.
So, all of y'all out there, those who have digital cameras and those who know a heck of a lot more than I do, what should I be looking at? What models are good? What's the price range I should be looking at for what I want?
The floor is yours.
Edit: I don't know if this matters or not, so y'all can tell me, but it needs to be compatable with both Mac and PC, software-wise.
So, all of y'all out there, those who have digital cameras and those who know a heck of a lot more than I do, what should I be looking at? What models are good? What's the price range I should be looking at for what I want?
The floor is yours.
Edit: I don't know if this matters or not, so y'all can tell me, but it needs to be compatable with both Mac and PC, software-wise.
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In case you care for some inexplicable reason:
Compactflash type I (CF), is basically a PCMCIA card writ small. 4x3 cm and 3 mm thick. Available in up to several-gig formats. Most common camera format, especially in larger and older cameras. Some larger PDAs accept them.
CompactFlash Type II (CF Type II): like CF except 5 mm thick. *Really* large flash cards come in this format as well as all the IBM Microdrives (as seen in an ipod mini and equivalents), which are available in up to 4 or 6 gig for a lot less than equivalent flash mem. But you don't want them cause they slurp battery power like a mofo and they have moving parts so they're more shocksensitive.
Sony Memory Stick: Pretty much limited to Sony cameras and other Sony products. Look like a stick of gum. Several variants: The original MS goes to 128 meg. There's the MS Duo which is a half size variant of same. There's also a 'Twin' which is basically 2 128 meg sticks grafted together, which you select from with an onboard switch. It's a way to sort-of get 256 meg sticks with the 128 meg limit. Then: the MS Pro. comes in at least up to 1 gig sizes, and the Pro Duo, which is same except in half size (don't know currently available max capacity there, but 1 gig is a good bet). You do *not* want a camera that only takes non-Pro sticks (any cam that does take Pro sticks will also take old sticks if you happen to have them).
Smartmedia (SM): less than a mm thin, size of two postage stamps, max of 128 MB per cards. You don't want that. Its successor is xD, which is extremely small, much sturdier, and comes up to at least half a gig now. That's acceptable.
MMC/SD: Multi Media Card is something like 2.5 by 1.5 cm and 1.4 mm thick, comes in up to 256 megs at least, and is used among others by Nokia mobile phones. Secure Digital is 2.1 mm thick, same size, twice as fast as an interface, and has some irrelevant extra features, and comes in at least up to 2 gigs now. Many PDAs have it. MMC-RS (Reduced Size) is half the size, and that's basically it. miniSD same thing for SD. MicroSD is supersmall and not intended to be user changebale, found in newer smartphones.
That's basically it as far as common flash cards go. And don't complain: you asked for it.
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And thank you.