[at-l] Ultralight Digital Cameras

[mfw@mindspring.com (Uncle Milt)]

Did you just volunteer to be the official Ruck photog? My wife just went out
of town with my smaller digital cam and I'm not going to bring the "big toy"
with me. I plan to shoot some real film for a change.
-Uncle Milt

----- Original Message -----
From: "L. Parker" <lparker@cacaphony.net>
To: "'Papa Bear'" <papa_bear_nyc@yahoo.com>
Cc: "AT-L List (E-mail)" <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 7:59 PM
Subject: RE: [at-l] Ultralight Digital Cameras


> I just got the Canon S110, I can't speak for the Nikon, but I am eminently
> satisfied with the Canon. Mine came with a coupon for a free battery and
an
> extra 16 MB CompactFlash Card. The supplied unit only includes an 8 MB
> CompactFlash card. At full resolution with little or no compression the 8
MB
> card is only good for about 16 pictures. I have mine set for 1280 x 1024
> with only 20% compression and get 24 exposures. There are memory cards
> available up to 256 MB which will hold more pictures than you can take in
a
> week...the battery will die first...BOTH batteries will die first. A USB
> cable is included so you can download the pictures to a laptop or desktop
> and free up the memory. The download process is painless, you plug it in,
> answer the question about which image processing program you want to use
(if
> you have more than one) and the pictures are there.
>
> As for picture quality, I will probably never go back to my SLR. Uncle
Milt
> has one of the Canon professional digital cameras that he used to
photograph
> last years' GA Ruck, I swear that other than the price there is very
little
> difference (well, his will accept all the standard SLR attachments).
Milt's
> is currently selling for around $5,000 - the S110 is about $329...
>
> Lee I Joe
>
> PS, I will be bringing mine to the GA Ruck.
>
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