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another thing you might want to consider if you are going to take a lot of pics is what kind of batteries they use. from experience, i know that AA batteries are a pain when used in digital cameras. i would much rather have one with a rechargeable batterey, such as the hp. the panasonic does have a better zoom(optical), and costs less, but the hp has the advantage of a rechargeable battery. if you dont care to sacrafice the extra zoom, i would go with the hp because it also have longer battery life, as well as more buit in memory(i know its not much, but more in case you dont have a card handy.)
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. it takes great pics and has 8x optical zoom.![]() i couldnt find anywhere that sells them. may have been discontinued |
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shupola - Good call...My old Casio could get 400+ shots with it's rechargable battery. I NEVER saw it go below 50%! My current camera uses 2AA's, and it's pretty bad sometime. I have recently, though, gotten some really nice rechargable batteries and it's lasted quite a long time. I've not used it on say a vacation, but I've not had to charge them since christmas
My old ones, the low battery light would come on after 2 pics!http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P...3.LZZZZZZZ.jpg ^ Casio EX-Z50 http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/news/2003/03/03/10al.jpg ^ Minolta XT The minolta was a tiny bit smaller, but not by much. The neat thing, though, was it DID have optical zoom If you don't beleive me, find specs on it. And I'll go on and spill the beans. The first pic was taken with the 3.2 Minolta. The second was with the Casio! The 3.2 did a much better job, didn't it? I have a pic of Big Ben both times I was there and it also looks better from the 3.2MP!
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back to you geoff - you might want to consider konica-minolta if it fits your budget and size preference.
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I'd definetly take Panasonic over Minolta... And that casio I had was good. It's macros were just plain amazing! Far off pics is where it didn't shine quite so much. Plus the CCD began to give me problems, but it was definetly my favorite camera!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../CottonBug.jpg ^ Macro from Casio. The minolta didn't have a macro feature...
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I know the pics are small, but there's a difference in quality. The minolta just picked up much more than the Casio did. I'm just trying to prove that just because the resolution is better, the pictures won't be better...
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And thanks again for all your suggestions, i am most likely going to get the Panasonic. But first im going to test them out at a retail store.
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