Digital cameras

**billkay** · 04-14-2002, 09:50 PM

Take a look at the Minolta DiMage, 3.34 MegaPixels and a 35mm 35-140mm zoom, or the Nikon Coolpix995, 3.34 MegaPixls and a 4x optical zoom, aprox 40-160mm's in 35mm terms.

**snapper** · 04-15-2002, 04:20 PM

No prob. wtnhunt...as you can see I get alot of help in that room! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

**billkay** · 04-15-2002, 06:14 PM

The Minolta DiMage has a fixed/attached lense; your Maxum SLR lenses would be of no use with it. Not sure if Minolta actually has an SLR digital camera yet. Why not keepp using your SLR and having the images put on a CD for you by Kodak or one of the other photo finishing places, thus allowing you to immediately put the pix on your computer and allowing you to use an excelant camera you already own and are comfortable with? There are also scanners that work on negatives and slides. Nikon makes one, another is a Polaroid.

**billkay** · 04-15-2002, 10:25 PM

Just so you know, there are scanners that work directly from the negative or slide frame. They are more $$ than a flatbed, but they are much better You could probably pick up a used one for a few hundred dollars; the same amount you would spend on an average digital camera. The advantage is in the fact you already have a camera and several lenses.

**Team Realtree** · 04-15-2002, 10:54 PM

All we use here in the office and on the road is NIKON. They seem to have the digital figured out. I bought 3 NIKON 950's 3 years ago for the guys to take on the road and have yet to have one fail. In the Canadian cold and Florida heat, they keep on ticking. 75% of the Online Journal pics were taken with those cameras.

Funny thing, when I bought them, they were 1k each. 6 months later they were $600. Now you can get a good NIKON digital for $400 or less. Remember, you will get what you paid for. TR