14-10-2003 08:04									#31
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I was going to try to take a picture of my S200, but that is too difficult. It is dark, and my flash goes off when I try to take a picture of the mirror (which in turn would show the camera).

	14-10-2003 08:13									#32
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no problems as of yet

I am sorry that you had problems

Jon Miller

	14-10-2003 08:21									#33
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what kind of flash cards do you use?

I probably should have stuck with sony flash cards with a sony camera. My original 8 MB of course is sony. That's the only one I have usable now.

	14-10-2003 11:10									#34
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I use the official one

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	14-10-2003 11:32									#35
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My group at work wants to get a camera but they want one that uses those little 3" re-writable CDs. They apparently don't want one with flash because they want extreme ease of moving the files to any of our computers including those that don't have any free usb ports. Unfortunately the only camera I've seen with this storage method is a Sony camera. Does anybody know if the CDs are an effective storage solution for a camera and if so is there a decent camera (presumably non-Sony) available that uses them? Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.

-Geronimo.

	14-10-2003 13:05									#36
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Geronimo! Long time no see.

	15-10-2003 00:18									#37
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The mini CDs are junk. Avoid them at all costs as they are a dieing media. Flash cards are the way to go.

Kaak: Where are you man? I really want to buy this camera and the 1GB flash card. What price can you get me? If I don't hear from you soon I might give in to the urge to buy one at a local store.

	15-10-2003 00:30									#38
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i'm here, i'm going to work in about 4 hours....

which camera did you decide on?

	15-10-2003 00:39									#39
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The Cannon Elph S400 which you recommended. It seems the best all around camera for my needs. I'm hoping to get it, a 1 GB memory flash card, and a carrying case.

I've shoped around both in my town and on the net and so far the best price I've found is royalcamera.com which sells the camera only (minus flash card and case) for $358 plus shipping. I also want to make sure the Camera has a US warrenty and that it is wired to be plugged into US electrical outlets.

What sort of deals can you work for me and can I use my Dell Prefered account to buy it?

	15-10-2003 00:57									#40
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The best i can do on the camera is $369.10 w/ no tax and free shipping. Sandisk 1GB CF card would be $224.96 and the PSC-50 Soft Leather Case for $9.86

	15-10-2003 01:57									#41
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Sold. The other place wanted $12.50 for shipping plus tax so Dell is the cheapest. As an added benifet I like Dell's service and warrenty. PM me and tell me what info you need and I can pay with my debt card or with my Dell Prefered account.

Is there a number I can reach you at work and then we can do it directly or would you prefer e-mail?

	15-10-2003 02:37									#42
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pm's sent

	15-10-2003 02:57									#43
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Info sent back. I'll call you at work today. Thanks alot man.

	15-10-2003 02:59									#44
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Also will I need to buy any cables to connect the camera to the computer or does it come with one?

	15-10-2003 03:02									#45
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comes with

	15-10-2003 03:30									#46
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Does dell make an MP3 player?

	15-10-2003 05:11									#47
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Woot! My camera, flash card, and case have been ordered. Unfortunately, Dell doesn't normally carry the 1GB flash card so I'll have to wait until the 24th for it to be shipped but it will be worth it.

Thanks Kaak.

	15-10-2003 07:18									#48
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No problem it will probably ship out before then, they usually do...

	15-10-2003 08:08									#49
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If I must go flash is there an option that allows for easy transfer to any convenient computer without the need to install any software on the computer first?

	15-10-2003 08:20									#50
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Ger: most CF card readers are plug and play.

Oerdin: Our MP3 player, the dell DJ comes out tomorrow I think. If you need one, we can put it on your dell preferred account.

I'll make a post.

	15-10-2003 08:32									#51
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a couple of the computers that would be very handy to use the camera with have windows 95 installed on them and can't have the os upgraded by us because they are part of an instrument bench where upgrading the os will invalidate the calibration certification of the bench. Is this the kind of 'plug and play' where plugging it into the win 95 computer will cause windows to prompt us to direct it to the location of a device driver?

	15-10-2003 08:56									#52
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hmmm....geronimo, I honestly don't know a lot about win95. Is there not a network computer you could put all the files on?

	15-10-2003 09:11									#53
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Network computer solution would make at least half the people in the group unhappy since at least that many fail to use the shared network directories already available opting instead to e-mail huge files to me and to others in the group.

I was hoping for something that would be as idiot proof as the old floppy disk camera we borrow from another group but without the insanely slow file transfer problem.

	10-12-2003 14:34									#54
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Oerdin: How's the camera, particularly the image quality?

I'm thinking about buying the S400, but also considering the Casio EX-Z4 cause it's smaller and lighter.