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Skunks · 12-29-2003, 06:08 PM

Yeah, "prosumer" is tempting. I can easily justify spending a few times more than the "300" I mentioned earlier if it's a really cool camera.

I started looking at the <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Sigma/sigma_sd9.asp">Sigma SD9</a> because that Foveon thing looks pretty sweet. But it's about a year old and somewhat expensive.

So then I went back to looking at a <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Nikon/nikon_cp4500.asp">Coolpix 4500</a>, but it's discontinued.

I talked to my dad about it, and he's a huge proponent of a good optical zoom. Enter the Coolpix 5700.

Further poking brings up the <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Minolta/minolta_dimagea1.asp">Minolta DiMAGE A1</a>, which is my current "top option". I went to a local store (well, I'm in Phoenix for a bit) and played with it for a few minutes. The viewfinders are cool, though the LCD isn't as flexibly awesome as it could be (-20-90°, one axis). A1 + extra battery + 1gb Microdrive + USB2.0 microdrive connector-to-computer-thing seems to be about $1040 from brief online checking, which is acceptable enough given the "it'll last a long time!" excuse. And it's just so cool.

12-29-2003, 06:08 PM	#14
Skunks I thought I changed this. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: western nowhere, ny Posts: 412	Yeah, "prosumer" is tempting. I can easily justify spending a few times more than the "300" I mentioned earlier if it's a really cool camera. I started looking at the <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Sigma/sigma_sd9.asp">Sigma SD9</a> because that Foveon thing looks pretty sweet. But it's about a year old and somewhat expensive. So then I went back to looking at a <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Nikon/nikon_cp4500.asp">Coolpix 4500</a>, but it's discontinued. I talked to my dad about it, and he's a huge proponent of a good optical zoom. Enter the Coolpix 5700. Further poking brings up the <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Minolta/minolta_dimagea1.asp">Minolta DiMAGE A1</a>, which is my current "top option". I went to a local store (well, I'm in Phoenix for a bit) and played with it for a few minutes. The viewfinders are cool, though the LCD isn't as flexibly awesome as it could be (-20-90°, one axis). A1 + extra battery + 1gb Microdrive + USB2.0 microdrive connector-to-computer-thing seems to be about $1040 from brief online checking, which is acceptable enough given the "it'll last a long time!" excuse. And it's just so cool.