Digital BW, The Print

Don't make the camera too cheap, or the kid will lose interest fast. Just like a cheap telescope. Can you imagine how many young careers in science and astronomy must have been waylaid because they could never get an acceptable image with it? Looking through a cheap telescope
would make me lose interest in astronomy fast.

Jerry



Steadman Uhlich wrote:

> Paul,
>
> How cheap is cheap?
>
> For quality...I would buy an Olympus 3030 (or similar model) or Nikon 950 (or similar) or even....the brand spanking new Nikon 2500  for a digicam.  The Olys and Nikon 9xx series could be found used.  There must be a gazillion Nikon 9xx out there...as the owners upgrade often.
>
> Of course if you want new...the Nikon 2500 is really snazzy looking for a 15 year old.
>
> Check dpreview.com for up to date reviews and comments on all of them.
>
> Steadman
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Paul Roark
>   To: DigitalB&WPrint
>   Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 7:09 PM
>   Subject: [Digital BW] OT -- Cheap digital camera for kid
>
>   I might want to buy my 15 yr. old kid a cheap digital camera for screen-size
>   and print snapshots.  Easy connection to PC with USB or other common
>   connection would be good.
>
>   Any suggestions to a person who has never bothered to look at the cheap
>   snapshot market would be most welcome.
>
>   Thanks.
>
>   Paul
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