Digital BW, The Print

I've got this urge several times and I always end up deciding I don't want 
to spend upwards of $500 on a P&S when that money could be better used in 
SLR 35mm, MF gear, etc. Like you, I shoot MF. I rarely use 35mm except for 
when camera size is a serious issue. But last year I wanted to get a decent 
35mm P&S and found two I liked. One, the Rollei Prego 90, is no longer 
available. The other, the Minolta Explorer Freedom Zoom EX (catchy name, 
eh?), is available.

The shots I get with these cameras are good and don't bug me like other P&S 
camera's I've seen or used. You can probably find sharper glass than is on 
the Minolta but you are probably going to pay more. The Minolta is nice and 
small, uses an aspherical lens design, has a wide range of 28mm, comes with 
an infrared remote, and can be had for well under $200.

I'm going on an overseas trip next month and I'm taking the Minolta and my 
Fuji GA645i (to satisfy my MF urges). This is as light as I can go without 
regretting I didn't bring something better.

Jeff Greer

At 11:09 AM 09/15/2002 +1000, you wrote:
>Thinking of getting a P&S for family snapshots. Just wondering what people
>use. After researching on the web few names pop up frequently:
>
>Yashica T4/T4 super
>Contax T2
>Olympus epic stylus (mju II)
>
>Thinking of getting the olympus because it is a lot cheaper than the other
>two, however I do wonder if the optical quality is good enough for someone
>who shoots MF.
>
>
>Thanks.
>
>Kevin.
>
>
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