OT: Which digital camera

[John Pierce]

> On Wednesday 18 June 2008 08:35, Nigel Ridley wrote:
>> My daughter wants to buy a digital camera (one that will work nicely with
>> Kubuntu) but there are sooooooooo many to choose from it's almost
>> impossible!
>>
>> She wants one of those slim ones - like the Casio but I'm trying to help
>> her make an educated choice.
>>
>> 1. How important is it whether the battery is an internal one or if one can
>> stick in your regular Duracels (or rechargables). I realize that the price
>> will go with the added expense of purchasing batteries, but then those
>> internal ones need an electric power source when they need to be recharged
>> (and probably just when your stuck in the middle of nowhere!).
>>
>> 2. Also, are last year's models still up to par (they're much cheaper)?
>>
>> TIA from a confused_wanting_to_help_father.
>>
>> Nigel

The day after Christmas this last year we found a Sony Cybershot DSC-S650
7.2 megapixel and it has worked extemely well.  With an added 4 Gb
stick it shoots
a lot of video as well.


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