Re: digital camera recomendations

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 02/18/2009 11:34 AM, Mike McClain wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 04:40:04PM +0000, kj wrote:
> > Mike McClain wrote:
> > > I'm in the market for an inexpensive digital camera.
> <snip> 
> > Out of curiosity, why AA?   Losing the AA will give you a much more 
> > compact camera.  Very few cameras accept AA batteries these days 
> > anyway.    Either ways, just get a USB card reader - they can be had for 
> > a few bucks and show up as a generic mass storage device, regardless of 
> > the type of card.
>
> AA batteries are cheap, readily available and I can get NiCad and NiMH. 
> Custom rechargable battery packs are like printer ink cartridges.

My Kodak Z8612IS can use either AA or CR-V3, takes good pics, and 
gthumb recognizes it.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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