Tuesday, July 13, 2004

3 mp cameras and portable storage

Hmmm...an interesting comparison of 3 cameras that should be very popular with consumers. They compare the Canon A75, Coolpix 3200 and the Olympus Stylus 300. They're not very conclusive, but they do give a nice table comparing the three.

http://www.digitalreview.ca/cams/3MPCameras.shtml

Looking at portable storage devices for pictures for my dad, so I thought I'd share the info with all...

Taking a look at the reviews on hand, it looks like the market for portable digital storage is quite vast, and unfortunately, quite unregulated. There are reports of good, bad, and indifferent, and it is difficult to find any reputable reviews. The most interesting upcoming product for you would be the Nikon Coolwalker, but it doesn't come out until possibly September, and it looks like it will cost between 700-800 canadian.

Aside from this, the best two products I have run across are the flashtrax portable storage,

http://www.digitalreview.ca/cams/Smartdisk.shtml

This however, is quite expensive, and having only found it on american sites sofar, looks to cost about 520 american including shipping for the 40 gig model. The company website, which has reviews and awards can be found at

http://www.smartdisk.com/Products/DigitalMultimedia/FlashTrax.asp

The other one, the APACER disk steno, can be bought at Henrys

http://www.henrys.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/PageDisplay?dest=frames.jsp¤cy=CAD&storeId=10001

This is a cd burning unit, quite portable, with good reviews. It may or may not be what you are looking for. The price of 399 is much more reasonable (canadian), but again, I'm not sure if it fits your needs.

1 comment:

Paul said...

I'm trying to pick a digital camera to buy. So far I'm stuck between getting a Minolta DiMage G400 or one of these Canon ones:
PowerShot A80
PowerShot SD10 Digital Elph
PowerShot S400 Digital Elph

The A80 sounds great, but is too big. The Elph ones look awesome.