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Suggestions for a easy but high quality camera for an older parent
Benjamin Slade wrote:
[] I loaned him my Nikon 5700, but the "change the flash" button is right next to the "change the resolution" button and his trembly fingers kept hitting the wrong button (giving him a long recycle time because the camera kept saving huge .tiff files). So the Nikon 5700 is out (and it's descendants too). I'm looking at the Nikon Coolpix 8400. Any comments? Good wide angle and it has the guaranteed automatic green setting on it's dial, but looking at the specs online, I don't see any numbers about button press reaction time and/or shot to shot recycle time. If he wants the longer zoom of the 5700 but without the button problems, you might want to look at the Panasoniz FZ5 which has image stabilisation (might help with more trembly hands), and is quite a bit smaller than the 5700. It has a "green" setting on its dial too (actually a little heart symbol)! Nikon also offer the 8800 where the controls have been moved. The 8400 is one of the fastest P&S cameras I've used - it has an extra focus sensor which makes it noticeably faster in operation. By the way, this conversation is more suited to the ZLR group which deals with full-control SLR-like cameras. I've set follow-ups to: rec.photo.digital.zlr Cheers, David |
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