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Is there a camera with these characteristics?
1. Using SD-cards.
2. High quality fixed focal length lens, i.e. no zoom, equivalent to (circa) 35-mm on 24*36. 3. Max aperture 1:2.0 or brighter. 4. Small (to fit in small pocket). 5. Eye-piece viewfinder. 6. Rather fast (startup and time between pictures). 7. At least 3 MPix. 8. Wellknown brand. I haven't seen one, has anyone? /BJ |
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On 2005-06-22, Bror Johansson wrote:
1. Using SD-cards. 2. High quality fixed focal length lens, i.e. no zoom, equivalent to (circa) 35-mm on 24*36. 3. Max aperture 1:2.0 or brighter. 4. Small (to fit in small pocket). 5. Eye-piece viewfinder. 6. Rather fast (startup and time between pictures). 7. At least 3 MPix. 8. Wellknown brand. I haven't seen one, has anyone? /BJ Not quite. This search might get you the nearest: http://shopping.yahoo.com.au/ctl/do/...Camera,Less_th an_2x_zoom or http://makeashorterlink.com/?K5CC23E4B. I have a Minolta Dimage X20; the non-protruding zoom lens works nicely and the camera is very compact and fast to start-up - but lacks an optical viewfinder, which is a serious drawback. The more up-market versions do have optical viewfinders. I think the Konica-Minolta Dimage X50 is the current top-of-the-range version. Large apertures (and small apertures) seem to be technically difficult for lenses for use with the small sensors in 'pocket' cameras; 1:28 to 1:4 seems to be optimum for 'standard' focal lengths. Manual controls are mostly lacking in these cameras, too. The quickest starter I've tried is the little Practica SlimPix, which has a very poor optical viewfinder and produces poor-quality 640x480 images - but is very portable. The Jenoptic JDC 350 is bulkier but has a better viewfinder, but the images are no better. Both of those are very cheap, if you can find them. They may be toys, but it is possible to get images worth playing with, if you can stand the suspense of no pre-view and the frequent dissapointments. -- -- ^^^^^^^^^^ -- Whiskers -- ~~~~~~~~~~ |
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