04-18-2002, 06:13 PM
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Logitech Credit Card-Sized Camera and Jason Buys a Camera
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,94623,tk,dn041702X,00.asp
This camera sounds quite neat - I keep waiting for a "cheap" camera that offers decent quality because several people I know want to dip their toe in the soothing waters of digital photography, but the entry cost is still quite high. If the quality is decent, a 1.3 megapixel camera for $129 US will rock.
"The Pocket Digital is small enough to fit into your wallet and it might even be mistaken for a credit card, but this newest gadget from Logitech won't buy you anything but memories because it's a camera. One of the leading makers of computer mice is stretching its selection of peripherals again. Making its debut this week, and scheduled for release in mid-May, is this diminutive camera with a small price for a digicam: $129.95.
The Pocket Digital measures just one-half inch thick, and it is only 2.25 inches wide and 3.5 inches long. However, Logitech representatives say the device will still hold as many as 52 images at up to 1.3-megapixel resolution. The unit is powered by an onboard lithium polymer battery that is automatically recharged during every download through the included USB cable. You can also connect the camera to your PC through USB."
And in other digital camera news, I took the plunge and finally bought a new digital camera: I chose the Canon Powershot G2 (affiliate link). I've been fanatically researching every camera that has come out in the past year, waiting for the perfect blend of performance, quality, and price. Every single camera that came out had a significant disadvantage that I wasn't willing to live with, and being convinced that the future of digital photography is going to be based on the X3 sensor I knew that geting a high-end prosumer camera without that sensor would be a waste. The image quality of the X3 sensor is simply mind-numbing, and nothing on the market comes close.
So I settled for a more "normal" camera that still gave me excellent quality, decent resolution, and got great reviews. So far I'm very pleased with the G2, and feel it will last me until 2003/2004 when we'll see if the X3 sensor is picked up by other OEMs.
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04-18-2002, 06:26 PM
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Logitech Credit Card-Sized Camera and Jason Buys a Camera
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04-18-2002, 06:37 PM
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Aha! Photo added - thanks.
Any other G2 owners out there? Any tips for me?
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04-18-2002, 06:45 PM
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Good choice, Jason. I've been using a G2 for some months and I'm very satisfied with it. Excellent photos and it doesn't appear to be an expensive digital camera, so is somewhat thief-proof  .
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04-18-2002, 07:01 PM
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Any other G2 owners out there? Any tips for me?
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I've a G2 for 1 month now, I'm not an expert, but play with it a lot and you will always discover new things.
Also read the review at dpreview.com it has a lot of little tips http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canong2/
alos check the G2 forums here : http://www.dpreview.com/forums/forum.asp?forum=1010
Then play with it for a few weeks and go back re-read the review, you will catch even more.
Another tip... I use Pocket Quick View from www.hanaho.com to play back movies from the G2 on my E-115 :-)
Hey! Didn't you finally get you cash back from the guy in Quebec?
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04-18-2002, 07:39 PM
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Hey! Didn't you finally get you cash back from the guy in Quebec?
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Nope. :evil: I'm waiting on a letter from my lawyer, and if that doesn't work, I'm going to send a collections agency after him. Vengence will be mine. :twisted:
For those that are interested in the whole tale:
http://www.jasonsego.com/fraud
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04-18-2002, 08:05 PM
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Great choice on the G2, it's a terrific camera. I myself went with the Powershot S30 as I wanted something a little more portable.
I'm glad you finally got a digital camera Jason after all that runaround. Let the healing begin 
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04-18-2002, 08:23 PM
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sorry to hear Jason
hi jason,
sorry to hear about the camera fraud, it hapeens the same thing to me when i sold my laptop to somebody in florida who paid me with a no fund personal check that ups send to me because i forgot to put cash only to my package slip for my laptop. i lost 1800$US !!!! so your not alone.
by the way you should have gottent the c-2100 uz, you'll miss the 10x optical zoom and with the extra tou would have save you have added a 5x multipler plus another 1.5x from eagles webs ite and get yourself a 75x zoom optical camera !!! not bad !!!
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04-18-2002, 08:29 PM
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Nikon D100
What, you didn't wait for the Nikon D100??!! Come on, Jason, you're a mega rich guy.... :lol:
That's the camera I'm waiting for. I have a Nikon F80 system, and while $3300 Cdn is a LOT of money... a lot of it ($2k USD), I've been a life long Nikon SLR user (except for a brief interlude with Maxxum 7000i systems), and the D100 looks to be a near perfect camera (though I'll wait for Phil Askey's full review) and all my current Nikon lenses and speedlights will work with it.
Still the G2 looks pretty damned good.
So that dillweed in Quebec that took you for a ride on the E10 is still on the loose, huh Jason? The bastich.
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04-18-2002, 09:18 PM
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sorry to hear Jason
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Originally Posted by gmelfissg
by the way you should have gottent the c-2100 uz, you'll miss the 10x optical zoom and with the extra tou would have save you have added a 5x multipler plus another 1.5x from eagles webs ite and get yourself a 75x zoom optical camera !!! not bad !!!
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I appreciate you sharing your opinion with me, but there's a reason why I didn't even consider this model: SmartMedia. Anything that used SmartMedia or Sony Memory Sticks was off the list. I have too much invested in CompactFlash and SD/MMC, and I refuse to support extending the life of those other lame proprietary formats. :twisted:
That, and I already have a 2 megapixel camera - I wanted something with more resolution. 
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