From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 25 14:48:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 862A137B40E for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 14:48:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 29536 invoked from network); 25 Oct 2001 21:48:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO wastegate.net) (209.166.136.248) by smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 25 Oct 2001 21:48:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 7628 invoked from network); 25 Oct 2001 21:48:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO MOTHER) (192.168.1.2) by 192.168.1.1 with SMTP; 25 Oct 2001 21:48:42 -0000 From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" , "Jim Graham" Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 17:47:32 -0400 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (5.0.2195) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: digital camera suggestions for FreeBSD 4.1.1 Message-Id: <20011025214845.862A137B40E@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 20:51:33 -0500, Jim Graham wrote: >Here's what I'm looking for: a digital camera in the $500--$700 price >range (US dollars), roughly 2 Megapixels (or better), that can interface >easily with FreeBSD 4.1.1 on a PC platform (USB available...don't know >how to use it or what to do with it). Preferably, I'd like one with >optical zoom, the ability to add/swap lenses (wide angle, telephoto, >etc.), filters, and so on, but those may well drive it out of my price >range. Ability to record MPEGs would be nice, but rarely used. A decent >amount of internal memory, and extra NiCad or Li Ion battery packs are >both in the must-have category. > >If anyone has used any digital cameras that fit into these categories, >please let me know what brand/model, your impressions, your typical >usage of the camear (i.e., simple stuff for web pages or memory pics, >amateur photography, professional photography, etc.), and so on. > >If you reply directly to the list, please CC me at jim@n5ial.gnt.net. >As of 11Sep01, I'm not home much, and am roughly 7000 messages behind >on this dist.list (I did a quick check, and found some messages that >start to answer some of my questions, but not all).... i just bought an olympus camedia.. it was around the $200-$300 dollar range.. according to the box it claims to interface as a usb storage device.. i haven't tried it yet though. I'd look into olympus though --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message