Digital Cameras

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[cool]Hey Bro, Mr. P. Hopper gave out some good guidelines. I just picked up an Olympus D-550 for $299. List price was $399 and I got a free 64 MB memory card too. I am still working on learning how to use it, but I did my due diligence before buying and I am satisfied it will be a good fishing camera. I trust a good friend who has used Olympus and has used this model. The pics, with the 3 megapixels are great, and with the 3x digital lens and macro you can shoot some good closeups...on flies, lures, etc.

It is about half the size of the 35mm SLR Minolta I have been using and is very compact. It fits nicely in the little pouch I wear around my neck on the water (in my tube). I also double protect it with a plastic bag, but I use a heavy duty one that I seal with a twist and a rubber band.

There are a lot of websites for evaluating digital cameras. here are some links to sites I used in the review process.


[url "http://www.shortcourses.com/"][#800080]http://www.shortcourses.com/[/#800080][/url]

[url "http://www.dpreview.com/"][#800080]http://www.dpreview.com/[/#800080][/url]

[url "http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_digital.asp"][#800080]http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_sectio...igital.asp[/#800080][/url]

[url "http://www.howstuffworks.com/digital-camera.htm"][#800080]http://www.howstuffworks.com/digital-camera.htm[/#800080][/url]

[url "http://www.photocourse.com/"][#800080]http://www.photocourse.com/[/#800080][/url]

[url "http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,4148,5,00.asp"][#800080]http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,4148,5,00.asp[/#800080][/url]
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