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I've been looking at a couple of Sony cameras which I quite like- newer
ones that came out not long ago. They use AA batteries and one comes
with a charger for AA batteries, but they told me in the store, you can
use any any kind of AA chargeables. The memory stick is proprietary to
Sony which I knew. I saw a message here that gave me the impression
that a Sony may not be such a good idea because of proprietary memory
sticks. I know they are more money than SD or CF, but I would probably
only get a 128 MB memory stick, which is not much more money than the
SD.
As you go up to higher memory cards, there is more difference in money,
but I doubt I would be going any higher than 128MB. What are peoples
experiences or opinions here of Sony digital cameras?

Cathy

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I have had a P200 for two months and am very pleased with it. It
doesn't use AA batteries but its lithium battery lasts for about 370
shots or 3.5 hours of viewing time on the LCD. I haven't come close to
draining a battery yet. The newer Sony's all seem to have very good
battery life.

As for the picture quality, I have been very satisfied with the P200.
It's not on par with the photos from our Digital Rebel but they're
surprisingly good for a point and shoot camera. I doubt you would be
disatisfied with most of the compact cameras available today. The hard
part is determing what features are most important to you and then
finding the camera that has them.

Cathy wrote:
> I've been looking at a couple of Sony cameras which I quite like- newer
> ones that came out not long ago. They use AA batteries and one comes
> with a charger for AA batteries, but they told me in the store, you can
> use any any kind of AA chargeables. The memory stick is proprietary to
> Sony which I knew. I saw a message here that gave me the impression
> that a Sony may not be such a good idea because of proprietary memory
> sticks. I know they are more money than SD or CF, but I would probably
> only get a 128 MB memory stick, which is not much more money than the
> SD.
> As you go up to higher memory cards, there is more difference in money,
> but I doubt I would be going any higher than 128MB. What are peoples
> experiences or opinions here of Sony digital cameras?
>
> Cathy
>

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"Michael Johnson, PE" <nospam@ourhouse.com> wrote in message
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> I have had a P200 for two months and am very pleased with it. It
> doesn't use AA batteries but its lithium battery lasts for about 370
> shots or 3.5 hours of viewing time on the LCD. I haven't come close
to
> draining a battery yet. The newer Sony's all seem to have very good
> battery life.

The girl in the camera shop today, said that the two Sony's I looked at,
both used AA alkalines and AA rechargeables, and with one of the Sony's
it came with a charger and 2 AA rechargeables. The other one just came
with rechargeable batteries but you would have to buy a charger. It was
cheaper than the one with the charger and rechargeables. The girl said
that the newer Sony's are mostly coming out with AA batteries.
I like that idea more than proprietary chargers and batteries. I was
wondering about the memory stick and how it performs as compared to SD
and CF. I checked the price of a 128MB memory stick, (not the Pro
version) and it was not much more than the 128MB SD memory cards, as the
MB's went up, so did the difference in price between memory stick and
SD. Also, is there a big difference between memory stick and Pro
version? which do you use?

> As for the picture quality, I have been very satisfied with the P200.
> It's not on par with the photos from our Digital Rebel but they're
> surprisingly good for a point and shoot camera.

Have you taken any indoor pictures with a flash? and is red eye a
problem with flash?

I doubt you would be
> disatisfied with most of the compact cameras available today. The
hard
> part is determing what features are most important to you and then
> finding the camera that has them.

Thanks.

Cathy

> Cathy wrote:
> > I've been looking at a couple of Sony cameras which I quite like-
newer
> > ones that came out not long ago. They use AA batteries and one comes
> > with a charger for AA batteries, but they told me in the store, you
can
> > use any any kind of AA chargeables. The memory stick is proprietary
to
> > Sony which I knew. I saw a message here that gave me the impression
> > that a Sony may not be such a good idea because of proprietary
memory
> > sticks. I know they are more money than SD or CF, but I would
probably
> > only get a 128 MB memory stick, which is not much more money than
the
> > SD.
> > As you go up to higher memory cards, there is more difference in
money,
> > but I doubt I would be going any higher than 128MB. What are peoples
> > experiences or opinions here of Sony digital cameras?
> >
> > Cathy
> >

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Cathy wrote:
> I've been looking at a couple of Sony cameras which I quite like- newer
> ones that came out not long ago. They use AA batteries and one comes
> with a charger for AA batteries, but they told me in the store, you can
> use any any kind of AA chargeables. The memory stick is proprietary to
> Sony which I knew. I saw a message here that gave me the impression
> that a Sony may not be such a good idea because of proprietary memory
> sticks. I know they are more money than SD or CF, but I would probably
> only get a 128 MB memory stick, which is not much more money than the
> SD.
> As you go up to higher memory cards, there is more difference in money,
> but I doubt I would be going any higher than 128MB. What are peoples
> experiences or opinions here of Sony digital cameras?
>
> Cathy
>
Sony products are usually more expensive than others, partly because of
the general policy toward proprietary everything in their products. For
that reason, avoid buying their products. I was vastly amused by my
brother in law with his Sony 717 at the family christmas party, changing
his memory stick 'end' every few pictures, which I snapped happily with
my Kodak which gets 300 pictures on a 256meg card.
I believe some of his pictures are included on my webshots albums. Just
look for the ones with the overly intense reds with the orange tint.


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In article <P92dnZeYN98B7vnfRVn-2g@rogers.com>, not@there.com says...
> I've been looking at a couple of Sony cameras which I quite like- newer
> ones that came out not long ago. They use AA batteries and one comes
> with a charger for AA batteries, but they told me in the store, you can
> use any any kind of AA chargeables. The memory stick is proprietary to
> Sony which I knew. I saw a message here that gave me the impression
> that a Sony may not be such a good idea because of proprietary memory
> sticks. I know they are more money than SD or CF, but I would probably
> only get a 128 MB memory stick, which is not much more money than the
> SD.
> As you go up to higher memory cards, there is more difference in money,
> but I doubt I would be going any higher than 128MB. What are peoples
> experiences or opinions here of Sony digital cameras?
>
> Cathy
>
>

I have used a Sony F-717 for several years, as well as a Sony V-1 and a Sony
F-828.

The only one of these that uses anything other than a memory stick is the
828. I have not found this to be a problem.

Here where I am (Northeast USA) memory sticks are available at the local Wal-
Mart for prices within pennies of the same size CF-card or SD-card, from
several manufacturers other than Sony. I have not had any problem with these
memory sticks, and I have a bunch of them (I think they are Lexar, but I dont
have them here to check).


--
Larry Lynch
Mystic, Ct.

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I'll also happily stick up for the Sony cameras (even though I don't
currently have one!), and the lenses on their low-end cameras are the
equal or better of most similar cameras. And they supply the ccd
sensors for an awful lot of those other cameras.. Rather than accept
what you read here, get over to dpreview.com or imaging-resource.com
and actually look at the reviews and the samples there. I just checked
dpreview's conclusion on a typical mid-range Sony (DSC-L1), which uses
a Zeiss lens by the way, as do most of their range.. DPReview said:
================= quote
...the L1 compares well with competitors such as the Canon SD300 and
Olympus Stylus Verve Digita (both of which sell for slightly more)
================= endquote

Memory Stick Pro are faster than the standard ones, and offer larger
capacities. But for the cameras the OP is considering, the standard
sticks should have adequate speed. It is hard to generalise given all
the speeds now available, but in general terms the standard memory
stick is *a bit* slower than standard cf/sd/xd cards, but the MS Pro is
faster.. I suspect Justin's problem above relates more to his
card-reader's system than to the memory sticks.

I have had an extremely good run out of their gear - it is generally
reliable, well-designed and tough (yes, even the low-end of their
range), and even though I now have an Oly camera, the camera that I
think I prefer over all those I have used is the classic Sony DSC-F717
- I miss the old girl. Bad reds? Only if you don't know how to
post-process, and use a red-challenged printer... The older F707 did
have over-saturated reds, but even that was easy to deal with. Again
take it from DPReview (admittedly an old review..) who said:
=========================== quote
Even a year on from my DSC-F707 review I find myself unable to name a
new five megapixel prosumer digital camera which takes better pictures
than the DSC-F717, and that is saying a lot. The key to the success of
the DSC-F707 and F717 is the flexibility and quality of that fast F2.0
- F2.4 five times optical zoom lens. It's sharp and fast with a
trademark silent focus and zoom system which must be carried over from
Sony's camcorder line. Sony has also proved that they listen to users,
the F707 wasn't without its problems, a few of which were fixed in that
model, the rest of which appear to have been addressed in the F717.
Most notable is colour balance which is greatly improved, no more
washed out and oversaturated reds, no more 'glowing greens'
====================== endquote

And maybe it's different in the US, but here in Oz, the Sony cameras in
the low-to-medium quality range are *exceptionally* well-priced
compared to the competition. And if anything, I think Olympus makes
the trendiest looking cameras, eg that mju thingy..

Anyway, take all these posts with a grain of salt - we're all biased!
And remember my favorite saying:
"The plural of anecdote is NOT data."

If you are interested in a particular camera, get over to the above
mentioned websites, and look at the reviews. There is much less bias
over there..!

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I've had the Sony DSC-F717 and liked it quite well. I sold it and bought
the Sony DSC-F828 and I like it fine. They do make a 256 Memory Stick which
I have. It requires one to change a switch position from the A to the B
position when "one side" fills up so, in effect, it is two 128s in the same
case.
"Cathy" <not@there.com> wrote in message
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> I've been looking at a couple of Sony cameras which I quite like- newer
> ones that came out not long ago. They use AA batteries and one comes
> with a charger for AA batteries, but they told me in the store, you can
> use any any kind of AA chargeables. The memory stick is proprietary to
> Sony which I knew. I saw a message here that gave me the impression
> that a Sony may not be such a good idea because of proprietary memory
> sticks. I know they are more money than SD or CF, but I would probably
> only get a 128 MB memory stick, which is not much more money than the
> SD.
> As you go up to higher memory cards, there is more difference in money,
> but I doubt I would be going any higher than 128MB. What are peoples
> experiences or opinions here of Sony digital cameras?
>
> Cathy
>

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"Ron Hunter" <rphunter@charter.net> wrote in message
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> Cathy wrote:
> > I've been looking at a couple of Sony cameras which I quite like-
newer
> > ones that came out not long ago. They use AA batteries and one comes
> > with a charger for AA batteries, but they told me in the store, you
can
> > use any any kind of AA chargeables. The memory stick is proprietary
to
> > Sony which I knew. I saw a message here that gave me the impression
> > that a Sony may not be such a good idea because of proprietary
memory
> > sticks. I know they are more money than SD or CF, but I would
probably
> > only get a 128 MB memory stick, which is not much more money than
the
> > SD.
> > As you go up to higher memory cards, there is more difference in
money,
> > but I doubt I would be going any higher than 128MB. What are peoples
> > experiences or opinions here of Sony digital cameras?
> >
> > Cathy
> >
> Sony products are usually more expensive than others, partly because
of
> the general policy toward proprietary everything in their products.
For
> that reason, avoid buying their products. I was vastly amused by my
> brother in law with his Sony 717 at the family christmas party,
changing
> his memory stick 'end' every few pictures, which I snapped happily
with
> my Kodak which gets 300 pictures on a 256meg card.

But if he had a 256 MB memory stick, wouldn't that take the same amount
of pics that your Kodak takes? I have looked at a few Kodaks, but almost
all, except the DX 7440 which is too bulky for me, are all 1.6" LCD
which is much too small for me.

> I believe some of his pictures are included on my webshots albums.
Just
> look for the ones with the overly intense reds with the orange tint.

You mean his camera didn't take good pictures? The Sony pictures I've
seen on review sites, have all been good. Maybe the newer Sony cameras
are better?

Cathy

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Cathy wrote:
> "Michael Johnson, PE" <nospam@ourhouse.com> wrote in message
> news:1o2dnVSgEoFR4fnfRVn-3w@comcast.com...
>
>>I have had a P200 for two months and am very pleased with it. It
>>doesn't use AA batteries but its lithium battery lasts for about 370
>>shots or 3.5 hours of viewing time on the LCD. I haven't come close
>
> to
>
>>draining a battery yet. The newer Sony's all seem to have very good
>>battery life.
>
>
> The girl in the camera shop today, said that the two Sony's I looked at,
> both used AA alkalines and AA rechargeables, and with one of the Sony's
> it came with a charger and 2 AA rechargeables. The other one just came
> with rechargeable batteries but you would have to buy a charger. It was
> cheaper than the one with the charger and rechargeables. The girl said
> that the newer Sony's are mostly coming out with AA batteries.
> I like that idea more than proprietary chargers and batteries. I was
> wondering about the memory stick and how it performs as compared to SD
> and CF. I checked the price of a 128MB memory stick, (not the Pro
> version) and it was not much more than the 128MB SD memory cards, as the
> MB's went up, so did the difference in price between memory stick and
> SD. Also, is there a big difference between memory stick and Pro
> version? which do you use?

I don't know if I would recommend putting too much emphasis on the types
of bateries a camera uses. The reason is that everything has a downside
and the AA verses proprietary battery comparison is no different. About
the only upside to AA's is that you can buy them about anywhere in a
pinch and the rechargables are cheap. The downside is they are larger,
heavier and can discharge a good amount if the camera sits for more than
a couple of weeks. The lithium bateries are lighter, smaller and hold a
charge for a long period af time. In addition, the Sony lithiums have
chips in them which allow the camera to tell you exactly how much time
is left in the battery charge. It is very accurate. Plus I can buy
spare batteries from ebay for $10-$20 each. Also, because of the great
battery life of the P200 (as it is on most of Sony's newer cameras) I
really don't worry about running the battery down. I can store 270
picture on my 1 gig Memory Stick Pro and since the battery is good for
370 shots I will run out of memory space well before the battery dies.
I carry the camera around will me all the time and have found that the
charge holds up quite well for weeks at a time.

As for going with the regular or Pro versions of MS, it really depends
on the camera you buy. On the newer Sony's you will need the Pro
version, or off-brand compatibles, to take video in the highest quality
setting (640x480 @ 30 fps). If you don't care about this then the
regular sticks will work just fine. I use the Pro version so I can use
the highest quality video option.

>>As for the picture quality, I have been very satisfied with the P200.
>>It's not on par with the photos from our Digital Rebel but they're
>>surprisingly good for a point and shoot camera.
>
>
> Have you taken any indoor pictures with a flash? and is red eye a
> problem with flash?

The indoor flash is good up to around 12-15'. This is about average for
these types of cameras. For the P200 red eye is not a problem. Its
design has the flash located away from the lense which almost eliminates
red eye. Some of the other Sony's do have problems with red eye, as do
most cameras in this class.

> I doubt you would be
>
>>disatisfied with most of the compact cameras available today. The
>
> hard
>
>>part is determing what features are most important to you and then
>>finding the camera that has them.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Cathy
>
>
>>Cathy wrote:
>>
>>>I've been looking at a couple of Sony cameras which I quite like-
>
> newer
>
>>>ones that came out not long ago. They use AA batteries and one comes
>>>with a charger for AA batteries, but they told me in the store, you
>
> can
>
>>>use any any kind of AA chargeables. The memory stick is proprietary
>
> to
>
>>>Sony which I knew. I saw a message here that gave me the impression
>>>that a Sony may not be such a good idea because of proprietary
>
> memory
>
>>>sticks. I know they are more money than SD or CF, but I would
>
> probably
>
>>>only get a 128 MB memory stick, which is not much more money than
>
> the
>
>>>SD.
>>>As you go up to higher memory cards, there is more difference in
>
> money,
>
>>>but I doubt I would be going any higher than 128MB. What are peoples
>>>experiences or opinions here of Sony digital cameras?
>>>
>>>Cathy
>>>
>
>

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Larry wrote:
> In article <P92dnZeYN98B7vnfRVn-2g@rogers.com>, not@there.com says...
>
>>I've been looking at a couple of Sony cameras which I quite like- newer
>>ones that came out not long ago. They use AA batteries and one comes
>>with a charger for AA batteries, but they told me in the store, you can
>>use any any kind of AA chargeables. The memory stick is proprietary to
>>Sony which I knew. I saw a message here that gave me the impression
>>that a Sony may not be such a good idea because of proprietary memory
>>sticks. I know they are more money than SD or CF, but I would probably
>>only get a 128 MB memory stick, which is not much more money than the
>>SD.
>>As you go up to higher memory cards, there is more difference in money,
>>but I doubt I would be going any higher than 128MB. What are peoples
>>experiences or opinions here of Sony digital cameras?
>>
>>Cathy
>>
>>
>
>
> I have used a Sony F-717 for several years, as well as a Sony V-1 and a Sony
> F-828.
>
> The only one of these that uses anything other than a memory stick is the
> 828. I have not found this to be a problem.
>
> Here where I am (Northeast USA) memory sticks are available at the local Wal-
> Mart for prices within pennies of the same size CF-card or SD-card, from
> several manufacturers other than Sony. I have not had any problem with these
> memory sticks, and I have a bunch of them (I think they are Lexar, but I dont
> have them here to check).
>
>
Oh? Wal-mart sells 1GB Memory Sticks? How much are they? Grin.


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Cathy wrote:
> "Ron Hunter" <rphunter@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:nu29e.2831$Gq6.2615@fe02.lga...
>
>>Cathy wrote:
>>
>>>I've been looking at a couple of Sony cameras which I quite like-
>
> newer
>
>>>ones that came out not long ago. They use AA batteries and one comes
>>>with a charger for AA batteries, but they told me in the store, you
>
> can
>
>>>use any any kind of AA chargeables. The memory stick is proprietary
>
> to
>
>>>Sony which I knew. I saw a message here that gave me the impression
>>>that a Sony may not be such a good idea because of proprietary
>
> memory
>
>>>sticks. I know they are more money than SD or CF, but I would
>
> probably
>
>>>only get a 128 MB memory stick, which is not much more money than
>
> the
>
>>>SD.
>>>As you go up to higher memory cards, there is more difference in
>
> money,
>
>>>but I doubt I would be going any higher than 128MB. What are peoples
>>>experiences or opinions here of Sony digital cameras?
>>>
>>>Cathy
>>>
>>
>>Sony products are usually more expensive than others, partly because
>
> of
>
>>the general policy toward proprietary everything in their products.
>
> For
>
>>that reason, avoid buying their products. I was vastly amused by my
>>brother in law with his Sony 717 at the family christmas party,
>
> changing
>
>>his memory stick 'end' every few pictures, which I snapped happily
>
> with
>
>>my Kodak which gets 300 pictures on a 256meg card.
>
>
> But if he had a 256 MB memory stick, wouldn't that take the same amount
> of pics that your Kodak takes? I have looked at a few Kodaks, but almost
> all, except the DX 7440 which is too bulky for me, are all 1.6" LCD
> which is much too small for me.
>
>
>>I believe some of his pictures are included on my webshots albums.
>
> Just
>
>>look for the ones with the overly intense reds with the orange tint.
>
>
> You mean his camera didn't take good pictures? The Sony pictures I've
> seen on review sites, have all been good. Maybe the newer Sony cameras
> are better?
>
> Cathy
>
My DX6440 has a 1.8" LCD. Large enough, but I would rather have the 2"
one on the DX7440. The DX6440 produces files that are between 300k and
1.7Meg. The Sony 717 makes files that are several meg each in the mode
he was using, so he was filling his cards several times as fast I was,
and with the requirement to switch to the other 'half' of the card at
each 128 meg. It wasn't a pretty sight.
If I wanted, I could buy a 1GB card. The 256meg card will hold about
300 pictures. I can't imaging needing 1200 pictures on one card. I
would be worried about losing a whole vacation.
The pictures he took all seemed to have great resolution, but the color
was a bit 'off', especially on the red end. Perhaps he had the wrong
settings as he just got the camera.


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"Michael Johnson, PE" <nospam@ourhouse.com> wrote in message
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> Cathy wrote:
> > "Michael Johnson, PE" <nospam@ourhouse.com> wrote in message
> > news:1o2dnVSgEoFR4fnfRVn-3w@comcast.com...
> >
> >>I have had a P200 for two months and am very pleased with it. It
> >>doesn't use AA batteries but its lithium battery lasts for about 370
> >>shots or 3.5 hours of viewing time on the LCD. I haven't come close
> >
> > to
> >
> >>draining a battery yet. The newer Sony's all seem to have very good
> >>battery life.
> >
> >
> > The girl in the camera shop today, said that the two Sony's I looked
at,
> > both used AA alkalines and AA rechargeables, and with one of the
Sony's
> > it came with a charger and 2 AA rechargeables. The other one just
came
> > with rechargeable batteries but you would have to buy a charger. It
was
> > cheaper than the one with the charger and rechargeables. The girl
said
> > that the newer Sony's are mostly coming out with AA batteries.
> > I like that idea more than proprietary chargers and batteries. I was
> > wondering about the memory stick and how it performs as compared to
SD
> > and CF. I checked the price of a 128MB memory stick, (not the Pro
> > version) and it was not much more than the 128MB SD memory cards, as
the
> > MB's went up, so did the difference in price between memory stick
and
> > SD. Also, is there a big difference between memory stick and Pro
> > version? which do you use?
>
> I don't know if I would recommend putting too much emphasis on the
types
> of bateries a camera uses. The reason is that everything has a
downside
> and the AA verses proprietary battery comparison is no different.
About
> the only upside to AA's is that you can buy them about anywhere in a
> pinch and the rechargables are cheap.

It would seem to me that AA rechargeables would be good to have if you
were going somewhere to take photos, or if you were overseas, and you
would be able to buy AA's anywhere. Seems more practical and you would
always have them on hand.

The downside is they are larger,
> heavier and can discharge a good amount if the camera sits for more
than
> a couple of weeks. The lithium bateries are lighter, smaller and hold
a
> charge for a long period af time. In addition, the Sony lithiums have
> chips in them which allow the camera to tell you exactly how much time
> is left in the battery charge. It is very accurate. Plus I can buy
> spare batteries from ebay for $10-$20 each.

The two latest Sony cameras I looked at both have AA batteries and
charger. Maybe Sony is using AA's more than they used to. If a camera
takes lithium batteries, I guess you could buy extras. I am pretty sure
that lithium recharables here, are a lot more money than AA's. I would
only feel I had to buy extra lithium rechargeables if I was going on
vacation or to some event, and I don't do these things too often, so it
may not matter what kind of batteries I get when I think of it.

Also, because of the great
> battery life of the P200 (as it is on most of Sony's newer cameras) I
> really don't worry about running the battery down. I can store 270
> picture on my 1 gig Memory Stick Pro and since the battery is good for
> 370 shots I will run out of memory space well before the battery dies.
> I carry the camera around will me all the time and have found that the
> charge holds up quite well for weeks at a time.

I would get a 128MB stick which would be fine for me. I wouldn't be
taking nearly as many photos as you do.

> As for going with the regular or Pro versions of MS, it really depends
> on the camera you buy. On the newer Sony's you will need the Pro
> version, or off-brand compatibles, to take video in the highest
quality
> setting (640x480 @ 30 fps). If you don't care about this then the
> regular sticks will work just fine. I use the Pro version so I can
use
> the highest quality video option.

You can still get videoo with the non Pro stick can't you?

> >>As for the picture quality, I have been very satisfied with the
P200.
> >>It's not on par with the photos from our Digital Rebel but they're
> >>surprisingly good for a point and shoot camera.
> >
> >
> > Have you taken any indoor pictures with a flash? and is red eye a
> > problem with flash?
>
> The indoor flash is good up to around 12-15'. This is about average
for
> these types of cameras. For the P200 red eye is not a problem. Its
> design has the flash located away from the lense which almost
eliminates
> red eye. Some of the other Sony's do have problems with red eye, as
do
> most cameras in this class.

I think the camera you have is the style with the lens at one end and
the flash nearer the other. Thats probably good for not having much red
eye. But the two new Sonys I looked at, are a different style than the
older style, and the lens and flash are closer than on the P200. I saw a
P100 Sony a few months ago. It was red. I liked it, but I was just
learning about digital cameras then.
We don't seem to get many colored cameras here, though I don't know why.
I quite like them.

Cathy

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"Ron Hunter" <rphunter@charter.net> wrote in message
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> Cathy wrote:
> > "Ron Hunter" <rphunter@charter.net> wrote in message

> > You mean his camera didn't take good pictures? The Sony pictures
I've
> > seen on review sites, have all been good. Maybe the newer Sony
cameras
> > are better?
> >
> > Cathy
> >
> My DX6440 has a 1.8" LCD. Large enough, but I would rather have the
2"
> one on the DX7440.

Yes, but the DX7440 is a bigger more bulky camera than the DX6440. Its
much the same as the DX 7640. I've seen the DX 7440 and DX 7640 here at
a couple of places, but not in many stores. I saw them in a store, but
never checked them more closely as they are not very compact. They look
like good cameras though.

The DX6440 produces files that are between 300k and
> 1.7Meg. The Sony 717 makes files that are several meg each in the
mode
> he was using, so he was filling his cards several times as fast I was,
> and with the requirement to switch to the other 'half' of the card at
> each 128 meg. It wasn't a pretty sight.

I can imagine.

> If I wanted, I could buy a 1GB card. The 256meg card will hold about
> 300 pictures. I can't imaging needing 1200 pictures on one card. I
> would be worried about losing a whole vacation.

Not only that, but you would spend your whole vacation doing nothing but
taking pictures.

Cathy

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Cathy wrote:
> "Michael Johnson, PE" <nospam@ourhouse.com> wrote in message
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>
>>Cathy wrote:
>>
>>>"Michael Johnson, PE" <nospam@ourhouse.com> wrote in message
>>>news:1o2dnVSgEoFR4fnfRVn-3w@comcast.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>I have had a P200 for two months and am very pleased with it. It
>>>>doesn't use AA batteries but its lithium battery lasts for about 370
>>>>shots or 3.5 hours of viewing time on the LCD. I haven't come close
>>>
>>>to
>>>
>>>
>>>>draining a battery yet. The newer Sony's all seem to have very good
>>>>battery life.
>>>
>>>
>>>The girl in the camera shop today, said that the two Sony's I looked
>
> at,
>
>>>both used AA alkalines and AA rechargeables, and with one of the
>
> Sony's
>
>>>it came with a charger and 2 AA rechargeables. The other one just
>
> came
>
>>>with rechargeable batteries but you would have to buy a charger. It
>
> was
>
>>>cheaper than the one with the charger and rechargeables. The girl
>
> said
>
>>>that the newer Sony's are mostly coming out with AA batteries.
>>>I like that idea more than proprietary chargers and batteries. I was
>>>wondering about the memory stick and how it performs as compared to
>
> SD
>
>>>and CF. I checked the price of a 128MB memory stick, (not the Pro
>>>version) and it was not much more than the 128MB SD memory cards, as
>
> the
>
>>>MB's went up, so did the difference in price between memory stick
>
> and
>
>>>SD. Also, is there a big difference between memory stick and Pro
>>>version? which do you use?
>>
>>I don't know if I would recommend putting too much emphasis on the
>
> types
>
>>of bateries a camera uses. The reason is that everything has a
>
> downside
>
>>and the AA verses proprietary battery comparison is no different.
>
> About
>
>>the only upside to AA's is that you can buy them about anywhere in a
>>pinch and the rechargables are cheap.
>
>
> It would seem to me that AA rechargeables would be good to have if you
> were going somewhere to take photos, or if you were overseas, and you
> would be able to buy AA's anywhere. Seems more practical and you would
> always have them on hand.

Being able to buy AA's anywhere is a plus.

> The downside is they are larger,
>
>>heavier and can discharge a good amount if the camera sits for more
>
> than
>
>>a couple of weeks. The lithium bateries are lighter, smaller and hold
>
> a
>
>>charge for a long period af time. In addition, the Sony lithiums have
>>chips in them which allow the camera to tell you exactly how much time
>>is left in the battery charge. It is very accurate. Plus I can buy
>>spare batteries from ebay for $10-$20 each.
>
>
> The two latest Sony cameras I looked at both have AA batteries and
> charger. Maybe Sony is using AA's more than they used to. If a camera
> takes lithium batteries, I guess you could buy extras. I am pretty sure
> that lithium recharables here, are a lot more money than AA's. I would
> only feel I had to buy extra lithium rechargeables if I was going on
> vacation or to some event, and I don't do these things too often, so it
> may not matter what kind of batteries I get when I think of it.

The lithium batteries I referred to were the proprietary ones not the AA
lithiums. If you get a camera the takes AA's then I would recommend
NiMH rechargables. If you don't use the camera very much then regular
alkalines might work better for your situation as the