I’m seriously considering a new digital camera. My current Fuji is a 2 MegaPixel and I’d like to double my pixel count. The more the merrier for me, as my in camera composition skills are seriously lacking. Thank heaven for Paint Shop Pro.
I’ve got it narrowed down to two cameras, the Olympus D-40 and the Minolta S414. The Olympus is discontinued already according to their web site, but it’s pluses are it is small, uses just 2 AA batteries, uses the same smart media card that I already have and has a remote control for the shutter. The Minolta has a 4x zoom and is slightly cheaper.
Now that I’ll listed the pluses for each it seems a no-brainer, Olympus. I’m still about $100-150 short of the money I need to buy the thing though. I was all excited to find the Olympus for <$300 at several places on the web, but came crashing down to reality when I noticed that this was from marginal dealers and refurbished to boot. The Minolta is more readily available and about $50 cheaper. Come back in a month, I'll let you know.