[lug] Digital cameras

[John Hernandez]

On Monday 14 April 2003 03:14 pm, Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> Oh, and another word of wisdom -- don't underestimate the importance of
> a short power on time...  My friend's Canon has to extend the lense and
> stuff, and it takes like 5 seconds from being turned on to when it can
> take the first picture.  I found when using it I would constantly miss
> pictures because it took too long to power on.  My camera takes about a
> second from pushing the power button until I can take a picture.
>
> You can compensate for this by leaving the camera on when you think
> you'll be taking many pictures, but this really eats through the
> battery.  My friend gets about 150 pictures on a charge, probably partly
> because of this.  Despite the fact that his battery is nearly half the
> volume of my entire camera...

Put another way, power-on times and battery life are generally better on 
non-zoom models.  Ditch the flash and it gets even better.  This goes back to 
what Sean said about owning 2 cameras: one for features, the other for 
convenience.  I second that philosophy.

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