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fog-dog wrote:
> This summer I am going to Alaska and a year from now I am planning an
AT
> thru-hike. I have been looking at the Olympus Camedia C-5000 Zoom
> Digital Camera but it has a rechargable battery.
The C-5000 is not a good camera for Alaska. You really will want
something with a longer zoom lens. I left my digital camera at home and
took my film SLR (this was before I had a digital SLR). You want at
least a 300mm zoom (35mm equivalent) in Alaska. If you expect to get
any photos of wildlife, either on-land, or from a boat, forget about it
with a camera that doesn't have a good zoom; you'll see little dots or
blobs (dark or light, depending on the animal).
If you want something with AA batteries, then look at the Sony
Cyber-shot DSC-H1, but it won't be out until June 2005, and it uses the
annoying Memory Sticks. Also look at the FinePix S5100, which is a good
deal, and the Kodak EasyShare Z740, both of which use AA batteries. The
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20 or FZ15 are good choices if you can live with
a Li-Ion battery.
With whatever you buy, you're going to be using rechargeable batteries
that you'll need to recharge somehow. If you're hiking, the Li-Ion
batteries could be a better solution because they don't self-discharge
as much as NiMH, and because they are more dense, but OTOH the charger
is larger than you can get away with for NiMH AA batteries. Also, there
are plenty of solar chargers available for AA cells, but solar chargers
for Li-Ion proprietary batteries are a kluge of a 12V solar panel and a
12 volt charger.
I can't imagine why you are considering the C-5000Z. There are plenty
of far better compact cameras with similarly small zoom ranges on the
market, many of which use AA batteries. The C-5000Z is quite an old
camera, it lacks an AF illuminator, and has been panned in reviews as
being noisy. If you go with a camera like this, get the Canon A95. They
Stylus 410 and Stylus 500 are also not good choices, they both lack an
AF illuminator.
Use the search engine at:
http
/www.dcresource.com/reviews/cameraList.php
Tick off AF Illuminator and Recent Model, and select AA batteries, 4-5
megapixels, and over 10x zoom. You'll get three results.
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