I am thinking of purchasing my first digital camera... either a Sony Marvica 7000 or an Olympus 340L.

My primary buying considerations are: 1. ease of use - especially for getting images on the internet 2. quality of images 3. size and design

Thanks for you help!

Meredith

-- meredith west (paragon@pressenter.com), August 17, 1998

Answers

If internet use is your primary concern, image quality may not matter too much. Beyond that, you're going to see an *enormous* difference in image quality between the Oly 340 and the Sony Mavica, which is only a "VGA" level device (640x480). (oops - I notice you said Mavica 7000 - is this a new, rumored megapixel model? The current model numbers are something like FD-71, etc.) As to size and design, the 340 is MUCH more compact than the Mavicas, since it doesn't have to carry around a floppy drive inside it. For ease of import, you may want to consider getting the Olympus "FlashPath" floppy-disk adapter for SmartMedia - you can just pop it into the floppy drive on your computer to read the images (with appropriate driver software, of course).

-- Dave Etchells (web@imaging-resource.com), August 20, 1998.