LONG digital zoom

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Need a very long-lensed digital camera with charger and batteries hat gives GOOD quality photos. Must be compatible with Mac G3.

-- Craig Jenkin (cjenkin@earthlink.net), July 27, 2000

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...and how much do you want to spend?
You can get a Nikon D1 with a knock-your-socks-off ED Zoom lens (with a knock-your-socks-off price tag too). As an alternative you should look at the Sony Mavica CD1000 with 10X zoom - records to CD. However I am ignorant as to the compatibility of IBM formatted CDs in Macs. Someone dive in here and rescue me...

Des

-- Dan Desjardins (dan.desjardins@avstarnews.com), July 28, 2000.

There is a review of the CD1000 here. It says it works with Macs, and tells of software needed

-- Dan Morris (dmorris@aol.com), July 30, 2000.

Craig pics are stored in jpeg or tiff and both are readable on the Macs. As for as the camera, best get some good tennis and got to the shops. It seems to be a personal thing. I have a Sony DSC 770 with a 5x 28-140mm lens and like it. If I need to zoom in, I put a telephoto on the front. later stan

-- Stan Guillory (sg01@centurytel.net), July 30, 2000.

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