Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Central Valley, CA
Posts: 28

Wanted: Digital Camera

I need a good digital camera for selling items on ebay, but at this time I can't fund anything over $150.00. Any suggestions? Or does anyone have a good used one for sale. I have tried two from Target, cheap, but both won't work.A Poloroid, and a Jam Cam. So I'm on the hunt.

Thanx for your help in advance.

Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Atlantic Rim
Posts: 570

Kodak DC 215

For the first time since its introduction three years ago the Kodak DC215 Millenium has had its price slashed from $300 to $159 as the company rolls out new models. The DC215 was Kodak's best selling digital camera...it is a 1.1 Megapixel unit...picture quality is excellent, and it is user friendly. Comes with an 8MB CompactFlash card and a USB CF Cardreader.

We have four or five digital cameras around the office, including a new Olympus 4.3 Megapixel, and the DC215 is still the camera everyone fights for to take home on weekends.

Over the past four years I have used a couple of dozen different cameras, and one comment I will make is that if you have an ounce of experience with Photoshop you can balance out the best and the worst (given similar pixel count)in terms of brightness and color quality almost instantly. The reviews in magazines are highly subjective, and a little work in Photoshop, tweaking the colors to your liking, fine tuning brightness etc, almost always yield satisfactory results.

Never buy anything with only 640x480 resolution. Optical zoom is everything, digital zoom is nothing (digital zoom merely increases pixel size, doing nothing to advance resolution within the frame).

$150 ought to get you something web publishing worthy....

Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Nebraska- the Good life
Posts: 695

I am using an Argus DC3000- their 'entry level' model (http://www.arguscamera.com/products.htm#DIGITAL). I paid about $70 for it at 800.com (I think). It uses 4 or 8 Meg SM cards, and is perfect for my small needs.

I DO use Photoshop and other programs to 'clean up' my shots- makes a WORLD of difference! Even the 'quick fix' feature helps a lot usually.

Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Nebraska- the Good life
Posts: 695

By the way- where can I find the Kodak DC215 for $159? Most sites seem to be listing it at $250 or more, although the bid sites and an Amazon reconditioned are under $200.

Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Atlantic Rim
Posts: 570

Pass The Buck

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Originally posted by Madkins007
By the way- where can I find the Kodak DC215 for $159? Most sites seem to be listing it at $250 or more, although the bid sites and an Amazon reconditioned are under $200.

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Registered: Feb 2001
Location:
Posts: 447

How's the Fuji FINEPIX A101 sound for $156.95 sound?

1.3 megapixel CCD
Fujifilm Advanced Color Technology
2X digital zoom
Internet PC camera capable
Takes 20 second(320x240) silent film
Comes with an 8MB SM card.

http://www.necxdirect.com/hai/prod_...once=guest_gate

Last edited by Thunderbird291 on 10-10-2001 at 01:39 AM

Registered: Aug 2000
Location:
Posts: 77

if you dont really care too much about great quality why not just go with a web cam, you can get a decent one for less than 100.00 I think and with enough supplied light you can get a good picture of a product. My roomate uses my web cam to put stuff on ebay, the pictures come out fine. I think I paid about 70.00 for the web cam.

Here are the links to his auctions that he used a webcam for...

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...item=1282930251
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...item=1282940945
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...item=1282946650
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...item=1282953467

Registered: Feb 2000
Location:
Posts: 638

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Originally posted by thepromoter
if you dont really care too much about great quality why not just go with a web cam, you can get a decent one for less than 100.00 I think and with enough supplied light you can get a good picture of a product. My roomate uses my web cam to put stuff on ebay, the pictures come out fine. I think I paid about 70.00 for the web cam.

Here are the links to his auctions that he used a webcam for...

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...item=1282930251
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...item=1282940945
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...item=1282946650
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...item=1282953467

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Wow, your friend has got some great stuff there. He's not going to make much money with that .

BEN

Registered: Feb 2001
Location:
Posts: 268

did you buy a digicam yet? keep going back to target and look for clearance items. they've had lots of 1 megapixel fuji finepix digicams (models 1200 & 1300) for $99 in the past as well as the olympus digicams for under $150. now, both the fuji and the olympus were several months ago, but target frequently has clearance items.