OT: Good Digicam for my Wife?

[dmr]

My wife has been using a Olympus Epson Stylus (one of the zoom models) for awhile now. However she's someone who doesn't want to be bothered with putzing around with film even to that extent and yesterday she said she'd like to get a digital camera

May I play devil's advocate here?

If it's strictly a convenience thing, I might suggest that she consider the relative convenience/inconvenience of dropping in a 35mm roll vs. futzing around with the memory cards and the cables (which people always seem to lose) and the software and such.

My everyday camera is indeed an Olympus Stylus Zoom. I am, I admit, drawn to the instant gratification factor of just downloading and printing, as opposed to a trip to Wally World, but when I think of the problems friends have had with cables that get lost and software that is flaky and such, I think it's about a wash convenience and efficiency wise.

Just something you might consider ... 🙂

 

[RML]

May I play devil's advocate here?

If it's strictly a convenience thing, I might suggest that she consider the relative convenience/inconvenience of dropping in a 35mm roll vs. futzing around with the memory cards and the cables (which people always seem to lose) and the software and such.

My everyday camera is indeed an Olympus Stylus Zoom. I am, I admit, drawn to the instant gratification factor of just downloading and printing, as opposed to a trip to Wally World, but when I think of the problems friends have had with cables that get lost and software that is flaky and such, I think it's about a wash convenience and efficiency wise.

Just something you might consider ... 🙂

We have three Oly Mju's at home here and none gets any action. Why? Because my wife and kid just don't find it convenient to shoot film, wait for me to get the film developed, get the negs scanned (having it scanned and put on cd is prohibitively expensive here in Holland), and have me hand them over to my wife's Yahoo photo account. Digital is the way to go for her, and so I too am looking for a digicam. 😛 I think we'll go for one of them stylish Oly digital Mju's.

 

[wlewisiii]

May I play devil's advocate here?
(snip)
Just something you might consider ... 🙂

Actually, I agree with you. However, she who must be obeyed :angel: has spoken. So, I'm doing some research and asking about them of folks here that I feel I can trust to give honest thoughts - as you and the rest have done.

Worst case, my 3 year old gets a new toy... :bang:

William

 

[Kat]

Have you bought one yet? Sorry, just saw this thread. I'd go for a Canon, A series or S. S is smaller, but has slightly less manual control and uses proprietary battery unlike the AA of A series. I think Canon produces very good pics at auto, compared to some other brands that may be smaller (Pentax, casio), and does well in low light. Another plus for canon is that it uses CF cards, which are the cheapest. Anyway, digicam reviews are helpful here: www.imaging-resource.com

 

[Harvey Platter]

My wife and I both use Sony Digicams as notebooks. They're very small, have surprisingly sharp lenses and don't cost too much. My wife's using a Cybershot-U and I have a DSC-S40. They both work well with iPhoto if you're an Apple freak.