Well Dave lets not forget that the intended photographer will be 5 years old October 8th. When I said she used my camera, I meant I set the aperture, shutter speed and focus for her. Digital camera menus and half a dozen buttons are not her forte. She's an artist, not an engineer. The beauty of the classic polar bear camera is its simplicity. There is nothing to set or more correctly, there is nothing to set wrong. Also I would rather she accidentally smash a $16 camera against playground equipment than a $200 (double US$ to get Canadian$). Ideally I would like a digital with 2 buttons (on and shutter), auto-off, optical viewfinder (no screen) and an indestructible, pink bakelite body and the name 'Barbie' and a bunch of flowers printed on it. In the interim though I think I'll just shove some 1600 film into the polar bear cam and see what we get. Thanks, Greg > If you go the digicam route you might consider some thing a > step up from > the SiPix Roam which is more a web cam than an un tethered > digicam. Take a > look at the SiPix SP1300 for an example of what you can have for under > $100.00 US. > > http://www.steves-digicams.com/2002_reviews/sp1300.html > > Check out the sample images. Steve only displays out-of-the-box > anyone-can-do-it type examples and all things considered the SP1300 > compares quite well to digicams costing over twice as much. It is also > bundled with an image editor that is a lot better than the card maker > usually packed with an inexpensive camera. > > Dave > East Englewood > --------------------------- > >
