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May 23, 2012
this camera is really good, and i have gotten my money's worth on it.
I've had one of these cameras for 7 years now. I have taken tons of pics, and have had great success with it. Learning the manual controls on this were a snap, and it was a fun camera to grow into. I am currently in the need of a replacement, as mine has a small speck in the middle of the CCD or lens inside, and I dont want to pay to have it fixed or take it apart and not get it back together just to find out what it is. Also, my flash is no longer working. I cant even get to the manual flash controls, so I suspect a main board issue now too.
Now, the person who has said this camera eats batteries. YES and NO. There are two versions of this camera. One that was sold in the U.S., and another overseas. I had bought mine in the US Virgin Islands, but apparently it came from the UK. The overseas version had a defect in either the software or whatever, but it would indeed suck through AAA batteries like nothing, WHEN it was also using Compact Flash cards as its storage medium. If you used the XD flash cards, you never had an issue. It only became apparent if you used the compact flash cards and your camera was one of the ones affected. That is really the only issue. If you use this, get the Lithium AAA batteries, they are worth the extra price as they last a long time. Regular cheapos will tend to last only a shoot or two. (couple hundred pics).