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Old 12-20-2006, 06:14 PM
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Default Nice slim durable digital camera

I'm looking for a nice slim digital camera. Preferably one that is titatium like look.

I'm looking at getting one that can take some video as well as good stills, and a decent amoutn of speed shots.

I need it to be durable since I'll be getting it once I find out whether or not I'm going to go back in and try and deploy.

It can't have a slider that covers the lense. My last one I had in iraq had a slider and it broke at the last minute and made it useless.

So any suggestions would be appreciated
Old 12-20-2006, 06:18 PM
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I don't know if this is what you'd want (or not) but my powershot s80 has been good for hiking trips, and it has a wide angle which most small cams don't.
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How large is it?
Old 12-20-2006, 06:21 PM
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http://www.shopping.com/xPO-Casio_EXILIM_Card_EX_S770

Width 3.48 in.
Depth 0.81 in.
Height 2.24 in.
Weight 0.25 lb.
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Originally Posted by sean1967
http://www.shopping.com/xPO-Casio_EXILIM_Card_EX_S770

Width 3.48 in.
Depth 0.81 in.
Height 2.24 in.
Weight 0.25 lb.
Wow thats exactly what I'm looking for.

You are now officially

El Bimpolo
Old 12-20-2006, 06:29 PM
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long as it's not El Blimpo I'm ok
Old 12-20-2006, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by sean1967
long as it's not El Blimpo I'm ok
Haha.

What did you search for to find that camera and what others do you know of?
Old 12-20-2006, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Combat350z
Haha.

What did you search for to find that camera and what others do you know of?

yahoo search, digital camera thin
then i weeded out ones that don't do video

shopping.com had the winner
Old 12-20-2006, 06:35 PM
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here is a 13 ultra thin shoot-out
http://www.digicamera.com/features/thinzooms/index.html

the link I first put up for the 770 is the newer model of the "best overall" from the shootout

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Ahh thanks.

I kept searching for digital camera but couldn't figure out how to find some ultra-slim ones.

Is a certain brand better from your experiences?
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i hate kodak.......HATE.....other than that I don't care much, I have some thing I bought in Japan that takes a great picture but never heard of, and a Kodak that I use for big zoom pics
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I like the Canon SD series.
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I had a kodak in iraq and it was sorry. Batteries didn't last long, the shots werent that great, and it broke to easy
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Originally Posted by Combat350z
I had a kodak in iraq and it was sorry. Batteries didn't last long, the shots werent that great, and it broke to easy

yes , took 2 years of sending it back and forth for the battery charger in the camera to get fixed....failed while deployed, wedding day/ honeymoon in london and paris, than for the aniversery in hawaii/tokyo/singapore now I take 2 cameras on trips, we took 3 (my wife likes film) on the germany trip last week. You never know your camera charger is bad till you go to use it for a few days.
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check theses out, waterproof and shockproof

http://www2.buydig.com/shop/product....&sku=OMST720SW
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Originally Posted by Combat350z
How large is it?
Probably too large if you're considering Exelims (sp?).
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canon digital elph's are great. i got my sd500 right when it came out and i love it. the more recent models are much thinner, too, but i've noticed the controls aren't as comfortably/strategically placed.
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Ahh thanks for all the suggestions.

I do like the exilim ones.

Hmm now to decide how many megapixels I need
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anything 5 and over
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http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonsd700is/

You don't really need more than 3MP...unless you're going to print up some posters. Quality > MP


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