I’m a dinosaur that still uses film, but now I feed the negatives into an Epson Perfection 4490 scanner. I can get amazing scans with almost no noise unless I zoom WAY in. I keep telling myself I’ll buy a Canon 5D one day since I already have a few EOS lenses, but other things are taking precedent.
As far as digicams (non SLR) go I have to give a nod to Olympus. I bought a C-720 in 2002 when it’s 3 mega pixels were a lot at the time. It has since been an absolute workhorse. I’ve used it for inspection work heavily and it has been nothing less than reliable. It has shot forty to sixty images a day two or three days a week for almost five years now. I’ve bounced it all over the inside of the truck, and dropped it let’s say more than twice. If it ever craps out I plan on replacing it with a SP-510 UZ, basically the current model. It’s about the some price I paid in 2002, but now with 7.1 MP instead of 3.
-Flashbulb
As far as digicams (non SLR) go I have to give a nod to Olympus. I bought a C-720 in 2002 when it’s 3 mega pixels were a lot at the time. It has since been an absolute workhorse. I’ve used it for inspection work heavily and it has been nothing less than reliable. It has shot forty to sixty images a day two or three days a week for almost five years now. I’ve bounced it all over the inside of the truck, and dropped it let’s say more than twice. If it ever craps out I plan on replacing it with a SP-510 UZ, basically the current model. It’s about the some price I paid in 2002, but now with 7.1 MP instead of 3.
-Flashbulb
In my opinion, because of the extra controls it takes better shots that the newer camera, however, with Photoshop it evens the playing field to a dead heat.
