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My son is an avid photographer like his pop...but his lower end digital is lacking...he would like one that has a good zoom and good macro...

Now keep in mind this will be his 6 th birthday present! :-) it will also be his 4th digicam!

Any other suggestions?
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David L. Morel
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I'd give a 6yr old something without a moving lens personally, he may be an avid photographer but at that age, even the most technical of us were clumsy little mites and moving lenses are fragile at the best of times - I'm sure an UZI would take the pace if you can find a secondhand one, they look tough little beggars..

for a 6yr old, why not forgo the Zoom and get him a C1400Z (is that the D600??) a tough camera with SLR viewing which can be had for next to nothing and takes VERY respectable photos -- I had a 50s Brownie Box camera at that age (1970) and went through loads of rolls of 625 B&W film..

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Adam...his camera now has a zoom! :-) He needs it to shoot birds with his papa!
Adam-T said:
I'd give a 6yr old something without a moving lens personally, he
may be an avid photographer but at that age, even the most
technical of us were clumsy little mites and moving lenses are
fragile at the best of times - I'm sure an UZI would take the pace
if you can find a secondhand one, they look tough little beggars..

for a 6yr old, why not forgo the Zoom and get him a C1400Z (is that
the D600??) a tough camera with SLR viewing which can be had for
next to nothing and takes VERY respectable photos -- I had a 50s
Brownie Box camera at that age (1970) and went through loads of
rolls of 625 B&W film..

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Olympus E10 +WCON, UZI +B300, Nikon E950, E900, E300

My Ugly mug and submitted Photos at -------->
http://www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=27855
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David L. Morel
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Isn't it interesting how you ask a question and get all these posts that don't really answer it?

I have a 700UZ and I really like it. The zoom is great. Though image stabilization would be nice, especially in lower light conditions.

Outdoor shots in sunlight though I get good handhelds.

Mine is a refurb I bought from an online dealer on e-Bay. I've had it for about 5 months and the thing is really nice. No problems at all. We took it on vacation to Georgia and took over 1500 photos in the two weeks we were there.

I like it because I can use P mode or A/S/M if I want to, but my wife, who doesn't care, can put it in Auto and often get better pics than I do.

The ISO setting ranges are nice, 100, 200, 400, 800, and I really like the choice of Auto, Preset, or Manual White Balance.

Given the chance now I would have spent the extra on a c2100 (UZi as everyone calls it on this forum), but I'm certainly happy with my purchase.

I really love the 10x optical and 2.7x digital zoom.
 
It loks like you made up your mind Before even posting - There is only ONE 10X camera that compact and that IS the C700 - it doesn't really matter whether it's any good or not really as it's the only game in town if you don't want a bigger camera like an UZI, Pro-90, E100RS or CD1000 -

As it happens the C700 is a nice little camera.. Just make sure that he looks after it and maybe even put a tube and filter on it to protect the moving lens :)

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I thought it was the best solution but i figured all in here knew the best...
Adam-T said:
It loks like you made up your mind Before even posting - There is
only ONE 10X camera that compact and that IS the C700 - it doesn't
really matter whether it's any good or not really as it's the only
game in town if you don't want a bigger camera like an UZI,
Pro-90, E100RS or CD1000 -

As it happens the C700 is a nice little camera.. Just make sure
that he looks after it and maybe even put a tube and filter on it
to protect the moving lens :)

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Olympus E10 +WCON, UZI +B300, Nikon E950, E900, E300

My Ugly mug and submitted Photos at -------->
http://www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=27855
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David L. Morel
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Thank you and some great shots on your sites!
Daniella said:
That's what i use and I am quite happy with it. The macro is at
2" but if you use closeup filters it will let you focus at 1".

here are my gallery with sample images:

http://www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=26918
http://www.pbase.com/zylen

there is enough manual features to keep anyone happy for a long
time and the zoom is great. The camera is small and sturdy enough.
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David L. Morel
http://www.digitalstars.net/dstargallery.htm
 
After looking at some very nice pics here and thinking of my present search for a 'carry-able' camera with decent zoom (I've had two Oly before with GREAT satisfaction - there is a C-702 on sale at a well-known online dealer here in UK at a VERY good price (for us anyway!!) - just what is the difference between the C-700 and the C-702 ... is the 702 in fact a LATER version - seem hadly any difference in spec ..3.3Meg+10x zoom etc etc
Would be glad if someone can clarify this please

EJN
David morel said:
Daniella said:
That's what i use and I am quite happy with it. The macro is at
2" but if you use closeup filters it will let you focus at 1".

here are my gallery with sample images:

http://www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=26918
http://www.pbase.com/zylen

there is enough manual features to keep anyone happy for a long
time and the zoom is great. The camera is small and sturdy enough.
Click to expand...
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David L. Morel
http://www.digitalstars.net/dstargallery.htm
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EJN
 
Member said:
the C-702 ... is the 702 in fact a LATER version - seem hadly any
difference in spec ..3.3Meg+10x zoom etc etc
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It's not a 702, it's a 720 (common in the USA and been around for ages, exclusive to Jessops in the UK and newly imported) and there are a few differences..

The 700 is 2Mp with a 10X Zoom, the 720 is 3mp with an 8X zoom -

the 720 loses the settable whitebalance, manual focus and more importantly, the flash slot - the 700 has all this .. Apparently the 720 is less noisy but that is one can of worms I'll leave to the C7x0 gang..

There's rumours about a C730 which looks like it could be a 3.3Mp C700 with all the bugs ironed out.

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Olympus E10 +WCON, UZI +B300, Nikon E950, E900, E300

My Ugly mug and submitted Photos at -------->
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My apologies - it IS indeed as you say. Now I understand. Must be this unusual (for us) hot spell we're getting at the moment. Well, that writes that one off and saves money anyway !! Thanks again

EJN
Adam-T said:
Adam-T said:
the C-702 ... is the 702 in fact a LATER version - seem hadly any
difference in spec ..3.3Meg+10x zoom etc etc
Click to expand...
It's not a 702, it's a 720 (common in the USA and been around for
ages, exclusive to Jessops in the UK and newly imported) and there
are a few differences..

The 700 is 2Mp with a 10X Zoom, the 720 is 3mp with an 8X zoom -

the 720 loses the settable whitebalance, manual focus and more
importantly, the flash slot - the 700 has all this .. Apparently
the 720 is less noisy but that is one can of worms I'll leave to
the C7x0 gang..

There's rumours about a C730 which looks like it could be a 3.3Mp
C700 with all the bugs ironed out.

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Olympus E10 +WCON, UZI +B300, Nikon E950, E900, E300

My Ugly mug and submitted Photos at -------->
http://www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=27855
Click to expand...
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EJN
 
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