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Summary: Six months of use
Review: We got this camera for Christmas, 2002. Since I don't think that reviews written when the item is new are very useful, I waited for six months to pass and the camera had some use. I now find it all I hoped for, and more! There is only one annoying characteristic and that is the shutter delay, but it is something you learn to anticipate. Pictures are very good (don't make decisions based on the small canera screen) and really come alive when uploaded to the computer. You do need experience to learn the extensive menus and you will find things contained that are very hard to get back to, but it is all there! A great camera for the money.
Rating:
Summary: Six months of use
Review: We got this camera for Christmas, 2002. Since I don't think that reviews written when the item is new are very useful, I waited for six months to pass and the camera had some use. I now find it all I hoped for, and more! There is only one annoying characteristic and that is the shutter delay, but it is something you learn to anticipate. Pictures are very good (don't make decisions based on the small canera screen) and really come alive when uploaded to the computer. You do need experience to learn the extensive menus and you will find things contained that are very hard to get back to, but it is all there! A great camera for the money.
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Summary: Nikon vs Sony
Review: While some of the Sony digital cameras will burn directly a mini CD, once it has been burned you cannot erase it! With CF cards you can review your photos and re shoot as many times as you like! CF card based cameras are also faster in recording the image! But the previous reviewer forgot also one point! This camera just came out about a month ago, thus no way he could had used in his field research in Peru! Thus his review for this camera I would say is a bit invalid if not biast.The Nikon 4500 is a much improved version of the 950-990 series, with more features and more user friendly. It is not a perfect camera, no camera is but it will give you very good results without to much know how. I biggest concern with Nikon digital cameras that they tend to be a bit blue biast, and I owned several digital Nikons, including 950, 995 and D100, thus a I recommend software designed for editing digital photos in which you can correct the proper color balance. Adobe Photo elements version 1 or 2 are good as well as Paintshop Pro 7. Apart from this minor problem, you will be happy with this camera as long as you get youself a 256 MB CF card, don't even bother with a 128 MB or less, the prices came down so much for the CF cards lately that you can pick up a good brand like Lexar or Viking for very little.
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