"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:31:01 GMT, "Butch Davis"
wrote:

Anyway, do you have any comments on either the camera or the sources and
price?

B&H is a great place to do business and very responsive.

I've also had great success with Adorama - another great camera site.

Out of curiosity, why not go with one of the new Nikon DSLRs?

It's a great question, and I suppose the most likely answer would be cash
outlay. The Nikon D40, which would be the closest match to the S6000 would
be about double the cost when equipped with a decent lens. However, I
believe it would be a much more robust camera with far greater expansion
possibilities and superior image quality. The S6000 does have a few
operational advantages to the D40, but in my opinion, they are far
outweighed by its limitations. Here's a snip from the conclusion of Steve's
Digicams' review of the S6000:

High-end digicams and low-end dSLR's have a great deal of overlap in terms
of functions and can be close in price. If you are weighing the S6000fd
versus a dSLR, you'll find that they have many similarities, including
standard zoom range, mechanical zoom ring, sensitivity range, and extensive
exposure and processing controls. But a dSLR offers better image quality
(especially at high sensitivity settings), the flexibility of
interchangeable lenses, more robust continuous shooting, superior support
for RAW images, faster AF, and the benefit of an eye-level optical
viewfinder. The S6000fd has its advantages, including high-quality VGA-sized
movies, intensified viewfinder image in dim lighting, menu operation and
image playback on its eye-level EVF, Intelligent Face Detection, built-in
macro/super macro modes and a lower price.

End quote.

But I'll also chime in with a thumbs up for B&H. They are a model for all
other online retailers to follow. You are more than safe when doing
commerce with them.

An excellent alternative to the S6000/D40 choice would be to find a good
used D70s body and appropriate lens. Same resolution as the S6000, but a
much more serious and capable camera, and could most likely be bought for
about the same money as an S6000. They're all over Craig's List. I
originally intended to put my D70 on Craig's list after I bought the D200,
but for what I could get for it, I'd just as soon keep it for a backup
camera.