# Digital Cameras **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 9, 1999, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-cameras/7644 "1999-09-09T03:02:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 1999, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-cameras/7644/21 "1999-09-11T19:08:00Z")
OK that was laser printers, but hey you might want to check those try this [http://www.deja.com/channels/channel.xp?CID=11924](http://www.deja.com/channels/channel.xp?CID=11924) ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 1999, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-cameras/7644/22 "1999-09-11T21:26:00Z")
Kodak. Kodak. Kodak. Particularly the new DC-290 which is coming out sometime this month in the $1000 price range. There are cheaper point&shoot Kodaks if that’s your thing. I have a DC-260 and have been thrilled with it since the day I got it. I can make 8x10 printouts from an inkjet printer that friends and family do not believe are digital. And the DC-290 has approx twice the resolution of my current DC-260. The Kodaks and the Olympuses have the Digita OS which is the camera’s operating system. It allows a lot of flexibility and the use of scripts which can be d/l’ed into the camera for various new functions and features. For instance, someone programmed a script that takes pictures periodically and detects if anything in the picture moved since the last one. If there was movement, the camera saves the picture. This gives you a motion-activated camera for all kinds of cool uses. That’s just one example of a cool script. Others can be found at [http://www.flashpoint.com](http://www.flashpoint.com) and [http://www.digitacamera.com](http://www.digitacamera.com) ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 1999, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-cameras/7644/23 "1999-09-11T21:28:00Z")
Ooops the other line of cameras that use the Digita OS is Minolta and not Olympus…Sorry [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-cameras/7644.md?page=1)