Thanks Earl,
But just a tad bit late, as I have ordered one from the US.
Thanks,
Wayne
>Wayne: Check with Carman Camera. Don't know where you are, but I know
they do mail order in >Canada and I've heard they're competitive on prices.
My good friend bought his S2 from them and >got a price better than any in
the US at the time.
>Earl
>On 12/8/2003 at 3:49 PM Wayne Culberson wrote:
>The other comparison I didn't like was the slower lens, though the
>salesman
>had the story that they had to make it slower in order to get the wider
>(28mm equivalent) lens. Is that so? I guess that is beyond my ability to
>comment on, but I do like the faster lens on the C5050.
>I was in the US today, and picked up a set of 4 AA Energizer 1850 mAH NiMH
>batteries, including NiCD - NiMH recharger, for under $10 at Marden's, in
>anticipation of getting a digital camera that takes the AA's. Did I get the
>right ones for the 5050? Anyways, over the weekend I made up my mind that
>taking standard batteries is an important issue for me. I think a
>recharger
>comes with the C5050, but this one was so cheap I couldn't pass it up. $3
>less for a set of 4 without the charger. If you must live in Canada, live
>near enough the US border to shop at Marden's :-)
>Anyways, on Saturday the local camera store wanted $100 cdn. more for the
>C5050 than for the newer C5060. I wasn't too happy about that, so it looks
>like someone in the US will be getting my camera purchase business as well.
>Wayne
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 2:33 PM
>Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) A challenge for Digital cameras
>
>
>> Major bummer, grab a 5050 while you can..........
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