At 10:25 AM 8/11/97 BST, you wrote:

>Hi Mike,
>
>  I know this isn't really answering you question, but why not use a
>conventional camera and get the results on photo-CD. I guess it'll cost
>around 40$ for the first batch and around 15$ for each subsequent write
>(based on the UK prices). It offers much better resolution providing you
>already own a camera.

Thanks but, I don't feel like carrying around a CD drive. What I want
to achieve is efficient downloading images into a PC - I'll leave the
archiving to photo CD for another time...

By the way, looks like I might settle on a cheap camcorder and a snappy
which is on  http://www.play.com - this way I can take videos AND get
hires pics as well.

Anybody tried this combination ?

rdgs

mike
Perth, WEstern Australia