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★★★★★
Love it!
I have a DC265 and the DC290 is awesome! My wife bought me the DC290 for X-mas.. (Yes I have a wife that would do that..) and I can't put the darn thing down. The picture quality is stunning in comparison to the DC265 and I love the uncompressed mode. I have a lens kit and did some +17 close-ups with uncompressed max resolution and the picture is unreal.. I have a HP4500N Color Laser printer (yes I'm spoiled) and it prints 8x10's that look like photographs when they come off this printer.. The DC265 can print maybe 5x3.5" or so before the picture degrades. And uncompressed image in the DC290 at 8"x10" is very beautiful. It's hard to see any pixelation at all. Also it captures a lot more detail color and light than the DC265. I took a shot out doors at night and was able to lighten it in PaintShop Pro and was amazed to find all these hidden details that the DC265 would have lost.. I'm in love.. Now if I could only afford the DC660 (Price of a medium sized car!) Oh.. Buy a really big flash card, the uncompressed images are 6.6MB! So on a 32Mb card you only get a couple snaps and you're done.. I swear that the camera shoots FASTER in uncompressed mode.. If you have the money to buy a high-speed 160Mb Compact Flash go for it..
January 2000 · Electronics