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My First Digital Camera: Olympus Camedia C-2020Z

Share Your Story: My First Digital Camera

From Bernadette

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Do You Still Use the Camera?

Occasionally

Do You Remember the Camera's Price?

It was around $700. I bought it at Circuit City and paid for it monthly.

Describe a Favorite Photo Shot With That First Camera

My favorite had to be the first photo I took of my children.

My First Digital Camera's Brand, Model, and Specs

Olympus, CAMEDIA C-2020Z, 2.1 Megapixels

I also bought a ZOOM lens and Tripod after several years.

Why, How, and When I Switched From Film to Digital

The WHY: I like gadgets and Digital photography really seemed like a cool idea.

The HOW: I did some in depth research on the WEB, went to the stores that carried Digi cameras and chose from the ones I had done research on.

The WHEN: I believe it was in 2000

Lessons Learned

  • I don't believe I did. The Olympus gave me and still gives me, much enjoyment. It still takes beautiful pics.
  • The only thing that I feel was a minus was the 4 double A's it took to operate it. Also at this point, I no longer can download the photos from the card reader to the computer.

Kyle Schurman, Digital Cameras Guide, says:

It's great that you can still use your Camedia on occasion - I've dropped my first digital camera enough times now that it doesn't work very well anymore. ;)

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