Thanks, David, for agreeing that the Mavica is a good "educational" camera.
In fact, that's what it's often referred to as since it's so rugged. And I'm
glad you suggested checking around for availability. A Google search for
"Sony Mavica Digital Camera" found several sites that carry them. We order
quite a few items from this site:
http://www.cdwg.com/
They carry the Mavica although the price is almost $300, so I was wrong in
my estimate of $200. Sorry, everyone! I recall that we bought ours from Best
Buy and we got some kind of a deal on them but according to their website
they don't even carry them anymore.
Reggie
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Mahtomedi, MN 55115-1795
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of David Lininger
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 8:37 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Digital camera for student use
Reggie Buresh wrote:
>We like the Sony Mavica digitals. They're less than $200 around here, I
>believe. They're bulky, which the kids don't care for, but they use a
>standard floppy disk which is very nice when multiple users are involved.
>They can just swap the disks in and out depending on need. Because they're
>NOT small and stylish, we've never had one stolen!
>
I agree with Reggie. These cameras seem to be pretty rugged, can be used
with any computer with a floppy drive (some of the newer ones don't have
them anymore!), and are big enough that those of us fumble-fingered
people can actually operate them. Really little children might have
troubles with them, but then they probably shouldn't be using a camera
in the first place.
I didn't know that they were still available, though, so you may need to
search a bit.
--
David Lininger, kb0zke,
MS/HS librarian
Hickory County R-1 Schools
Urbana, MO 65767
417-993-4226
tss003 at tnp dot more dot net
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