Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.heimat.gr.jp!news.jone-system.com!mmcatv.co.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.tiscali.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Michael Cash Newsgroups: rec.travel.asia,soc.culture.japan,fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Two weeks in Japan Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 21:44:33 +0900 Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: <2476874.0408191800.6aeef71b@posting.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de L856KApZBHUZZcu8VHRtQgnHdGcmgIRYZMOY+S4V8cLrB/Mu0= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:16793 On 20 Aug 2004 01:16:33 -0700, abcd_68@yahoo.co.uk (abcd) brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed: >I bought a couple of guidebooks in the meantime which, along with your >comments, should get me going. I've got just another issue, and it's a >recurrent one: I have to buy a digital camera... I searched the Web >and these NGs but I wasn't able to find any recent postings/articles >about the subject. My only advice would be to look at models that use commonly available batteries such as AA size. In a pinch, you can buy fresh batteries practically anywhere. And if you use rechargeable batteries, you can easily and reasonably buy a compact recharger for them here in Japan. Almost 100% of my digital camera use is in my truck. I keep two sets of batteries. One in the camera, and the other goes in the recharger, which I can power through a small AC/DC converter run off the cigarette lighter. Oh, and if you can get a model that allows for updating the camera's internal software (or firmware, or whatever the fuck it's called), that would be a plus. -- Michael Cash "I am sorry, Mr. Cash, but we are unable to accept your rap sheet in lieu of a high school transcript." Dr. Howard Sprague Dean of Admissions Mount Pilot College