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So, following up from my last post about looking around for a digital camera, yesterday I bought my first one.

It is a [HTML_REMOVED]Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1[HTML_REMOVED]. [HTML_REMOVED][Reviews: [HTML_REMOVED]DPReview[HTML_REMOVED] and [HTML_REMOVED]DCResource[HTML_REMOVED] reviews.[HTML_REMOVED]

So far it seems a great camera, if only let down by the fact it takes a non-standard battery. While I don't think this will end up being a big problem, it needs to be seen when i get into a snapping frenzy.

I have taken some [HTML_REMOVED]sample shots[HTML_REMOVED] to not only show the image quality of the camera, but to practice using it. There are both larger and scaled down version in the folder.

Dear Lazyweb,

Having seen the advantages of using a digital camera for many, many years, I think it is about time I lashed out and bought one. However, I have no idea what is really a good camera for between $200 to $500. I want something with good support for linux, so i suspect this is most that use USB or firewire, however I am not really worried about what type of card slot it required (the laptop has all the common ones, if they work yet is another story :)

If you could [HTML_REMOVED]write back[HTML_REMOVED] with a suggestion that would be great.

Thanks in advance.