Everyone I told to buy the MUSTEK MDC 3500 3.1mpx camera for less than $100 think its better than there old camera for backpacking. It used 2 AA’s batteries takes the El cheapo SD cards and is really small and lite. And the pitures are so good you’ll never bother me with greef of loosing your $100, yea I know it better than what you had already. Use the Energizer E batteries. Yea use those Lithium batteries cause they are like 10 times the power and almost half the weight. I love those batteries and if you read this and are hiking and use AA’s like your composer even, you will cut down on weight and they will last the whole trip in a composer.
But back to the camera, see, you get this camera for the old A-T hiking and your not ever going to miss your old camera and will feel sorry for them for carrying you old FM. Think of it as a blessing. Check out MUSTEK online, even the pros think so to. We never tried the MDC400. But the MDC3500 for less than $100, is really going to make you sick of that old camera even with the big name brand, really, specially if its a recharger job to do. But me, I couldn’t move either without my camera, and staying still don’t really help either, I think you need to get a camera. You need your MUSTEK cameras. I also bought the first Olympus Stylis 35mm camera in 82 and still have it and it was never waterproof, so guess what I think about the new one? MY friends never can guess so what that means either. It means I bought the Olympus CAMEDIA D565 zoom that looks like your Stylist but its not waterproof and it uses my AA’s that I can buy the Energizer E batteries. And bet you, I can take more pictures before I even have to change batteries yet alone even after you charge your thing. I want to backpack the OLD Canol trail before I die, and they just don’t recharge batteries in the Yukon like on the A-T. That’s how I would loose my camera anyway. Leave it at Miss Janet’s charging till I see something to shoot. And I did that with a camcorder and I never can wait to fully charge the batteries. The only downfall is the Mustek camera is so small for big fat fingers to use, Ok? But I me, I can’t see the difference in cameras and think the MUSTEK might even have truer colors and shade. Hope you still have a C note left. And I’m a betting you can hike the whole trail with one of those $17 battery packs of AA’s E batteries at walmart to. And they weigh half 20g vs 33g. per battery. I love these batteries, But me, I love to help a brother out. You can blame it on me you have a better camera now or if you drop it. It’s the best I can do, but I think its our goal to have this set up on the A-T, just so far out there nobody knows, till someone tells you. I got those big lenses to that’s weigh more than most need anyway. I don’t even need that zoom on my Olympus, it weighs and cost more than its worth. Hands down this MUSTEK is the ultamate digital for backpackers. And cheap to. Could be even $60 on bestbuy now. But its not a cheapo. So if you see where I’m coming from you will just get one online and start hiking agian.
Greg
