Recommend an Ultra-Zoom under $300?

eccles wrote in post #2655096
@Saudidave, you're right of course but I wouldn't mind betting others will look at this thread given its title. So despite the OP answering his own question, further input from owners is still useful for others. However, duplicating large photos in quotes is not so useful and merely wastes bandwidth.

Actually, if the image source is the same, it doesn't waste bandwidth. Your computer only downloads each image once, even if there are 10,000 instances of that image on a page.

And I don't know why you think I answered my own question, unless you meant something else, and didn't mean it in a negative way. I couldn't have come to the conclusion of sticking to my camea without the insightful input from others.

just a heads up that dell small business currently has the S2 for $227.96 + tax

eccles wrote in post #2655096
@Saudidave, you're right of course but I wouldn't mind betting others will look at this thread given its title. So despite the OP answering his own question, further input from owners is still useful for others. However, duplicating large photos in quotes is not so useful and merely wastes bandwidth.

I agree regarding duplication of large photos - that was unintentional and I was not aware of how to remove it once posted. However an even greater watse of bandwith are the massive number of posts that are placed, where it is obvious that the poster hasn't read the thread and duplicates replies or replies incorrectly, as in this case. Furthermore, replies such as happened here, where a reccomend isd posted that has been discounted earlier in the thread are stupid, uneccesary and downright frustrating and irritating. The biggest single problem in this and other forums are well intentioned individuals who don't bother to read the damn thing properly.

Saudidave wrote in post #2656998
I agree regarding duplication of large photos - that was unintentional and I was not aware of how to remove it once posted. However an even greater watse of bandwith are the massive number of posts that are placed, where it is obvious that the poster hasn't read the thread and duplicates replies or replies incorrectly, as in this case. Furthermore, replies such as happened here, where a reccomend isd posted that has been discounted earlier in the thread are stupid, uneccesary and downright frustrating and irritating. The biggest single problem in this and other forums are well intentioned individuals who don't bother to read the damn thing properly.

You click the edit button go back into your post and delete the image information from the post you quoted. The information should look something like [IMG].....[IMG]. By deleting that line of information the image will not show up in your quote.