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First of all, I have to say that 16 Megs is NOT enough memory for a high end digital camera. How many of us are going to spend $1000 on a new digital cam and then use it to take standard 640x480 shots? Mind you that the image quality at that resolution is quite good but it doesn't stand out from any other digital cameras, even those that cost half as much. The above three shots were taken at 640x480.
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Where the Epson PhotoPC 3000Z really excel is high resolution imaging. The disadvantage is you can only take about 16 to 31 images with the supplied 16 Meg Compact Flash card. The photos of the cars were taken in Super Fine mode (over 750K each!) and the pumpkin shot was taken in Fine mode (446K). All three images are 2048x1536 in size, which would mean you will have to do a lot of scrolling to view it on your monitor. However if you plan on printing out your photos, Fine and Super Fine mode is the only way to go. We did a few 8 x 10 outputs with the PhotoPC connected to the Epson 1200 Photo Printer and the results were jaw dropping.
Epson supplies the PhotoPC 3000Z with an excellent set of 1500 mAh NiMH rechargeable batteries and a charger. Digital cameras which takes normal AA batteries are pretty much useless without a good set of NiMH rechargeable and Epson haven't ignored this fact. The batteries supplied lasted long enough for me to take over 250 photos! If you wonder how I could take so many photos it's because I switched the puny 16 Meg Compact Flash card with a 128 Meg unit (which allows me to take 1,260 standard pics!).