The need for TIFF and Image Stabilization really narrows down the field.
There are only 5 cameras that fit that description:
Konica Minolta A2
Nikon 8800
Panasonic FZ20 or FZ4 or FZ5
All have lens caps.
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Your old Olympus C3040 had an unusually bright lens (f1.
, which Olympus no longer markets. It was too expensive to build for todays market.
All of the cameras listed above have f2.8 lenses.
All of the cameras have faster recording of images (low shutter lag).
The Nikon (3cm) and Panasonic cameras (5cm) will let you get closer to the target in macro mode. The Konica Minolta A2 closest macro setting is 13cm.
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I am looking for a camera to replace my old Olympus Camedia C-3040. I need a camera for two purposes: first, for work, and second for home/family pictures.
My work needs are somewhat unusual; I'm an academic radiologist, so I need a camera that can take good pictures of films--therefore a camera that functions well in low light and does a good job with small images, such as CT images (ie, macro function, focuses very close up). It would be nice to be able to set it to black and white images easily and to easily turn the flash off (with the old camera I had to go through a long menu, and if the camera timed off because I hadn't used it for a few minutes, I needed to reset those modes again).
Sharp images with fine detail would be ideal for the work images. Also, with the old camera, the images seemed to default to JPEGs, and for publication we are often required to use TIFs. I'm sure there was an easy way around that, but I never felt up to reading all the documentation to figure it out.
For home, I'm looking for something that takes pictures faster than the old one (agonizingly slow, and I often lost my shot), and perhaps a camera with a retractable lens; at any rate, I don't want to have the problem I've had with the old camera of the lens cover always getting knocked off. I'd like to have some kind of image stabilization, as I did with the old one (I don't have a particularly steady hand).
Thanks so much for any advice.

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