RE: Digital Camera

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Original poster: "Ted Rosenberg by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Ted.Rosenberg-at-radioshack-dot-com>

OK...I'm on a learning curve <look humble>.
Ross raises some good points (another post) and so does Matt (below).

In all honesty, while I see great potential in some of the new, upper class
digital cameras, I can't see spending so much on hardware and memory cards
and...when for a few dollars extra at the time of processing, my local
dealer will make a Kodak CD which has the images at about 1200 x 900. So, I
have my cake and eat it too? And with CD-R software, I can dupe it for a
friend.

And of course there are the dozens of lens and accessories for the Minolta
(or Nikon, or Canon) photo systems. OK...so I am biased. Pre-apologies.

No matter what, getting good photos of our coils is primary no matter how
you do it.
Hmmm...pin hole cameras from Oatmeal containers might be the way....nah...

Safety First

Ted

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Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 6:58 PM
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Subject: Re: Digital Camera


Original poster: "Matthew Smith by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au>

Hi All

Although I have to agree with Ted to a degree, I feel that I should play
devil's advocate on the cause of digital cameras.  I have used 35mm for
95% of my photographing life and have only just made the hop to digital;
my wife (who is a photoprocessor) is still very much in the emulsion
camp so I shall try to be unbiased...

To address Ted's points:
1) No - however superimposition of two (tripod!) shots during "post
production" is simple with the right software.
2) Probably on expensive cameras - the Fuji that I used to have could be
persuaded to stay open for about a second; many digitals can take a
"burst" of shots (my Olympus C-960 does about nine in a second) which
could be superimposed or whatever.
3) My Olympus with a meagre 1.3 Megapixels can produce excellent quality
prints up to A4, using a decent inkjet printer and photo-quality paper;
most cameras have way over that resolution now, so if you can find
someone with one of those nice A3 (sorry for metric paper sizes!)
printers, yes, you can get a decent print.

However, and this is a big however, to get everything out of a digital
that you can get out of a half-decent 35mm camera, you may end up
forking out a *lot* of cash for the hardware.

Summary:  both systems have their merits and downfalls; I would suggest
doing what I do - get a digital but keep the 35mm too!

Cheers

Matthew Smith

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Ted Rosenberg by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Ted.Rosenberg-at-radioshack-dot-com>
> 
> Shad:
> I don't mean to rain on your parade. But, I ask the following questions
> 1. can the digital do double exposures?
> 2. can the digital do time exposures to catch multiple arcs?
> 3. and if the digital gets a truly GREAT photo and you want to frame it
and
> hang it on the wall, can you get a decent 11x14 or 16x20 and will it be
> sharp?
> 
> 35mm FILM cameras can answer YES to all of the above. Sorry about the PIA.
I
> do understand.
> 
> Safety First
> Ted, The Photographer since a long time ago.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 12:33 PM
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Digital Camera
> 
> Original poster: "Shad Henderson by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <sundog-at-timeship-dot-net>
> 
>     Hi All!
> 
>   Yup, I'm gonna break down and buy a digital camera at Marc M.'s urging.
> Plus it's 'spensive to buy and get film developed (and a PIA.)   ALso, I
> hate to waste exposures on pictures that I'm not sure didn't come out
right,
> and waiting a day to get them back.
> 
>    Input from the others on the List using digital cameras would be
> appreciated, though I'd appreciate if you'd send the name, model, specs,
and
> a snap or two of different lighting conditions, etc to sundog-at-timeship-dot-net
> It's a hassle, I know, but I want to get a camera that takes all-around
> great pictures, and that's something you can't really tell in the store
> while playing with them.  manufacturer ad whatnot mean less to me than the
> quality and versatility of the camera.  A link to a site having pics from
> the camera will also work.
> 
>                                     Thanks to those that take time out to
> help me decide!
> 
> Shad

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