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Henrik
| | Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 09:09 pm: | 
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Memory and connectivity: Bill has a very nice write-up above. Worth the read. As for using the camera in different departments - if you have a network set up, you'd be able to just transfer from one computer to the other. If not and you have a USB adapter, USB is plug-and-play and can be moved around at will - just install the necessary drivers everywhere.
Take a look at
htp://www.dpreview.com
for in-depth reviews of all things digital camera related.
Henrik |
Loki
| | Posted on Friday, November 22, 2002 - 06:18 am: |
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Spider,
Sony makes a floppy adapter for their mem sticks. Then it wouldn't matter which computer you popped it into.
For what its worth. You could get away with a good used 1.3 for your stated purpose. Take a gander at the shot in my profile. It was taken with a Sony DSC-30(1.3)
Loki |
Jocklandjohn
| | Posted on Monday, November 25, 2002 - 11:02 am: |
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I would highly recommend the Canon Powershot G2 (or s/h G1). One factor not mentioned is the battery life of digital cameras. Many are poor, and will only last a short time. The G2 has an astonishingly low power consumption, and a really good range of features. Zoom range is excellent and the image quality is first class - typical Canon quality glass. It is relatively compact (but not in Ixus territory) and toughly built. Also supports IBM Microdrives up to 1GB, if you want to go that route. The swivel LCD can go right round to face the subject, coupled with the supplied remote control unit (size of a compact flash card, with zoom, focus and shoot controls) allows self portraits and candids to be taken very easily. It receives rave reviews in most tests. I bought one. Happy with it.
http://john-macpherson-photography.com |
Prof_Stack
| | Posted on Monday, November 25, 2002 - 12:43 pm: |
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For virtually the same image quality (also 4 megapixels) and ease of use (point and shoot), try the Canon S40, now $499 instead of the $599 I paid in August (gotta keep up with the competitions' pricing).
Wonderful camera it is. |
Xgecko
| | Posted on Monday, November 25, 2002 - 05:42 pm: |
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As my job is photography in general and digital specificly I'll throw a few things out for the prespective buyer...Optical resolution it the only thing to look at (this aplies to scanners as well) Enhanced resolution is a computer making up information. Try to get a camera that uses Compactflash or microdrives they have the largest memory and the widest choices (also cheaper per MB of size) MMC, SD and Sony Memory sticks are small handy and rarely have enough memory to shoot as many photos as a roll of film (see next point if you disagree). Lastly always shoot in the largest file size you camera will allow (see the need for a big memory card) digital cameras are quite low in resolutin on their maximum images setting...making images that are at their best fit only for computer use. It is easier to cut down an exsisting large file than it is to make a a little photo printable |
Loki
| | Posted on Monday, November 25, 2002 - 06:25 pm: |
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Xg,
your a spook aint ya |
Loki
| | Posted on Monday, November 25, 2002 - 06:34 pm: |
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and I say that in the nicest non threatening way. |
Rocketman
| | Posted on Monday, November 25, 2002 - 07:26 pm: |
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Tony, your 'lastly' tip is an excellent one, thanks. Memo to self must get more memory 
Rocket  |
Xgecko
| | Posted on Monday, November 25, 2002 - 09:57 pm: |
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No Bryan not any more. I get to return to the normal world of being a Navy Photographer. At present I'm in school for Digital Multi Media...which amoung other things lets me play with lots of digital camera's. I didn't used to like them that much because they the resolution wasn't as good as film and the speed they offered didn't make them worth the expense (I am of course speaking of the high end DSLRs but prices have crashed and one can get a D60 or D100 for less than 2K. Memory is a very important thing on a 3 megapixel Nikon D1H I get 61 images on Raw mode from a 256MB card. I'm real partial to MicroDrives but they are a bit fragile compared to CompactFlash...but they are tons cheaper for 340MB and larger |
Loki
| | Posted on Monday, November 25, 2002 - 10:44 pm: |
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Xg,
nuff said on your prior life. I got to step into the light when I separated from active duty(AF Spec Ops).
Sounds like a good school also. |
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