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Re: Digital Photography
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 17:11:51 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Frank Filz writes:
I've been thinking about how to get my Lego website going, and with how
long it takes me to get film developed, and then scanned, I think I need
to go directly digital. I do have options though, I have a WinTV
TV/Video Capture card.

What I'm wondering is if anyone has any experiences to compare with
using a video camera vs a digital camera? I am thinking of spending
about $500. Macro capability is very important for me.

Not that you'd go this route, but there are several places in my town that'll
transfer my pix to diskette while they're making prints. That's how I've been
doing it.

I've seen some video cameras that get really close, like one or two inches. Do
the video camera thing, and you can use your camera for other things. No need
to spend more $$ here than you have to, esp. if your video setup does
everything a digital camera can do.

-Tom McD.
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(...) I got my Sony Mavica for about $700; they also have one in the $400-500 range. The main attraction to a Mavica is that it uses a DOS-formatted 1.44 Mb floppy diskette with JPEG files, so you don't need to worry about special software or (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Digital Photography
 
I've been thinking about how to get my Lego website going, and with how long it takes me to get film developed, and then scanned, I think I need to go directly digital. I do have options though, I have a WinTV TV/Video Capture card. What I'm (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)

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