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Re: Choosing a Digital Camera/New Photos Up
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Sat, 4 Dec 1999 18:21:24 GMT
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Mr L F Braun wrote in message <3848B160.33487CE2@pilot.msu.edu>...
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> All-
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> Well, I went out and found a camera that was under $200. It's only 850K
> pixels, but it seems to work all right, and what's more it's in colour
> and it's no worse than my horrible film photography. At least this way
> I don't waste film or time.
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> The new stuff, including a seagoing turreted ironclad built with four
> 6280 center sections, colour photos of one of the ubiquitous destroyers,
> and two decent shots of my little blue folding seaplane that was
> standard on my larger warships before. I'll add the autogyro later--the
> camera seems to handle all-black fairly well. The URL:
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> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/digicam.html
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> Oh, and don't hesitate to tell me if spending another $100-$200 would
> really be worth it; I'm new to digital cameras and their problems, but
> already I see an improvement. That's the real question here right
> now--whether to return and trade up or rest with what I've got. (Only a
> couple of pictures, notably the ironclad foredeck, are at the "fine"
> resolution.)
Picture quality looks pretty good. One thing you do need to do is either not
use lights so the camera will use it's flash, or get yourself some photo
floods. A tripod might help also.
What brand is it? I just saw a camera in Best Buy for $129. Mike Walsh has
been telling me to watch for a new camera, and I think the Best Buy camera
might be the one (hope to ask him today before running out shopping this
evening).
I suspect that you would have to spend quite a bit more to really
significantly improve your picture quality. Now spending in the $300-400
range will get you more features like zoom, and perhaps better macro
capability, but I suspect that for most uses for quick processing of images
for web use, that your camera will do just fine. If the camera you've been
taking the black and white shots with is a good SLR, you can always use
color film in it to take your real close shots (assuming you have or get a
good macro lens) and other tricky shots. You can take the "best picture
possible" with the digital camera to serve as a place holder while you wait
to get your film back (of course this then assumes you have a scanner, or
get a Photo-CD with your film).
Frank
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| All- Well, I went out and found a camera that was under $200. It's only 850K pixels, but it seems to work all right, and what's more it's in colour and it's no worse than my horrible film photography. At least this way I don't waste film or time. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.publish)
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