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Re: 2 mega-pixel digital cameras
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Mon, 19 Jul 1999 05:00:42 GMT
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JOHNNEAL@USWEST.NETsaynotospam
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Digital camera shoppers! Check this out. Might be a viable option to dropping
$500-1000 dollars on a new camera, if you already have a 35mm.
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/products/pictureCD/mac/main.shtml
-John
Lee Jorgensen wrote:
> My wife recently purchased a Kodak Advantix system camera ... in the
> documentation
> was a Kodak FD-300 ... Film Drive that can take a processed roll of film and
> scan it in ... supposedly (according to the docs) it will produce a 2300x1500
> dpi
> which they claim is equivalent to a 4-MegaPixel digital camera ...
>
> I haven't gotten it (yet) ... I think that would be quite flexable for posting
> pictures of
> creations ... AND having a 'film' camera ... since the wife is pooing a
> digital camera.
>
> -Lee.
>
> Huw Millington wrote:
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> > I persuaded my boss to update the digital camera we use at work, so I went
> > and purchased an Olympus Camedia C-2000. This new camera is a 2 million
> > pixel job meaning it photographs at 1600x1200.
> >
> > Naturally I felt obliged to give it a road-test, so today I took some
> > pictures of LEGO models, using the macro mode and fill-in flash. Quite
> > simply the photos are stunning!!
> >
> > A picture says a thousand words, so just take a look for yourself:
> >
> > http://web.pncl.co.uk/~huw/lego/temp/duel.jpg
> > (Qui-Gon and Maul locked in battle in the Tatooine desert)
> >
> > http://web.pncl.co.uk/~huw/lego/temp/pod.JPG
> > (Close up of Sebulba's pod - check out the depth of field!)
> >
> > http://web.pncl.co.uk/~huw/lego/temp/n7.JPG
> > (Close-up of my Naboo Fighter derivative)
> >
> > The pictures are taken at the default quality setting, but have been
> > exported from PSP with a JPG quality of 15 to keep the file size sensible,
> > at around 200k (the originals are about 400k)
> >
> > The only problem seems to be battery life. I don't know if I'm doing
> > something wrong, or if the camera has a fault, but a set of alkaline AA
> > batteries lasts about 10 shots before the camera starts warning of low
> > battery power!
> >
> > Huw
> >
> > hmillington@cix.co.uk
> > http://www2.pncl.co.uk/~huw
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| (...) Kodaks 'PhotoCD' idea. Might be good if it costs less that PhotoCD did. The problem is, that you still have to take the photographs, take the roll to be developed, then wait to get the disc. It isn't the same as digital. At heart, it is still (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| My wife recently purchased a Kodak Advantix system camera ... in the documentation was a Kodak FD-300 ... Film Drive that can take a processed roll of film and scan it in ... supposedly (according to the docs) it will produce a 2300x1500 dpi which (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.publish)
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