I simply cannot disagree with you. There is a lot to be said for an SLR
(doesn't even have to be state of the art, I have a few antique SLRs,) some
great lenses and a great scanner. In fact, I believe Kodak makes a film
that is scanner-friendly. Check out their site. I do miss the immediacy
and speed of an SLR when I use my digicam, but on the other hand, after
several hundred attempts, I have started to get some decent pictures. I
find that some accessories and techniques are useful for better pictures. I
now use my monopod a lot. Since the digicam is kind of slow, (around ISO
100,) I find that a steady platform is a must. If I add a lens extender,
this steadiness is even more important. Also, when I get ready to take an
action picture, depressing the shutter halfway just before the actual shot,
ensures that when I need to take the picture, simply pressing shutter all
the way will take the picture without the time lag.
Let me talk about the monopod a bit. Some of you, who were on the USS
Hornet earlier this year, saw me running around with that stick attached to
the camera. It really does make for sharper pictures. The monopod is a
carbon fiber thing and is very light, whilst very rigid. It is a little
pricey but it is well worth it, in my mind. It is very difficult to have
great pictures if they are not sharp. Even PhotoShop cannot make a fuzzy
picture sharp. You need to start with a good sharp picture if you want
great results. So when a tripod is not convenient, a monopod is a great
tool.
The reason I use my digicam almost exclusively is I can take thousands, nay
millions of pictures at no cost. I can see the results immediately and dump
the bad ones. It costs nothing to develop and I only print the ones I want.
I am a big believer in that using something like a camera a lot makes you a
better user of the object, in this case a photographer.
It's the same thing with computers. The more you use one, the better you
get at it. It is why we love the HP 3000 so much, we have been using it a
lot and for a long time. We are very good with it. Take it away from us
and we get, shall we say, unsettled.
Kind regards,
Denys. . .
Denys Beauchemin
HICOMP
(800) 323-8863 (281) 288-7438 Fax: (281) 288-7438
denys at hicomp.com www.hicomp.com
-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
Larry Barnes
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 11:06 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: OT: Digital Cameras...
I'll keep my Cannon Elon II EOS and my color scanner for digitizing. Better
pics because of the lens, more tedious to digitize, but I can live with it.
L.A. Barnes
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Osborne [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 9:13 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Digital Cameras...
On December 4, 2001 11:34 am, Denys Beauchemin wrote:
> In order to keep up with such a shooting regimen, you
> will need to empty your CF cards. (Only 100 pictures on a trip to Europe?
> I would have shot maybe 5-600 pictures in a week.)
Internet Cafes are great for this. You can offload your pics onto CD's and
gring home CD's or you can upload to a server at home by ftp (depending on
how much data of course).
-Pete
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