Durgan
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Post by Durgan on Feb 21, 2007 19:10:50 GMT -5
I threw my Cannon AE2 in the drawer and went digital about ten years ago. I had two Kodaks, Two Nikon's. Now I have a Nikon D70 with various lenses and never looked back.
My web site has space for 40 gig for $7.00 per months, and there are about 20,000 pictures in various albums of different subjects, sports, garden, trips, portraits, animals, and so on.
The point and shoot digital are excellent for many good photos. If one has ever had experience in a dark room, the digital cameras are a godsend, and can reproduce with ease anything a film can accomplish in a fraction of the time. Even the dye sub printers are affordable for prints at about 40 cents per print, but the computer and the web is where the digitals really shine.
Software is available to process digital photos with ease. Viewing various photos and sites, it is apparent that most people are not utilizing the excellent affordable software, that is available.
I suspect many people consider photography as being too difficult, so avoid the technology except for a few casual shots.
Durgan.
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Post by 🍁 CDN 🍁 on Feb 22, 2007 9:23:39 GMT -5
I have a D70 as well and a Canon A95 which is great as second in the pocket camera. Just had my firmware on the D70 upgraded so the workings are that of a D70S.
I still have two old film cameras, a Konica T3 and T4 with six different lens. They were great in their day but digital Rules.
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Post by 🍁 CDN 🍁 on Feb 22, 2007 9:39:39 GMT -5
O.K. I broke down .. well actually my 35mm , idiot proof camera broke down... so I go camera shopping ...Everybody said buy a digital , they are so easy to use , ... so I purchased one , auto settings easy to use...... I come home all proud and proceed to play .. got the batteries in , memory card , set to auto and thought to myself ..cool .. this isn't bad...THEN I READ " HOW TO TAKE A PICTURE ", MANUAL ....please refer to manual #3 ... you have understand there are 5 manuals included with this camera ... NOT pamphlets BUT actual 100 pg. manuals .... O Gawd !!! Night school here I come ..... Tried changing the size of my pictures when I download , there still ....Well ....poster size ....  Question , when taking a picture , does the size have to be preset or can you change the size once it is in your camera ... before downloading  [/color] The size has to be set before taking any picture. Once a picture is taken it can be ajusted in a program like Corel 9 and I mean you can print text like a price if you are selling something or a location if you want people to see where you were. If you shoot at lower setting it is possble to resize the image but it will be getting very grainy. Always a good idea to shoot at medium or large and then they can be resized down and still look great. |
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Post by Durgan on Feb 22, 2007 9:53:26 GMT -5
Help !!!! nobody answered my question . I need Digital Cameras for Dummies 101 here . Come on! You aren't serious. Take the camera with the book and lay on your bed and play. The camera you have is slightly more completed than a baby rattle. Persist! Durgan. |
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Post by ladybug on Feb 24, 2007 10:18:14 GMT -5
Well I dont totally agree with the answer given above .
Basically on any digital camera you have the option of taking pictures in high or low quality.Low quality simply allows you to take more pictures on your card but as the name says,the quality is porer so why take in low quality.
After downloading on the computer which is as easy as taking a pee,the picture size will be about 600 to 700 KB.
As aid above it is easy to change the size.We have a few photo programs but the easiest I use for size changing is Paint Shop( Jasc)
Simply load the picture onto the program,select adjust size,you pick anything from 1 to 99% then click save.
Just like that your picture size has gone from 700 KB to say 350 which makes it easier for e mailing and yes as stated above the pic will still look great
I have taken pictures outside,downloaded onto computer,adjusted size and emailed to Australia and have the person on the other end see the picture all in less than 10 minutes.
I have an excellent 35MM camera but since I went digital a few years ago I have never touched it.
Although it did take fantastic pictures.
I have scanned some of my 35MM pics onto the computer and the quality is subperb
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Post by 🍁 CDN 🍁 on Feb 24, 2007 18:05:23 GMT -5
Well I dont totally agree with the answer given above . Basically on any digital camera you have the option of taking pictures in high or low quality.Low quality simply allows you to take more pictures on your card but as the name says,the quality is porer so why take in low quality. After downloading on the computer which is as easy as taking a pee,the picture size will be about 600 to 700 KB. As aid above it is easy to change the size.We have a few photo programs but the easiest I use for size changing is Paint Shop( Jasc) Simply load the picture onto the program,select adjust size,you pick anything from 1 to 99% then click save. Just like that your picture size has gone from 700 KB to say 350 which makes it easier for e mailing and yes as stated above the pic will still look great I have taken pictures outside,downloaded onto computer,adjusted size and emailed to Australia and have the person on the other end see the picture all in less than 10 minutes. I have an excellent 35MM camera but since I went digital a few years ago I have never touched it. Although it did take fantastic pictures. I have scanned some of my 35MM pics onto the computer and the quality is subperb Well said ladybug well said. I am sure gopher will master it very soon and be wondering what all the fuss was about. |
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Post by antiyank on Mar 31, 2007 10:43:38 GMT -5
Help !!!! nobody answered my question . I need Digital Cameras for Dummies 101 here . There are many good digital camera books out there to buy. |
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Post by sasquatch on Mar 31, 2007 12:12:29 GMT -5
Perhaps there is an intimidation factor involved with anything new. PC's, anti-lock brakes, VCRs, micro-wave ovens etc all had this. Perhaps once past the initial.......is it like sky-diving that first step is a brute.........one thing to be said...you are not wasting expensive film..........  |
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Post by damngringo on Jul 16, 2007 21:10:54 GMT -5
I usually go with the second lowest setting, the image is decent for average shots, and I can get 400 pics before downloading. If I step it up to the highest setting, my pics are 2MB each and I end up having to resize them in photoshop anyway. I got this tip from a camera shop, the cheap ones do just as good a job, damn near, as the pricy ones.
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