Re: [Paddlewise] Digital cameras? Why?

On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Richard G. Mitchell, Jr. wrote:

> While this is more a camera issue, the questions has been asked, so...
> 
> Digital cameras are in their infancy in terms of quality and
> ergonomics.  35mm film in its many forms still offers far greater
> resolution, color density, and versatility.  If a digital record is
> desirable you can now do it yourself at home with a desktop film scanner
> (not the same thing as a print scanner).  The HP Photo Scanner, as an
> example, produces 2400 dpi by 30 bit color density -- a very high
> quality scan, and is the size of a thick book.  Alternatively Kodak will
> produce its industry standard Kodak Photo CD along with processing at a
> cost of around 41 cents per image retail.  The Kodak photo CD is full
> professional quality from which virtually any size image up to 20X30"
> can be printed (presuming you shot the original in Kodachrome II 25 in a
> Leica or the likes. etc. etc.).   In a hurry?  My local photo shop will
> process Kodak Elitechrome (Ektachrome) over night *and* provide a
> scanned CD of the entire roll up to 2400 dpi for $10.95, and they do it
> overnight.
> 
> Richard Mitchell

last july i paddled a wonderful river trip with a group from my local
canoe club, then drove home [an hour's drive] and when i got there, the
picture http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmcc/graphics/980712a.jpg was waiting in
my emailbox, and i had it up on the "net" within 10 minutes ... voila, a
webpage from a trip within minutes of getting home... high quality? don't
know, that's in the eye of the beerholder i guess ;-) --- note, i did
reduce the size and detail of the image for downloading quickness.

can't do that with anything else ;-)

mark

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