Yes, digital cameras are great. They're getting better and cheaper each
year. HOWEVER do not make the mistake of thinking you can take digital
photos for enlargements; not enough digital information for enlarging. A
client of mine spent $10,000 on a Nikon digital camera; took over 400
“photos”, and now at the time of the Offshore Technology
Conference, they
find that they cannot use any of the images (enlargements) for their
booth
display. All of a sudden, 35mm film looks pretty good and cheap.
Patrick McLoad-------------------------
At 11:13 PM 3/23/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Awhile back there was mention here of a digital camera closeout at an
office
>supply chain. I didn’t get to buy one, and now I’m glad. I found that
Nikon’s
>CoolPix 100 camera is being closed out by a couple of places for $99
(plus
>shipping, of course) Got mine from
www.surplusdirect.com/email.
This’ll be
>great for taking pictures as you disassemble the Jag so you can
figure out
how
>it goes back together. One possible drawback is that it connects to
your
>computer by a PCcard port, (no impossible to replace cables to get
lost or
>fouled up - the camera is built on a 1Mb RAMcard) but you can add one
to your
>desktop for around $30 (I just did). I am seriously impressed - took
a
picture
>of my house and had it printed in 5 minutes. Download a shareware
copy of
>Paintshop Pro, and you can manipulate the images. This thing is just
plain
>NEAT. (No, I don’t work for Nikon (I WISH) or Surplus Direct, I just
like
>getting good stuff cheap.). Go get 'em!
>
>Paul Matchok
>
>