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Subject:Re: Digital Cameras -- Responses and Finding From:"Matthew B. Hicks" <matt -at- UNIDATA -dot- UCAR -dot- EDU> Date:Fri, 21 Jun 1996 08:12:09 -0600
On Fri, 21 Jun 1996, Cheryl Dwyer wrote:
*>4. Some questioned the validity of spending ~$1000 (US) when it could be
*>semi-obsolete within months, replaced by something better and cheaper,
*>recommending instead that we use a good 35mm and either:
Name one piece of computer-related equipment that that is not the case
for.
*>(1) Scan the pictures into the system.
*>(2) Have them developed into CD ROM format (this would seem rather
*>expensive, especially for just a few shots at a time).
We had 6 or 8 shots put on a Photo CD for about $12. For that we got each
picture at 4 different resolutions and the quality was far superior to
that of any low-end digital camera. It's worth considering.
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-Matt Hicks matt -at- unidata -dot- ucar -dot- edu
"This planet just stepped over the line, assemble the giant robot!"
-Dick Solomon, "3rd Rock from the Sun"
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