Re: [OT] Digital Cameras

On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 20:34:46 -0400 (EDT), Roger Books
<books@jumpspace.net>
wrote:

>Maybe taken with a disk camera.  megapixels are a lie :).  First you
>divide by 3 because it takes three pixels too make a color.  If it
>were a square image that would give you 580x580 resolution,  not too
>hot.

Oops! Forgot that! So, think 36 megapixels to compare to 100 ISO film
(see my
previous post).

>The pro I know who really needed a digital camera bought a nice
>APS camera and doesn't have any prints made, he just has the negatives
>scaned.

There's such a thing as a "nice APS camera"? *L* Sorry. I used to work
for
Kodak. I wasn't impressed with APS film. Nice grain structure, but it's
still
a little more than half the size of a 35mm negative. I still much prefer
35mm,
particularly since they are cheaper than APS cameras. APS is good in the
sense
that it's smaller and easier to carry. 

Allan Goodall		       awg@sympatico.ca
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