Re: [OT] Digital Cameras

On  4-Apr-01 at 22:46, Allan Goodall (awg@sympatico.ca) wrote:
 
> >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. 

Definately not as  nice as 4"x5" (I don't own a 35mm) but using your
figures an APS camera is still about equivalent to a 6MPixel digital.

Roger (Yes, I have my own darkroom.  Need to do some mini pictures