Margaret,

We've been playing with digital cameras for years, and just bought a new one
last month.  After a lot of research, I went with the Sony DSC-S70.  It
takes fantastic pictures, it uses its own rechargeable battery (which lasts
a very long time and charges quickly), and downloads to my computer easily
with USB connections.  The only downside is that it uses the Sony
MemoryStick to store the pictures, which isn't as common as flash cards, but
if you get a couple of 64meg MemorySticks, you'll be fine.  Pictures can be
saved as JPEG or TIFF, you can add voice annotation to the images, and even
take short video clips.  Plus, it's very small, and very easy to use.

We've been EXTREMELY happy with this choice!


--
Christopher J. Dawson
Curator of Urban and Industrial History
Crawford Museum of Transportation and Industry Design Task Force
Western Reserve Historical Society
10825 East Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
216-721-5722 x247
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> From: Margaret Tamulonis <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:14:14 -0500
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: digital cameras
>
> Dear listers:
>
> I have been happily researching digital cameras to find one best suited for
> our use: good color images of museum objects (including paintings), for
> attaching to database records as well as for posting to our web site.
> While I know there are lots of digital-camera specific sites and discussion
> groups, I really appreciate the opinions of the folks on this Museum list
> -- so does anyone have any particular favorite digital cameras that are
> great for object photography? Any horror stories?  Thanks, as always, for
> your input and support,
>
> Margaret Tamulonis
> Database Manager
> The Fleming Museum
> University of Vermont
>
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