The Canon EOS Digital Rebel 300D does have a multiplication factor but
their "basic" lens starts at 18 so it is equivalent to a 24-28mm lems. It
has the older features of the film Canons with programming, apature or
time prefered exposures, but also the auto features people love in the
point-and-shoot digitals. I also love the bulb feature which allows for
time exposures built in up to 30 sec.. for low lighting or longer if
needed.

As a free-lance photographer in my non-museum hours, I bit the bullet in
October and bought it. I am delighted with it for both museum purposes
and elsewhere. Fine images have up to 4 MB of data (listed as large for
the number of pixels), but you can set it for 2MB or 1MB images. I
usually go with the large.

The local newspaper has come to like the images enough  that a few times
they have asked me to cover an event "with your better camera." They have
an Olympus that does up to 4 MB.

I have not yet loaded images into PastPerfect that I have made of items
in the collection but I plan to start soon.

Mary L. Kirby
Historic Upshur Museum
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On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 12:21:48 -0600 Chris Taylor
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> Right now there is only one digital SLR, that I have seen, that does
> not
> have a magnification factor on the standard 35mm lens, usually 1.4x
> or
> higher (making a 24mm standard film camera lens the equivilant of a
> 35mm
> lens on a digital SLR). That means wide angle or shift lenses for
> architectural or interiors do not give as much coverage and a 50mm
> macro
> lens suddenly needs a copy stand with a higher rise to do the same
> work.
> Canon EOS makes a relatively new model that uses a full size digital
> pickup so a 24 mm lens is still a 24 mm and a 50 macro is still a 50
> mm.
> I don't have the model number in front of me but I have checked it
> out
> and it looks promising however still fairly expensive (but nothing
> like
> the $20,000 digital SLRs just a few years ago). Nikon very well
> might
> have something in the works too. If you have noticed Canon and Nikon
> wide angle zooms have gotten much wider on the pro lenses down to
> 16mm
> to compensate for the magnifacation factor- there is some demand for
> digital SLRs with full size pickups, but it is mostly a professional
> market for the higher end cameras and most pros put up with the
> magnifaction because it makes sports work easier, (a 300mm 2.8 is
> suddenly a 420 mm 2.8 at a lot less weight). Just something to keep
> in
> mind when you are looking at the specs.
> I have been looking to add a digital EOS to my camera bag, but cost
> and
> function have not got to where I can afford it yet.
> C. Taylor
> Atchison Kansas
> someone else waiting for the digital SLR market to come down in
> price
>
> Mike and Mary wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Our museum is considering the purchase of a digital SLR camera for
> use
> > in a variety of image-taking for our collections management.  We
> have
> > been using an older, lesser quality digital camera, which is
> nearing
> > the end of its life.  We will be using the SLR for all manner of
> > artifact documentation, condition reporting, treatment pictures,
> as
> > well as occasional images for publication.  We also require high
> > quality shots of interiors, i.e. large, fully furnished historic
> > rooms.  we are looking at the SLR for its flexibility, including
> the
> > different lenses available (wide angle, macro).  We will be
> capturing
> > directly to a laptop.  We have, or will have the needed lighting
> and
> > flash equipment.  Has anyone else tried these digital SLR cameras
> for
> > this purpose?  We are looking at the Nikon D100, among others.
> Many
> > thanks,
> >
> > Michael Oates
> > Ottawa, Canada
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