Patrick;
My FUJI 2400 is very similar to your camera and I find it perfectly adequate
for all I do. The local photo shop tried to sell me cameras selling for $CA
1200 to 1500, that give you 3 to 4 megs, but I think that unless you intend
to use the images for comparatively large, high quality printed images, the
performance our FUJIs give us is quite adequate. Moreover, I use the screen
for composing pictures which is especially helpful for me as I am legally
blind.
Harry
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Boylan P" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: digital cameras
> On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Margaret Tamulonis wrote:
>
> > I have been happily researching digital cameras to find one best suited
for
> > our use: good color images of museum objects (including paintings), for
> > attaching to database records as well as for posting to our web site.
> > While I know there are lots of digital-camera specific sites and
discussion
> > groups, I really appreciate the opinions of the folks on this Museum
list
> > -- so does anyone have any particular favorite digital cameras that are
> > great for object photography? Any horror stories? Thanks, as always,
for
> > your input and support,
>
>
> ==============================
>
> Margaret:
>
> I'm simply amazed by the quality, performance and ease of use and transfer
> of the "budget" Fujifilm FinePix 2200 that I got a couple of weeks ago for
> around US$ 300 - including our very high UK sales tax. This has three
> grades of image - up to 2.1 megapixels, though even the lowest level
> produces perfectly adequate images for web or publicity/press level
> printing, a one inch screen and a built-in electronic zoom of up to 2.5
> times. The basic memory card that comes with the camera (8 Mb) holds
> between around 30 web-grade images, down to to around a dozen at top level
> art reproduction standard.
>
> Though much larger media memory cards can be used, transfers to an
> up-to-date standard laptop (or a desk PC back home or in the office) is
> extremely easy and quick. Using a standard USB connection cord in Windows
> 98 the camera shows as the equivalent of an additional hard drive with all
> images on screen, from where they can "drag & drop" copied onto an
> appropriate directory on the hard disk in any normal way, e.g. in Windows
> Explorer.
>
> No doubt there are much more sophisticated (and expensive) machines now on
> the market, but I am simply astonished at the advances in technology and
> capacity, and the fall in prices, in less than a year.
>
>
>
> Patrick Boylan
>
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