We have discussed this before on here, look into the archive. I would go digital. It saves SO much money, since you have no developing costs. I have used many digital cameras in the $300-2000 range and prefer the Olypus cameras. They are really wonderful and can do very high resolution images. You may want to take a Photoshop course (That is the best program to use for editing the pictures) You do not need to go into the really high end cameras just for an internal database. Save your money to use for photographers if you need a few high quality images. My Olypus I love is the 360-L E Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello everyone... This is my first time on Museum-L, and I was hoping someone had some ideas about photographing artwork. I am new to museum work, but am an artist and have been photographing 2-D and 3-D work for years. We have a collection of around 1700 pieces, and all need to be shot for our accession records. We are thinking of creating a slide library, but we are also thinking of using a digital camera, which we don't have. Does anyone use one? Are they worth the purchase? We are thinking it would be good to have downloaded images on our database. Is it more cost effective to just take slides and buy a scanner for computer purposes? What kind of digital camera would be suited for the job, and what is its cost? Thanks for your time and ideas... andy Andrew Thomason, Registrar > Hickory Museum of Art > P. O. Box 2572 > Hickory, NC 28603-2572 > PH# 828.327.8576 > FAX# 828.327.7281 > <A TARGET="Link" href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">AThomason@HickoryMuseum o ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).