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 [log in to unmask] On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 12:21:48 -0600 Chris Taylor <[log in to unmask]> writes: > 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 > > ========================================================= > Important > > Subscriber Information: > > > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . 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