Keith,
Actually, I have a sharp video camera I use just for this purpose - I stuff it
in a plastic bag with just the
lens sticking out - I got it before everybody was putting big lcd screens on
their cameras because it had
a big lcd screen that I could use to view your film while in the shop... I find
the video more enlightening
than photos because I can get pictures of what I'm working on from all sorts of
angles very quickly...
And if I need any digitial output, I have an Iomega Buz and a 9 gig scsi
drive...
rkg
(Richard George)
Keith Kaplan wrote:
> Exactly. For about $20,000 you can get a digital camera that produces a
> picture that's still lower resolution than what you get from a $10
> disposable film camera. Not to mention the fact that the disposable camera
> is at least 5 times smaller and lighter.
>
> With that said, and to give this some shop-talk content, it seems like a
> rugged, dustproof, greaseproof digital camera would be a welcome addition to
> any toolbox. How many times have you tried to put something back together
> and wished you had some pictures of what it looked like before you
> disassembled it? They don't have to be Ansel Adams quality, just snapshots,
> like you said. Once you get it put back together, you can delete the
> pictures.
>
> I guess that's what Polaroids are for... I see that Polaroid has a camera
> now that's DeWalt yellow for the contractor market.
> http://www.polaroid.com/products/instant_cameras/kits/jobpro/index.html Of
> course, it's about $1/picture, but you can buy Polaroid OneSteps at thrift
> shops for $5, and buy quite a bit of film before you've spent as much as the
> cheapest digital camera costs.
>
> keithka
> EOS user, not yet a digital camera owner, but seriously considering it
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Mikes [mailto:jmikes.gt4.38@worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 1998 8:53 AM
> To: shop-talk@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: RE: digital cameras
>
> I offer this opinion as a former semi-pro photojournalist with a
> closet full of old Nikons. Digitals are fine if all you want are lower
> quality "snapshots." If you want stuff you can enlarge and still be
> sharp, you have to use film.
>
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