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Good point about the extreme cold. I'm sure you know this already, but for
the sake of someone that might not, when not using your camera, try to keep it next to your body and under your coat. Take the batteries out between sessions and keep them warm as well. It'll help. Monica wrote in message oups.com... I use both a 35 mm and a digitial camera. You also need to look at the area that you are travelling to. When we went to Churchill 2 years ago to see polar bears, it was really cold. Several people had digital cameras and there was only one that did not fail in the cold. I think that was mainly because he downloaded his pictures into his laptop as |
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Good point about the extreme cold. I'm sure you know this already, but for
the sake of someone that might not, when not using your camera, try to keep it next to your body and under your coat. Take the batteries out between sessions and keep them warm as well. It'll help. Monica wrote in message oups.com... I use both a 35 mm and a digitial camera. You also need to look at the area that you are travelling to. When we went to Churchill 2 years ago to see polar bears, it was really cold. Several people had digital cameras and there was only one that did not fail in the cold. I think that was mainly because he downloaded his pictures into his laptop as |
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Yea, batteries and film do better under the coat. Looks pretty funny
but works well. |
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Yea, batteries and film do better under the coat. Looks pretty funny
but works well. |
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Yea, batteries and film do better under the coat. Looks pretty funny
but works well. |
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On 12/11/2004 6:51 PM jsmith contemplated offing a mime and made writings:
We are in the age of digital cameras like it or not. But don't be sucked into those unwieldy complex cameras that have limited storage too quickly. The old reliable 35 mm film cameras are still the cameras of choice. They are simple to use and offer a wide choice of films. The main advantage these cameras offer in this era of computers and CDs is the fact that when the film is taken into Eckerds for developing you can have the images processed onto a CD without having prints made. Total cost is $4.00. If later on you wish to either print some of the better images using your computer or by returning the negatives to the photo finisher you will always have two convenient archives of the images, one CD and the other negatives. I fully expect all the jackasses will respond to this posting with their usual idiotic comments, but I know what I am talking about! So have a ball. If you prefer a 35 mm camera that is your choice. There really is no need to put down others who make choices different than yours. As a professional, when I travel my choice is digital. Here's why: 1) You don't have to worry about film getting fogged at airport security checks. 2) My field 35 mm camera consists of 1 SLR body, standard and special wide angel, telephoto and special effects lenses, strobe, plus film. Total weight. 14 lbs. My digital camera has all the optics plus special effects and weighs in under 10 oz. When you are doing lots of work in tropical locations with high humidity that 14 lb camera case can get real heavy real fast. 3) I don't have to find an Eckerds or any other film processing middleman. I can do it all with my desktop or my laptop, including burning disks playable in a DVD player featuring slide show, with sound. 4) In trading images over the internet, there is no loss in image quality as I don't have to scan my images in to my computer. Likewise I don't have to depend on some photo finisher's idea of visual acuity, color saturation and contrast. I have creative control of it all. 5) With a film based camera once you load the film you're stuck with the ISO rating of the film. True you can "push" the film. If you do you have to "push" the whole roll in terms of processing. With a digital camera, I can make some shots at ISO 100 outdoors, go indoors and shoot at ISO 400 and then shoot by moonlight at ISO 2400 all on the same media. I can also set the ISO setting on Auto and let the camera select the best speed. For static settings in a studio I'll go with a 35 mm SLR film camera or maybe even a larger format Hassey. I can't say this clearly enough. There is no one best camera for travel. The best camera is the one that's best for the kind of images you want and how you'd like those images delivered. To each his/her own. -- ________ To email me, Edit "xt" from my email address. Brian M. Kochera "Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once!" View My Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951 |
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On 12/11/2004 6:51 PM jsmith contemplated offing a mime and made writings:
We are in the age of digital cameras like it or not. But don't be sucked into those unwieldy complex cameras that have limited storage too quickly. The old reliable 35 mm film cameras are still the cameras of choice. They are simple to use and offer a wide choice of films. The main advantage these cameras offer in this era of computers and CDs is the fact that when the film is taken into Eckerds for developing you can have the images processed onto a CD without having prints made. Total cost is $4.00. If later on you wish to either print some of the better images using your computer or by returning the negatives to the photo finisher you will always have two convenient archives of the images, one CD and the other negatives. I fully expect all the jackasses will respond to this posting with their usual idiotic comments, but I know what I am talking about! So have a ball. If you prefer a 35 mm camera that is your choice. There really is no need to put down others who make choices different than yours. As a professional, when I travel my choice is digital. Here's why: 1) You don't have to worry about film getting fogged at airport security checks. 2) My field 35 mm camera consists of 1 SLR body, standard and special wide angel, telephoto and special effects lenses, strobe, plus film. Total weight. 14 lbs. My digital camera has all the optics plus special effects and weighs in under 10 oz. When you are doing lots of work in tropical locations with high humidity that 14 lb camera case can get real heavy real fast. 3) I don't have to find an Eckerds or any other film processing middleman. I can do it all with my desktop or my laptop, including burning disks playable in a DVD player featuring slide show, with sound. 4) In trading images over the internet, there is no loss in image quality as I don't have to scan my images in to my computer. Likewise I don't have to depend on some photo finisher's idea of visual acuity, color saturation and contrast. I have creative control of it all. 5) With a film based camera once you load the film you're stuck with the ISO rating of the film. True you can "push" the film. If you do you have to "push" the whole roll in terms of processing. With a digital camera, I can make some shots at ISO 100 outdoors, go indoors and shoot at ISO 400 and then shoot by moonlight at ISO 2400 all on the same media. I can also set the ISO setting on Auto and let the camera select the best speed. For static settings in a studio I'll go with a 35 mm SLR film camera or maybe even a larger format Hassey. I can't say this clearly enough. There is no one best camera for travel. The best camera is the one that's best for the kind of images you want and how you'd like those images delivered. To each his/her own. -- ________ To email me, Edit "xt" from my email address. Brian M. Kochera "Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once!" View My Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951 |
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The biggest reason for going Digital is that once you own the
equipment.............FREE................... If you have a SLR chemical film camera, every time you push that freaking button.........cha ching $$$$$$..........cha ching $$$$$$$ When I find an awesome scene, I take 15-20 pictures of it on my digital. No way would I keep loading film rolls into a chemical camera. That is like feeding money into a slot machine, it is for suckers. Keep, edit, delete, e-mail all FREE. Digital is small, compact, very very light and with a couple of 1 GB cards, you are ready for literally thousands and thousands of pictures. |
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The biggest reason for going Digital is that once you own the
equipment.............FREE................... If you have a SLR chemical film camera, every time you push that freaking button.........cha ching $$$$$$..........cha ching $$$$$$$ When I find an awesome scene, I take 15-20 pictures of it on my digital. No way would I keep loading film rolls into a chemical camera. That is like feeding money into a slot machine, it is for suckers. Keep, edit, delete, e-mail all FREE. Digital is small, compact, very very light and with a couple of 1 GB cards, you are ready for literally thousands and thousands of pictures. |
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I have both 35m cameras and a digital camera, but what I use on cruises is a
single-use under water camera. They are great for cruises. You can take them to the beach without hurting them, take under water pictures when snorkling, and get decent outdoor pictures on the ship. I took one of my expensive Nikons on a cruise one time and got some good photos, but it is really nice to document the cruise, but not worry about expensive cameras, . |
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