Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]well I agree entirely, Jez baby. at first I thought it was a bit rich asking someone to do his work for him, but then, hm, no, I thought, I know, I'll write a bunch of personally oriented platitudes instead of flaming him into a charred piece of meat it's a bit like asking someone else to do your homework JB On Monday, March 17, 2003, at 07:48 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > John > > As much as I respect most of your replies to tyros, I think that > a bunch of personally oriented platitudes is not what this gent > needs. It is more than can be expressed in a few short replies > on this List. > > There are many courses given locally, most free. on digital > photography by; Junior Colleges, camera stores, adult education > centers, und so weiter. > > One response, by an admitted expert, won't do it. > > Jerry > > > > > Johnny Dead man wrote: > >> that is a big task. www.dpreview.com is probably your best resource. >> >> interfaces are generally standard serial, USB, or firewire with the >> same advantages and disadvantages as any platform. USB2 and firewire >> are fast. >> >> most people use CF2 compact flash memory cards (solid state) or >> microdrives (tiny hard drives). I wouldn't buy a camera that didn't >> use >> this. The variation is in capacity (stated in Mb), speed and >> robustness >> to shock. Personally I think you need enough memory to hold 200-300 >> shots and some way of dumping them into temporary storage. So multiply >> your camera's image size by 300 and that tells you how much storage >> you >> need (eg 1Ds raw files are about 10Mb, so 300x10=3000Mb. That's 3x1Gb >> microdrives, which is what I have. This allows you to shoot a day >> without offloading images. I also have a digital wallet (mini >> standalone hard drive) that I can dump images onto without a laptop). >> >> steer clear of proprietary storage formats (eg sony memory stick). >> >> On Monday, March 17, 2003, at 05:53 PM, Oliver Bryk wrote: >> >>> Although a digital camera is definitely not in my foreseeable future >>> I >>> was >>> intrigued by the variety of camera memory devices , capacities, >>> interfaces >>> and what-nots that were mentioned by our various correspondents on >>> this >>> thread. Could someone summarize the relevant aspects of these devices >>> and >>> perhaps some idea how camera designers select from among them? >> >> -- >> John Brownlow >> >> http://www.pinkheadedbug.com >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html