I have been an Olympus camera user since the mid-seventies and wouldn't part
with my OM's or little XA for anything. I recently added a D-300L to
explore the digital side just for grins. I'll try to summarize what I've
learned without rambling.
For image control - digital can't even come close.......
for image quality - digital can't even come close....yet.......
for quick and easy - its a toss-up with the XA
Digital only wins when display to the screen - just viewing or web pages -
is the "viewed image". For prints, and certainly transparancies, film
remains the best way to go at any price. Doubtless the digital cameras will
get better and cheaper. Olympus' second generation series has already
proven that. Its equally clear that is their direction for future products.
So, since all your OM stuff is on the path to obsolecence - care to sell it
to me at bargin prices <g>.
John P
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From: Jeff Spirer <jeffs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, January 13, 1998 11:38 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Digital Cameras
>At 08:13 PM 1/13/98 -0500, Jeff Kirsch wrote:
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>about this camera. Do I have the wrong list? What are some of the pros and
cons of digital cameras? The reason I want a camera is mainly for work. I
build swimming pools in the North Cehtral Florida area and want to have
before, during, and after pictures of my work. I am considering a digital
camera for several reasons. (1) I can take as many pictures as I want to
without having to worry about buying film, dropping it off for development,
picking it up again, ect. (2) Without film and development expenses, the
extra price for the digital camera would pay for its self. I already have a
computer capable of working with graphics and a color printer.
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>I haven't used digital cameras too much, but regarding your points:
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>1) You will have to buy a lot of those memory modules to store as many
photos as you want. Now if you are shooting a small amount of photos,
putting them in the computer, and then shooting some more the next day, it
isn't such a problem. Or if you are going to do heavy editing, i.e.,
throwing away photos, on site, it would be OK. Otherwise, it isn't
particularly cheap. This will be fixed since Sony has the right idea - their
system uses a floppy - and I think some of the other manufacturers will move
to the floppy. That makes it a lot cheaper.
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>2) If you have looked into the cost of photo quality paper, you will see
that cost savings isn't part of the equation. If screen presentation is
going to be a primary factor in your marketing of your work, a digital
camera certainly makes sense at this point.
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>I want to make it clear that I am not anti-digital, and I think digital
will replace the entire low end of the SLR market and some of the high end
in the p&s market quickly. And if I had the money, I would buy a drum
scanner and a high end digital printer because the quality is already at the
same quality as darkroom produced work. But it doesn't sound like you
couldn't do just as well with a good quality point and shoot zoom or an
Olympus IS-x.
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>Jeff Spirer
>Axiom/Material
>http://www.hyperreal.org/axiom/
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