So CH, are you going to be up for a meeting, or will your time be taken
up with your family holiday?
Chris
On 7 Aug 2004, at 16:37, C.H.Ling wrote:
>
> For events that need quick shooting I think you may not need ultimate
> quality, SHQ JPEG could be fine.
>
> BTW, I'm heading to a 2 weeks Europe trip starting from Aug 16. I only
> have
> a 1GB Lexar and a 256MB Ultra II, I believe 90-110 shots (on E-1) a
> day is
> good enough for me. I handle the storage problem by purchased a
> Samsung Q20
> notebook which has a 40GB HD (weight around 1.3Kg). With more than
> 30GB net
> space it is more than enough for the whole trip (you can zip the RAW
> too,
> which is around 7MB each). I will not invest too much on cards as they
> are
> still very expensive at this moment. Half a dozen of 2GB card is more
> expensive than a decent notebook.
>
> OM contents: I will also bring my trusty OM4 and some Zuikos for the
> trip,
> the preliminary list will be:
>
> OM4 loaded with Velvia 100F
> 16/3.5
> 21/2
> 40/2
> 35-105/3.5-4.5 1st version
> 135/2.8
>
> XA loaded with Fuji Superia 200.
>
> My young son will take the C5050, still thinking of what for the elder
> son,
> even he is not so interest on photography I may still let him to try a
> 2n.
> I don't want my sons like the digital newbies, who don't even know what
> aperture is.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "W Shumaker" <om4t@xxxxxxxx>
>
>>
>> But if you think film cost is a problem, I just purchased a 2gb
>> Sandisk
>> ultra II - $350. If you start to shoot events, you're going to need
>> several of them. Unless you find something you can really trust to
>> quickly back them up on. But then I shoot raw most of the time -
>> 10.4mb
>> per image gives ~ 190 shots on 2gB. And for some reason the trigger
>> finger seems to click off the shots more... I would probably need half
>> a dozen cards....
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>> ps. thanks for the feedback on manual focus.
>
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