Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 02:24:06 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> Cc: lsp3@gte.net, wyrdwulf@catskill.net, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: digital camera Message-ID: <15108.52758.732889.211897@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20010517222006W.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> References: <200105180150.f4I1ovS17332@mail-1.catskill.net> <003601c0df57$813bc2a0$44a4a518@we.mediaone.net> <20010517222006W.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
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Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> types: > Though nowhere near as easy to use as Digital cameras. You still need > to send the film off to be developed and then you'd better have a good > scanner if you want the resulting images to look any good. I wouldn't > even bother with that approach - whenever we get my girlfriend's > pictures back (she's hopelessly wedded to the analog), we just get it > on PhotoCD as well. That's the ticket. For ease of use, a digital camera is unbeatable - assuming it's supported. Take the camera home, transfer the pictures, and you're done. For quality, using a film camera and getting it scanned to Photo CD from the negative gets you excellent resolution, and skips the step of going to paper first, and all the extra noise that can entail. <mike > - Jordan > > From: "Leland" <lsp3@gte.net> > Subject: Re: digital camera > Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 22:00:47 -0700 > > > > > A cheap film camera and a scanner is still a better deal. > > > > > I'm thinking of finally getting a digital camera. > > > > > > Is there one that seems to do "better" with freebsd? > > > > > > What about the software to move the pic(s) to the pc? > > > Most of the cams seem to include "Windows connectivity" kits. > > > Since I de-installed Windows a while ago, are there freebsd apps that work > > with > > > digicams to transfer pics to pc? > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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