Agreed, its still another $1500 for a decent notebook, can't see myself walking with my desktop :) How fast is firewire v/s USB2
Feroze ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan K. Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:18 PM Subject: Re: Digital Lenses > Some DSLRs allow "tethered" shooting, where you save the images directly > to your computer over firewire, etc. > > -Ryan > > Feroze Kistan wrote: > > Hi Tom, > > > > I'm trying to gather as much as I can. I prefer real world proof to lab > > tests any day. But before investing a sizeable chuck of money into a new > > format I really need to justify if "comparing favourably" is worth not only > > the investment in a DSLR but also all the sundries like CF cards, a decent > > printer, lots of batteries, probally a notebook etc, etc. Seems theres a lot > > of hidden costs in switching formats that is not discussed. Take for eg the > > tender I'm trying to get now. I have to shoot about 2000 varsity students on > > graduation night. How many cards would I need to keep the flow of work up > > without undue interruption while my assistant copies it to harddrive. I can > > shoot the entire event with the equipment I have now just by having enough > > film and batteries on me. Wheres the favourable comparison in that real > > world scenario? > > > > Feroze > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 12:38 AM > > Subject: RE: Digital Lenses > > > > > > > >>You really shuld gather a little more information before you make your > >>judgement. My experience has shown that a 6 meg sensor compares > >>favorably to 35mm film. > >> > >>As always, the proof is in the prints. > >> > >>tv > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: Feroze Kistan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 4:59 PM > >>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>Subject: Re: Digital Lenses > >>> > >>> > >>>So at the moment I can have only have one, guess I rather > >>>prefer the grain > >>>too, pity the *istD looked good, a bit too small for me > >>>though. I hope the > >>>next one up is more like the MZS. Thanks > >>> > >>>Feroze > >>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 11:41 PM > >>>Subject: Re: Digital Lenses > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>At 11:26 PM 3/1/2017 +0200, Feroze wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>>>From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>>Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 10:40 PM > >>>>>Subject: Re: Digital Lenses > >>>>> > >>>>>Hi Peter > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>><snip> > >>>> > >>>>>>however the answer is no. > >>>>> > >>>>>I don't, I think there is more to the quality of an > >>> > >>>image than mere > >>> > >>>>>resolution, I think tonality and true to life colour is much more > >>> > >>>important. > >>> > >>>>>I think that at the moment even though digital images > >>> > >>>seem to be brighter > >>> > >>>>>overall it still seems to lack a certain something....Is > >>> > >>>it only my taste > >>>or > >>> > >>>>>do others feel this way? > >>>>> > >>>>Many observers look at digital images and seem to prefer > >>> > >>>them because they > >>> > >>>>are smoother, giving a creamy look to out of focus images > >>> > >>>and large > >>>expanses > >>> > >>>>of uniform color without detail. Well like sky for > >>> > >>>instance. They are > >>> > >>>>also very > >>>>kind to skin tones in that they tend to remove blemishes. > >>> > >>> The built in > >>> > >>>>algorithms > >>>>used to remove artifacts in the captured image tend to > >>> > >>>also smooth out > >>> > >>>>small details. > >>>> > >>>>Film in contrast looks well grainy. I like grain but > >>> > >>>that's just me. I'd > >>> > >>>>prefer the > >>>>detail, I can always remove the grain if it's a problem > >>> > >>>but I can't put > >>>the > >>> > >>>>detail back > >>>>if I've never seen it. > >>>> > >>>>Color is another issue. Under most circumstances digital > >>> > >>>gives good color > >>> > >>>>often better > >>>>than you get with color negative film from a mini-lab. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. > >>>> Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. --Groucho Marx > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > >
