Re: Digital Camera

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Original poster: "Matt Segal by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <segal3-at-linkline-dot-com>

I have the Olympus C-2500L digital camera (which I think they have a new,
much better version of now). I got it about 2yrs ago, 2.5megapixel and TRUE
SLR camera. Accepts both Smart Media and Compact Flash. A whole bunch of
flash modes, (on manual) exposure times from 1/10,000sec to 8sec. It was a
bit expensive (~$1100) when I bought it, but it is a GREAT camera that has
been amazingly useful for just about everything. Haven't tried it with a
tesla coil yet, but seeing as though people haven't had problems with the
other Olympus models, I'm sure it wouldn't have too many problems caused by
the interference.

~Matt Segal
Email - segal3-at-linkline-dot-com
Webpage - http://www.carbonOS-dot-com

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Subject: RE: Digital Camera


> Original poster: "Ross Overstreet by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ross-o-at-mindspring-dot-com>
>
> Hi Shad,
>
> At least 5 or 6 of us on the list have Olympus C-2000 or C-3000 series
> cameras.  The C-2000 series is 2 megapixel while the C-3000 series is 3
> megapixel.  The C-3030 is identical to the C-3000 except it can process
> images slightly faster (more pics per second) and costs more.  I don't
> think the extra expense is justified.  The Olympus digicams are really
> great since they have a manual mode that allows you to operate the camera
> just as if it was an old-fashioned SLR.  The Oly C-3000 has 4 modes -
> Program mode makes all decisions for you and usually does a great job,
> aperture priority lets you specify aperture settings and it calculates
> shutter and the other variables, shutter priority does the same except you
> manually pick shutter, and manual where you do everything.   I always do
> manual mode, manual focus, 2 sec exposure, F2.8, and ISO equivalent of 100
> when doing TC pics.  You'll find that no CCD on the market will catch as
> much of the pale blue glow in the air as film but it still does a good
job.
> The weakness mostly shows when you are taking pics of small coils with air
> streamers.   Digital does great when you have hot streamers that connect
> with ground.
>
> Most all the pics on my webpage are taken with my Oly C-3000z.  Check out
> the TCBFW links at http://users.better-dot-org/roverstreet
>
> Q:  Can it do time exposure?
> A:  Yes - from fractions of a second to 16 seconds.  I've found that 1-2
> seconds usually works best.  Hot pixels become a problem after that.
>
> Q:  Can you make 8x10's from 2048x1536 pics (3 megapixel)?
> A:  Absolutely - I send the pics to http://www.shutterfly-dot-com and they put
> them on real photo paper using a silver halide photographic process.   I
> have several 8x10's made from 2048x1536 images and a few accomplished
> photographers have looked at the pics and admitted that they can't find
any
> evidence of digital photography.  8x10's are $3, 5x7's are $1, and 4x6's
> are only $0.50 each.  The quality is incredible and you usually get the
> pics in the mail about 2-3 days after you submit them!
>
> Q:  Can it do a double exposure?
> A:  No, but you don't need to....  If you have Photoshop you can take
> seperate pics and manipulate them however you please.
> You can even put text or effects on the image and then send it off to
> shutterfly for processing.
>
> There really isn't a "bad" camera out there in the 2-3 megapixel, $500+
> range.  The competition keeps quality high. Just make sure you get one
with
> "manual" settings and at least a 1 sec time exposure capability.  Film
based
> SLRs still have
> their place but they are going to become more of a niche thing because
> digital has sooo many advantages over film and quality keeps going up and
> prices keep coming down.  Make sure you have USB download since USB is
> about 1MB/s where serial is about 1MB/min.  Get a 32 meg memory card or
> larger (memory is dirt cheap now at about $.50/mb).
>
> SOFTWARE
> You'll most likely only use the SW that comes with the cam to dump the
pics
> to the PC.  The best tool to use for complicated stuff is Adobe Photoshop.
> It's really expensive but there is nothing that it can't do.  It's what
all
> the pro's use.  The best program for viewing, organizing, renaming, and
> simple editing is an awesome FREEware program called Irfanview.  I
> absolutely love this program.  It even has a cool feature that does batch
> resizing (easier that Photoshop) which is great when you take a bunch of
> 3mp images and want to convert them down to 800x600 for dumping to a web
> page.  See http://www.irfanview-dot-com
>
> Cheers,
> Ross-O
> Austin, TX
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