Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Miles Buzzing" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.programming.3d_graphics Subject: Re: Digital Cameras Date: 2 Mar 1999 20:49:32 GMT Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 26 Message-ID: <01be64ee$2c71c480$0a3ddec2@sonia> References: <01be6348$6a4d5280$0a3ddec2@sonia> <7bc2pk$abn4@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <01be64e0$ffb29c60$0a3ddec2@sonia> <36DC4D79.49FB218A@scee.sony.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: guildfrd.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 > I was concerned > that the disk drive would take too long to save images. How long between shots? Mine is about 1.5-2 > seconds. It takes about three seconds in both standard and high quality. > The DSC is really good, but the limit was a bit annoying when I went on holiday recently - I ran out > of space after a week, didn't have a laptop to download them to, so I had to buy disposables! This is another advantage of diskettes. When I got it at Christmas I took it to friends and everyone wanted to take pictures. You can get about 40-50 standard images on a diskette (I've had as many as 60). I took two diskettes with me and when we filled them both my brother in law simply dug out some more. >They are good for textures, etc, but the lighting has to be good. The FD71 has an amazing 10x zoom which means you can grab textures close up without 'fish-eye' problems.