Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!peter_alau@playstation.sony.com From: "Steve Tolin" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.programming.3d_graphics Subject: Re: Digital Cameras Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 23:12:59 -0500 Organization: BitSlap Software Lines: 38 Message-ID: <7bicnl$d5f2@scea> References: <01be6348$6a4d5280$0a3ddec2@sonia> <7bc2pk$abn4@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <01be64e0$ffb29c60$0a3ddec2@sonia> <36DC4D79.49FB218A@scee.sony.co.uk> <01be64ee$2c71c480$0a3ddec2@sonia> Reply-To: "Steve Tolin" NNTP-Posting-Host: sud-tcs1-port70.vianet.on.ca X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.0810.800 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.0810.800 I purchased the Kodak DC50 a few months back for family use.... It uses the Flash RAM cards but also has internal memory.. It stores images directly is JPEG format.. It has three setttings for quality poor, good and best... The image sizes are 756X504 which are very large (I think).. The quality simply increases the amount of JPEGing. ----- Miles Buzzing wrote in message news:01be64ee$2c71c480$0a3ddec2@sonia... > > >> 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. > >