I'm considering a film/slide scanner, as I don't want to make
the investment in a digital camera at this point (I'd rather buy some
more Zuikos!). Has anyone had experience with them -
how does the Oly ES-10 rate?
----- Original Message -----
From: Sebastien Roy <sebastien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 1999 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Digital camera
>Hi!
>
>My humble opinions about digital cameras around $1000...
>
>I got a DC-260 from Kodak (around $900), with a resolution of more
>than 1500x1000. I do not like it.
>Some features:
>- It is slow
>- It eats batteries.
>- no real manual mode, bad long time exposure mode
>- flaky software (on of them does not "boot" anymore).
>- It can take very reasonable outdoor shots of well lighted scenes,
> just like a point&shoot.
>
>Before you buy one, to avoid disapointment, make sure that:
>- you check how long it takes, say, to take 10 hi-res pictures in a row.
>- the thing does not kill batteries (anyway, I think you should not
> use alcaline cells but rather high current cells like Nicad or lithium).
>- you do not expect more than point&shoot behavior
>- you can download your pictures with something else than serial line
> (which are too slow). The Kodak comes with flash-memory cards that
> you can sink into a pcmcia slot of a laptop. Instant transfer!!! Very
nice!
>
>To compare images from all the cameras, a great web site is:
>
> http://www.imaging-resource.com/IMCOMP/COMPS01.HTM
>
>> PS : I wish I could buy OM stuff with this money :(
>
>Maybe you should...
>If you are not in a hurry, a good slide scanner should
>be considered instead...
>
>Sebastien
>
>
>--
>-- Sebastien Roy
>-- NEC Research Institute, Vision Stereo
>-- (609) 951-2723 // sebastien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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