Digital camera help for Christmas!
Dec 23rd, 2003, 10:41 AM
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beachgirl,
The extra money won't matter because you will be much more pleased with the A80.
Connie,
The business about the Olympus not being compatible with computers and printers is baloney. I have used them with a variety of computers and printers and actually think they work much better than Canon products.
JoeG
The extra money won't matter because you will be much more pleased with the A80.
Connie,
The business about the Olympus not being compatible with computers and printers is baloney. I have used them with a variety of computers and printers and actually think they work much better than Canon products.
JoeG
Dec 23rd, 2003, 12:20 PM
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Loki, I think Costco is a great place to get your digital prints made, but I learned a couple of years ago after having Costco scratch negatives on two different occasions that it's not worth saving a few bucks at Costco on film developing if you care about the quality of your pictures at all. (You can tell a negative is scratched from the long line running through the prints on that strip.)
The worst of all was that the Costco lab tech tried to blame me! ("Must have been a little rock in the back of your camera.") The rule in photography is that if the lab messes up your prints/negatives, not only are redo's free (no questions asked) but you should also get a free roll of film. And don't believe them if they try to tell you some BS like "must have been a small rock in your camera"(!). Funny how I never had any small rocks in my camera after switching to a semi-pro lab for my 35mm work. This is one way to distinguish between an amateur lab (Costco) and a semi-pro or pro lab.
But for digital prints, there's little for Costco to screw up - all they do is print and you have the "digital negative" anyway, so if they screw it up, you can just not pay for it and go elsewhere if you wish.
Andrew
The worst of all was that the Costco lab tech tried to blame me! ("Must have been a little rock in the back of your camera.") The rule in photography is that if the lab messes up your prints/negatives, not only are redo's free (no questions asked) but you should also get a free roll of film. And don't believe them if they try to tell you some BS like "must have been a small rock in your camera"(!). Funny how I never had any small rocks in my camera after switching to a semi-pro lab for my 35mm work. This is one way to distinguish between an amateur lab (Costco) and a semi-pro or pro lab.
But for digital prints, there's little for Costco to screw up - all they do is print and you have the "digital negative" anyway, so if they screw it up, you can just not pay for it and go elsewhere if you wish.
Andrew
Dec 23rd, 2003, 01:39 PM
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We have a 5 megapixel Olympus purchased from Circuit City (I don't remember the cost, but I think it was around $300.) The biggest benefit of the higher megapixel from my perspective is that I can crop out the part of the picture I don't like, blow up what is left to a full sized picture, and still have great quality. When I purchased the camera, I wanted a strong zoom capability, but I now realize it is wasted since you can do your own "zooming" on the computer. The down side of the higher megapixel cameras is that they take more memory.
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