On Wed, 05 Jun 2002 13:24:21 +0100, you wrote:
> She can spend up to GBP600 on a camera, and is looking around for
> the best option.
Well, for less than GBP600, she should be able to afford an OM-1n, a
lens, and a decent film scanner. That'd be one way to go.
See, it's not that I'm against digital cameras. For some types of
photography they're definitely the way to go. And I can see that
they're beginning to do to film cameras, what CD's did to LP's.
But a digital camera isn't likely to beat out an OM-1 with a good
Zuiko lens and some 100 speed film, for sheer image quality. Not just
yet.
Of course, for putting work up on a website, it's not like every
subtle nuance of image quality will matter. But still...
So your friend could get a 3 megapixel camera that'll be considered
inadequate and obsolete in 2 years' time. Or an OM-1n + 2800 dpi film
scanner. And the scanner's output will probably be roughly as good
quality as the output from a digital camera directly. And this option
gives your friend access to both film and digital, instead of just
digital.
Admittedly, you lose a little convenience doing it this way. You have
to actually get the film developed, then scan the negatives (or
slides). As opposed to just uploading the output of a digital camera
to your computer. But it doesn't sound like your friend is going to be
in a lot of time critical situations, given her intended use of the
camera for putting pics of her art on a website.
At least it's something worth considering.
--
Michael
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