Buck
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Sorry, Farmhouse, I meant to address the above message to you.
Buck
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Digital picture question
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Buck
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Jeff396,
Boy, I bet this is frustrating! The photo that I posted was intended to prove to the posters that the quality issue was not due to your camera. I printed your photo and got good quality -- then I scanned it-- and posted the scan so that you could see what I mean.
The issues you are having make me wonder if you have the right print driver. When you print does the print dialog explicitly indicate the model of your printer?
Buck
Boy, I bet this is frustrating! The photo that I posted was intended to prove to the posters that the quality issue was not due to your camera. I printed your photo and got good quality -- then I scanned it-- and posted the scan so that you could see what I mean.
The issues you are having make me wonder if you have the right print driver. When you print does the print dialog explicitly indicate the model of your printer?
Buck
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Buck, thanks for the quick response. I've looked at the Kodak line and all of the reports on various forums have been quite good. A question-What kind of removable memory storage does the Kodak use?At this price (around $150-$200)can I get some sort of zoom lense? Thanks in advance for your input.
Buck
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Farmhouse,
I have a 64 Megabyte flash card. Your question required me to take it out and look at it because I've never had to remove it due to the Easy Share system.
With respect to zoom it comes standard with a 2x optical zoom. There is an additional 3x digital zoom yielding pictures that appear zoomed by 6x. Digital zoom is really an artificial zoom. You can achieve a digital zoom by interpolating in Photoshop.
If you want to add a lens, see:
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.kodak.com/global/en/digital/accessories/DX3600.jhtml?MODEL=DX3600/>Kodak3600Accessories</A>
And look for the menu item on the right labeled: "lenses".
Should you have further questions, please send me a private message.
Good luck on your research,
Buck
I have a 64 Megabyte flash card. Your question required me to take it out and look at it because I've never had to remove it due to the Easy Share system.
With respect to zoom it comes standard with a 2x optical zoom. There is an additional 3x digital zoom yielding pictures that appear zoomed by 6x. Digital zoom is really an artificial zoom. You can achieve a digital zoom by interpolating in Photoshop.
If you want to add a lens, see:
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.kodak.com/global/en/digital/accessories/DX3600.jhtml?MODEL=DX3600/>Kodak3600Accessories</A>
And look for the menu item on the right labeled: "lenses".
Should you have further questions, please send me a private message.
Good luck on your research,
Buck
Success!!!!!/w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif Buck informed me in an email of an internet site discussing problems with drivers for the HP855C. I downloaded what appeared to the the latest and greatest driver and viola........decent quality pictures! Unfortunately, either by coincidence or resulting from the download, our copy of Word got corrupted. My wife managed to correct that so we're now good to go. Now I just want to try it on some photographic quality paper. Thanks all for the help!/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Jeff
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JATO_RaT
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Jeff, as I mentioned, BH Photo Video has not only a great selection of equipment, but also tons of information. Here is a link to a "online lesson session" you can do for free.
http://bhphotovideo.webphotoschool.com/
There is so much information about digital photo procedures that in some ways, digital is far more complex then with film, but then, at least we can experiment a lot cheaper. Go check it out, its very informative. Rat...
http://bhphotovideo.webphotoschool.com/
There is so much information about digital photo procedures that in some ways, digital is far more complex then with film, but then, at least we can experiment a lot cheaper. Go check it out, its very informative. Rat...
Wingnut
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I had zilch problems converting to digital after years of being a semi-pro Nikon kinda guy .... but I've had about 10 blurry pictures on my digital cam ... when I handed the camera to a friend (1 pic) in Belgium (of course, a hard to replace pic of the wife and I) and to my stepson (9 irreplaceable pics of his kids on my tractor and horses - irreplaceble meaning they'll be older next time they visit).
Took me some headscratching to figure our what the secret/problem is .... and I finally finured it out. People who are used to film cameras are used to the picture being taken the instant they press the shutter release. Digicams do not work the same way and one needs to wait for the electronic "click".
Now ... when I hand the camera to someone ... I will know what to tell them. Hoepfully no more blurry pics ...
pete
Took me some headscratching to figure our what the secret/problem is .... and I finally finured it out. People who are used to film cameras are used to the picture being taken the instant they press the shutter release. Digicams do not work the same way and one needs to wait for the electronic "click".
Now ... when I hand the camera to someone ... I will know what to tell them. Hoepfully no more blurry pics ...
pete
bmac
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Farmhouse, I doubt you will get more than 2X optical zoom in this price range. Regarding storage media, I think it depends upon where and how you anticipate using your camera. If taking it on a family vacation, you will need plenty of storage space as you won't be able to transfer any images until you get home. So, several flash cards, memory sticks, etc. would be nice. Or, what I have done is get cameras that can use the IBM Micro Drive. These little hard drives can store oodles of photos. In my wifes home camera, I have a 360MB Micro Drive (which I am not sure they make anymore) and it will store about about 180 fairly high resolution pics (it is in a 3 megapixel Canon G1). At work, I have a 1GB Micro Drive and I can store tons of pics on it before transferring to the computer.
Let me add one comment about where you buy your camera. If you shop on the internet, you will run across lots of places that that advertise very cheap prices on cameras. Many of these places have a reputation of not delivering the product or pressuring you to buy lots of over-priced accessories. Sometimes they sell grey-market goods. As previously mentioned, B&H Photo is a professionally-run company that enjoys a very good reputation. They are not the cheapest place to buy, but in my experience, their merchandise is priced fairly. In the electronics mail order world, one must be especially careful with whom they do business.
Its been awhile since I have shopped for cameras, so I am not up to speed on current models. Therefore, I can't comment of a good value camera in your price range. Good luck.
Let me add one comment about where you buy your camera. If you shop on the internet, you will run across lots of places that that advertise very cheap prices on cameras. Many of these places have a reputation of not delivering the product or pressuring you to buy lots of over-priced accessories. Sometimes they sell grey-market goods. As previously mentioned, B&H Photo is a professionally-run company that enjoys a very good reputation. They are not the cheapest place to buy, but in my experience, their merchandise is priced fairly. In the electronics mail order world, one must be especially careful with whom they do business.
Its been awhile since I have shopped for cameras, so I am not up to speed on current models. Therefore, I can't comment of a good value camera in your price range. Good luck.
