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Sharksbaja
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How many Nomads use film?
Instead of a digital camera. I am spoiled with the ease of use and storage capacity of digital. Although I used a film camera for 20 yrs. I overdosed
on photos and they just were taking up room. I was given a sweet(3.3 mpx) and have had a lot of fun with it. I can see the results immediately with my
new one but alas, I don't think they look near as good as the ones I used to take with my old Nikon. What say you?
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gringette
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sharksbaja
Instead of a digital camera. I am spoiled with the ease of use and storage capacity of digital. Although I used a film camera for 20 yrs. I overdosed
on photos and they just were taking up room. I was given a sweet(3.3 mpx) and have had a lot of fun with it. I can see the results immediately with my
new one but alas, I don't think they look near as good as the ones I used to take with my old Nikon. What say you? |
well, sharky - i use film, slide film being my fave.
i liken it to vinyl vs. cd - you get more warmth and depth with film than digital, and if you know a bit of photoshop, you can make a dud a winner -
with film. cus it's all there, where as with digital, you get pixels - plain and straight. digital is amazing for many reasons, but - film is the
heart of a picture, in my estimation.
setting sun deals bands of gold; there\'s velvet in eyes in mexico.
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RandyMacSC/SO
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SharksBaja.
Suggestion 4 U to consider to help you with your Digital photos.
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/main.html
The software is called Photoshop Elements from Adobe (for Windows and Macintosh) and you can download a trial version to try it out for 30 days. I
recommend it to many people as it can help people with their digital Photos.
From the Adobe web site: Perfect, transform, organize, and share your photos like a pro.
Adobe? Photoshop? Elements, the #1 selling consumer photo-editing software*, now provides powerful photo editing functionality plus intuitive
organizing and sharing capabilities.
Watch this movie to find out more if you are interested.
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/quote1.html
Download the Tryout version here at this URL.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=4...
And then there is the Fliker photo web site with a difference, where you can share your photos or one of many photo sharing sites available. This
small innovative Vancouver Canada based company was just acquired by Yahoo if I recall right.
Take care, and I look forward to seeing your photo treasures.
Randy
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Ole' Irish saying (Gaelic): 'Go neirigh an bothar leat, go mbeidh an gaoth choiche sa droim agat, is go mbeidh tu thuas ar neamh leath-uair roimh is
eol don diabhal go bhuil tu marbh'.... OR 'May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind always be at your back, and May you be in Heaven a half hour
before the Devil knows you're dead'
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RandyMacSC/SO
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Maybe there will be an Adobe Photoshop Elements free training seminar or Summit in your area soon?
The marketing stuff from Adobe's site.
Photoshop Elements 3 Summits
At one of our free Photoshop Elements Summits, you?ll not only get an overview of the great things Elements 3 has to offer, you?ll learn how to take
control of your digital photos and begin editing and enhancing them like a pro. Each 3-hour summit is packed with useful information that you can put
into practice immediately.
Join us for this entertaining, educational event, coming soon to a city near you.
Photoshop Elements enthusiasts have turned out in impressive numbers for our first three ?Conquer the Elements? Summits in Dallas/Ft. Worth, Los
Angeles and San Francisco. More than 800 people have attended the free threehour training sessions that cover the new features of Photoshop Elements
3.0 and demonstrate a number of photo editing and enhancing techniques.
?It?s great to get out and meet our subscribers and other Elements users in person,? said Managing Editor Jan Walker. ?There are so many ways people
can use Photoshop Elements, and the summits allow people to expand their knowledge and skills.?
Summit trainer Larry Becker employs a user-friendly, down-to-earth teaching style to make the material accessible to everyone.
?What a fantastic event. I loved the summit!? said Cathy Breslow of Castro Valley, CA, who attended the San Francisco summit. ?I learned so much in
just three short hours. Larry Becker is a superb trainer with
a great sense of humor. I could not wait to go home and apply what I learned!?
There is no registration, all you have to do is show up!
Summits run from 2pm to 5pm. For more information, please call 800-738-8513
Current Summit Dates:
New York, NY
Saturday, July 16th 2:00-5:00 pm Jacob Javits Convention Center
IE - 7,8,9
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Ole' Irish saying (Gaelic): 'Go neirigh an bothar leat, go mbeidh an gaoth choiche sa droim agat, is go mbeidh tu thuas ar neamh leath-uair roimh is
eol don diabhal go bhuil tu marbh'.... OR 'May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind always be at your back, and May you be in Heaven a half hour
before the Devil knows you're dead'
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RandyMacSC/SO
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I used to do many training sessions a few years ago down in the USA and I also helped a few elderly and newbies to get up to speed with their digital
cameras. The two software companies I founded created designer tools and our speciality was animation and Interactive authoring or interactive video
tools and compression software.
I licensed our digital paint editing technology and animation technology to many independent third party companies back in the arly 1990's when
multimedia was just showing up on the radar screen. Did a few deals with Adobe and they are a good company and they just acquired Macromedia.
Good productive digital tools for all types of users, from Pro to newbies.
Randy
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Ole' Irish saying (Gaelic): 'Go neirigh an bothar leat, go mbeidh an gaoth choiche sa droim agat, is go mbeidh tu thuas ar neamh leath-uair roimh is
eol don diabhal go bhuil tu marbh'.... OR 'May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind always be at your back, and May you be in Heaven a half hour
before the Devil knows you're dead'
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RandyMacSC/SO
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Film vs. Digital? It's a matter of individual choice I guess.
The 5.5 megapixel camera I have is not quick enough to take a rapid succession of still image photos. The technology is getting better but it won't
replace traditional film cameras. There will always be those people that want to use a 35 MM camera.
Digital is good and the way of the future, but traditional still image cameras are not going to go away. I found a box of old cameras downstairs the
other day. My older brother is Hector the Collector and one of our realtives left all these Browning cameras and old film cameras to us in a will.
Amazing photos from a simple film camera.
Randy
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Ole' Irish saying (Gaelic): 'Go neirigh an bothar leat, go mbeidh an gaoth choiche sa droim agat, is go mbeidh tu thuas ar neamh leath-uair roimh is
eol don diabhal go bhuil tu marbh'.... OR 'May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind always be at your back, and May you be in Heaven a half hour
before the Devil knows you're dead'
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Bruce R Leech
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I still use Both . each one has its advantages. I like the 35 mm and also 2 1/4 x2 1.4 formats for film. the only thing I retired when I got my
digital is my Polaroid.
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Jack Swords
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Film/Digital cameras
Good question many of us have been asking ourselves. I have carried a SLR with film on many trips only to return with no film used. That's because I
used the digital for photographing. But, I like to use filters and lenses and it is not quite there yet. My 500mm lens just can't be used with the
digital. However, I have an underwater case for one of my digitals and that has been great due to the small size and 2 inch viewfinder. So still
awaiting the answer to the first question.
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burro bob
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I pretty much use only my digital camera now. I used to take a film camera along on all my trips but would only take a few photos because it was
always too big a hassel with lenses and filters.
I bought one of the first consumer digital cameras on the market, an Apple Quick Take 100. This looked like some kind of wierd device out of Star Wars
and had about the same capability as an instamatic camera. I moved up several years later to my Olympus C-2500L. Only 2.5 megapixels but with most of
the features of a real 35mm camera. Even with only 2.5 megapixels I need a loupe to tell the difference in an 8 x 10 from my inkjet and a real photo.
I just take a whole lot more pictures now with the digital camera. I think the fact that I don't have the time and expense of sending off film for
development is the main reason. Also once i have the digital image I can do more with it, ie make an 8 x 10 print or a note card or an internet ready
image all with just a few keystrokes on my computer.
I can't see any color differences between film and digital on any systems that have been set up and calibrated properly. Most of the people I know
that take digital fotos don't know anything about calibrating monitors or printers. I also met a couple that thought they knew everything and their
pictures were always way off. Their eyes couldn't see the difference when they were visually calibrating their equipment.
My question is how many people with digital cameras take their fotos in low res JPEG, high res JPEG, or raw(if your camera has that ability)? I
continually find people that don't understand that JPEG is a "lossey" compression codec. That means that some image information is thrown away when
the picture is saved as a JPEG.
I use Micrografx Picture Publisher for my image editing. It is real cheap, powerful, has a short learning curve, and does everything I need it to do.
I've tried Photoshop several times and just don't like it compared to Picture Publisher.
burro bob
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Bajame
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Ive tried not to use it to save some money but it didn't take any pictures. 
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Natalie Ann
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We take our digital pictures using RAW, calibrate our monitor and printer, photoshop editing. The cameras use 35mm lenses and are 8 and 14 mgp. When
we want to have prints/enlargements made by an outside agency, we ask for the profile for the printer they will be using and then in photoshop reset
the printer specs to that printer.
When we first switched from film to digital - a Kodak 3.6 mgp - I noticed the difference in color depth. Now that we've got the bigger better cameras
and lenses, the photos are pretty much the same as film.
Hint: If you shoot digital and want that Fuji film color-saturated look, purchase online the Fred Miranda actions and load them into your photoshop.
Very very helpful in general and also has converters for various film effects such as velvia, which gives those same highly saturated blues and
greens.
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Bruce R Leech
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my photo editor will only reduce my pictures down to 55 or 60 kbs so I cant share any on the Nomad forum this makes me very sad but I guess unless I
spend hundreds of dollars on Photoshope I need to just tough it out.
Bruce R Leech
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Natalie Ann
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bruce R Leech
my photo editor will only reduce my pictures down to 55 or 60 kbs so I cant share any on the Nomad forum this makes me very sad but I guess unless I
spend hundreds of dollars on Photoshope I need to just tough it out. |
Bruce - If you email some to me, I'll reduce them for ya and email them back. u2u me for email address. 
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.
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bajalou
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Digital only since I gone one a few years ago.
I don't have storage for prints or even slides. With digital I can have all the pictures I want to take in my computer to view or Email - I just use
the Jpeg as I have no intention of blowing up and printing any. The subjects of my pictures are important thing to me, not the perfection of the
shades of color etc.
Keep posting great pictures all of you!!!
A free program that is VERY simple to use to resize photos is available free from: www.jdmcox.com Lets you look at the size (in kbs) and keep changing till you get the size you want. (Has to be simple for me to use)
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Sharksbaja
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Just about color depth...
Geez Randy I am not that inept with a digital. Me should show off sum betta pics. I do have Photoshop but I am so used to my old programs. Also, I do
not enhance my photo as many do. Maybe I should. Here is one altered
My microscope has a Carl Zeiss lens also.
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academicanarchist
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Both
I use both when I visit exotic and not so exotic places. I have a Pentax and a Mamiya Sekor I bought 30 years ago, when I was a tad younger. The end
game for me, though, is to convert prints into digital photos, to edit using Photoshop and several other programs I use. I also edit my digital photos
to sharpen images, color, and improve contrast.On my trip to South American last fall, I took around 430 digital shots and around 300 print shots.
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digital shot
This is a digital shot I took Sunday, after editing. It is not a Baja location, but it illustrates what careful editing with the proper software can
do. This is actually about 12 miles from DC, and is the spot where bad members of Congress are brought for purging.
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Sharksbaja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by academicanarchist
This is a digital shot I took Sunday, after editing. It is not a Baja location, but it illustrates what careful editing with the proper software can
do. This is actually about 12 miles from DC, and is the spot where bad members of Congress are brought for purging. |
Hang on whilst I go get my magnafying glass Can u show a bigger photo?
Can't, for some reason paste AAs JPG(link) here??? Oh well
[Edited on 6-21-2005 by Sharksbaja]
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academicanarchist
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Better?
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gringette
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sharksbaja
Instead of a digital camera. I am spoiled with the ease of use and storage capacity of digital. Although I used a film camera for 20 yrs. I overdosed
on photos and they just were taking up room. I was given a sweet(3.3 mpx) and have had a lot of fun with it. I can see the results immediately with my
new one but alas, I don't think they look near as good as the ones I used to take with my old Nikon. What say you? |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sharksbaja
Mucho gusto amiga! I figured you used film. Muy bueno!. Bienvenidos,Sharks |
so, digital being the format of choice here - how did you figure and know I was using film - albeit slide film?
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