I have an Olympus C-700 digital camera. I've had it for 3-4 years, so it isn't new. However, I've been very satisfied with it. Today I dropped it, while off...
Patricia A. Baber
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Jan 17, 2006 12:20 am
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... filter to shoot portraits? ... A lot depends on the mood you wish to set with the photo. Softfocus/diffusion can be used with shots of females and babies...
Pat: Its time to upgrade to a new camera. One on eBay for $50.00 may be some ones junk. 5 to 6 megs resolution are available at reasonable prices now. Shop and...
HDM SHORT
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Jan 19, 2006 1:58 am
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Smart media cards must be a thing of the past. cannot find a new in any store, lucky I have 5 or 6 for my Fuji camera. would suggest you contact camera home...
wilburd@...
Jan 20, 2006 10:58 pm
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Thanks for your answers to my question. I called Olympus repair department and they wanted $160 just to look at the camera. I can buy one on eBay for about...
Patricia A. Baber
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Jan 21, 2006 12:10 am
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... We bought a Nikon Coolpix 4600. This camera has an extensive and fairly easy to use menu system for accessing camera features. I dislike the focusing...
I have a Optio 5 mp and I get 200 photos per charge on a small battery. Batteries have improved a lot in the last 2 years. Harry Steve Knoblock...
HDM SHORT
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Jan 22, 2006 9:37 pm
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Hi, I'm mark. I promote a great web-site that has a ton of ideas for digital photos. But i found that they have a pretty cool system for us to preserve those...
While I admire the premise behind Photomax, its business practices leave something to be desired. The company is a Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) operation. In...
File Naming Conventions for Family Photos Sue Phillips asked a question this week. I do not know of a good answer, but I suspect that some of the newsletter...
Hi David, I would recommend using accession numbers based on the date that you acquired the individual group of images. For example I received and Album of...
I have appox. 800 to 1000 family photo's (haven't counted them). Things can get really confusing trying to keep them straight and finding just the photo that...
... for standard photos, they get a code: rollMONTHyear-frame for example 7oct05-23 or 4apr85-04 My genealogy photos actually have both -- the code refers to...
As a person trained in library science and archives, in my opinion, the file name should not be the means by which a photo is searched for and accessed. I...
I recentley noticed an old photo that showed 3 images of an individal that had been taken in front of of mirrors according the caption used back when by law...
HDM SHORT
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Jan 26, 2006 8:03 am
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Has anyone heard of 19th century photographers using hand placement as an indication of the relationship of the people in the photograph? For instance, I have...
... I forwarded this question to Fritz Kirsch, a period photographer active in reenactments for over twenty years. Although he privately answered the question,...
... Steve, This is also what I have observed and learned from my collecting experience. I think that it was more of an "artistic" expression. The symbol of the...
Hello I am Trisha, I live in England with my young family and am very much into my genealogy. I am very lucky to have numerous old photos which date back from...
I recently saw a presentation on CSPAN cable television by the author of The World on Sunday : Graphic Art in Joseph Pulitzer's Newspaper (1898 - 1911)...
Nicholson Baker is not thought very highly of in the preservation/conservation community. What his argument in favor of preserving original copies of...
A few years ago I was working on indexing the obits found in an ethnic newspaper. The very early issues of that paper have never been microfilmed and the only...
About Nicolson Baker and his book Double Fold: Many librarians hate him for the book he wrote, but he has a surprisingly good base of support among archivists....
with the age of digital photography, try again and see if they'll let you use a digital camera. Not familiar whith how newspapers are bound but perhaps that...
What is the current recommendation: I am looking to purchase a scanner, high quality, high-speed, high-res, with feeder (?). I've got a client with LARGE...
... It won't have a feeder that I know of, but my personal favorites are scanners made my Umax. (www.umax.com) We have an old one in the department lab, and...
Hi Tom, Look at the Epson 4990, I have one, and it is a very popular sub $1,000 scanner for photographic prints. It does not have a feeder, but I would be...
I have an Epson 4180 and it does a great job - especially slides. IT does
not have a auto feeder though. Linda ... From: Ken Allen Date: 03/24/06 19:14:14 To:...