RE: [RCSE] Digital photography (this is a bit long; don't read it if you're already bored :-))

2005-02-25 Thread Anker Berg-Sonne
Thanks Scott, I understand the argument you put forward, BUT: If I take a film camera with a 105mm lens and a DSLR with a 70mm lens and take the same picture with the two and produce full-frame, identically sized prints, then the two prints will be almost identical! To me this means that picture

RE: [RCSE] Digital photography (this is a bit long; don't read it if you're already bored :-))

2005-02-25 Thread Scott and Jennifer Martin
Anker, et al: Another RCSE member already addressed this correctly, but I thought I'd add a bit more to help clear up the misconception that the Nikon D70 (and other digital single-lens-reflex cameras) increases the focal length of the lens that you attach. I haven't reviewed the entire thread; i

RE: [RCSE] Digital photography

2005-02-25 Thread Howard Mark
o: soaring@airage.com Subject: Re: [RCSE] Digital photography At 01:53 AM 2/24/2005, Anker Berg-Sonne wrote: >There was some discussion quite a while back about what cameras to use for >digital photography of planes. > >I recently purchased a Nikon D70 and have two lenses. ME too! Grea

Re: [RCSE] Digital photography

2005-02-25 Thread Mark Miller
It was my question awhile back that generated the discussion of which digital camera to get. I appreciate all the responces I got, both on and off the list. Here is what I decided. I got a Nikon 8700. My quandry was which to get for personal/hobby use as well as something I could get prints I could

RE: [RCSE] Digital photography sailplane reference

2005-02-25 Thread John Derstine
x27;James V Bacus'; soaring@airage.com > Subject: Re: [RCSE] Digital photography > > Something that escapes most people is that the sensors in 8 MP non-SLR > digitals are physically smaller than the sensors in 8 MP SLR's, so > although > the resolution of the two sensors wi

Re: [RCSE] Digital photography

2005-02-24 Thread Erich Merkel
AIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 2:21 PM Subject: RE: [RCSE] Digital photography |I got a Nikon Cool pix 8700 for under $600.00. 8 megapixels. I like the | small compact size and it will do everything I require of a camera and | most of the larger SLR body types. No lens intercha

Re: [RCSE] Digital photography

2005-02-24 Thread Bill Johns
At 01:53 AM 2/24/2005, Anker Berg-Sonne wrote: There was some discussion quite a while back about what cameras to use for digital photography of planes. I recently purchased a Nikon D70 and have two lenses. ME too! Great camera. Just got it before Christmas and took off on a vacation. I noti

RE: [RCSE] Digital photography

2005-02-24 Thread James V. Bacus
Original Message- > From: James V Bacus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:58 PM > To: soaring@airage.com > Subject: Re: [RCSE] Digital photography > > Yes, that is quite a nice camera, I wish I had one... > > > At 03:53 AM 2/24/2005, Anker

Re: RE: [RCSE] Digital photography

2005-02-24 Thread Pat McCleave
rstine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/02/24 Thu PM 05:21:39 EST > To: 'James V Bacus' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, soaring@airage.com > Subject: RE: [RCSE] Digital photography > > I got a Nikon Cool pix 8700 for under $600.00. 8 megapixels. I like the > small compact

Re: [RCSE] Digital photography

2005-02-24 Thread Bill's Email
Anker Berg-Sonne wrote: There was some discussion quite a while back about what cameras to use for digital photography of planes. I recently purchased a Nikon D70 and have two lenses. The kit 18-70mm and a zoom tele 70-300mm - with digital you get the equivalent of 1.5 times the lens, so I rea

RE: [RCSE] Digital photography

2005-02-24 Thread John Derstine
TECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:58 PM > To: soaring@airage.com > Subject: Re: [RCSE] Digital photography > > Yes, that is quite a nice camera, I wish I had one... > > > At 03:53 AM 2/24/2005, Anker Berg-Sonne wrote: > >There was some discussion quite a while

RE: [RCSE] Digital photography

2005-02-24 Thread George Voss
You actually have 27-450, not 35-450. gv -Original Message- From: Anker Berg-Sonne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 3:54 AM To: soaring@airage.com Subject: [RCSE] Digital photography There was some discussion quite a while back about what cameras to use for dig

RE: [RCSE] Digital photography

2005-02-24 Thread jprouty
I have the same camera setup and am constantly amazed by how well it works. One of the features that I really like is the burst mode where I can hold the button down and the camera just fires away. I haven't experienced any lag in storing images yet which is just amazing considering how large the

Re: [RCSE] Digital photography

2005-02-24 Thread James V. Bacus
Yes, that is quite a nice camera, I wish I had one... At 03:53 AM 2/24/2005, Anker Berg-Sonne wrote: There was some discussion quite a while back about what cameras to use for digital photography of planes. I recently purchased a Nikon D70 and have two lenses. The kit 18-70mm and a zoom tele 70-