The images on these
pages were, in most cases, taken with a Fuji DS-7 digital
camera. Some others were taken with a Sony Mavica MVC-FD7
digital camera.
The images are
batched processed through a script in Corel PhotoPaint8
to a size of 420x315 @ 72dpi. This creates a jpeg using
reasonable compression of about 15-30k depending on the
complexity of the image.
Recently I've added
an FM-TV Tuner card to my PC which has opened an all new
vista for getting images: the camcorder. Some of the more
recent pictures were taken as stills from video tape. I
find this an excellent source for getting pictures. If I
don't like the shot, I can back up the tape and try
again...If I really want an exact frame, I can record the
sequence to an avi file and then open it in PhotoPaint
and find the frame I want. The camcorder has a zoom lens.
I have found that in digital cameras, the zoom feature is
quite important. The really good, candid or close up
shots can usually be gotten by zooming in. I think this
is partly because the subject isn't as aware of what
you're doing - because they are distant. I could never
get a picture of my dog running full steam at me, because
by the time she got close enough to take the picture, I
would be in pieces from the impact.
Last updated Saturday, January 11, 2003
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