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From: "William M Roberts" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Re: Digital Cameras
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 01:39:06 -0400
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You maght consider using a Digital Video camera that can recoprd still
images on video tape.

This will give you the ability to record many more images that the normal
camera.

Myrnice

"William E. Irwin" wrote on Tuesday, June 26, 2001 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: [TMG] Re: Digital Cameras


> Your message last year continues to intrigue me. I am ready to bite the
bullet
> and buy a digital camera to copy images from a microfilm reader.
>
> Over the past year the cameras have improved and prices have come down.
>
> Do you, or anyone else, have any updated advice?
>
>
> wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 6/19/00 2:30:31 PM Central Daylight Time,
> > writes:
> >
> > >
> > > Alternatively, a high quality digital camera with good resolution AND
a
> > > good macro facility may be OK.
> > >
> > Hi All,
> > I purchased a Casio 3.3 mega-pix camera. I take pictures of documents
in
> > Macro mode and save them in TIFF format on a CD with my CD writer. This
> > camera is wonderful if you have a document too large to copy or too
fragile.
> > I have even taken it to the library and (without flash) taken pictures
of a
> > microfilm reader screen with very good results. Great for census
(usually
> > doesn't capture the entire page because of the microfilm reader) and
other
> > documents on microfilm. I can store these images on a CD and open them
with
> > a photo enhancement program and enlarge, or change the file format for
other
> > uses. I am no expert by any means, still in the learning phase, but
looks
> > like that the future is bright for digital cameras and genealogy. I
think
> > they would be very handy in Court houses.
> >
> > Best to all,
> > Joanna Smith Dunn
>


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