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Photos listed on this site are in groups, usually arranged in chronological order. The earlier photos were taken with an Olympus D-300L Digital Camera, which is archaic by today's digital camera standards. As such, the photo quality will be lacking, and the maximum image size will not exceed 1024x768. This camera is basically a point-and-shoot, and given it's age, it's a pain to extract images from. There is no removable media, and it uses a specialized cable and software to connect to the computer. As such, it's not a terribly fun camera to use, although it's certainly easy enough and more convenient than film (to a degree). At maximum resolution, the best the camera could store was 30 images; at minimum, 120. It ate batteries like candy, depleting a set of four AA batteries in 48 hours, even if the camera was not in use. Toward the beginning of April of 2004, I obtained a Panasonic DMC-FZ10, which has a maximum resolution of 2304x1728. As I almost always capture my images in the largest resolution allowed by the camera, and such large files aren't really necessary or prudent on a web site, the images on this site, taken with the Panasonic, will most certainly be reduced to something more reasonable. The camera supports removable media, and I have three 256mb memory cards, so I can snap several hundred pictures in a given day; this leads to taking many more photos. The reason I have so many memory cards is that I get double duty out of them; they also work in my PDA, a Palm Tungsten T|3. Viewing photos on it's 320x480 display is much better than on the display(s) integrated with the camera; plus battery issues make the PDA a more attractive viewing option for photos than the camera does. It's a 12x optical zoom camera, with a fully automatic mode, fully manual mode, and of course many modes in between. It's a fun camera. It should be noted that I have always had an interest in photography, however, the only cameras I've ever owned are listed on this page. I never purchased a film camera because I knew I would be eaten alive in film and development costs, although I've always wanted a nice SLR. I've never been fond of the restrictions imposed by a point and shoot camera. I purchased the D-300L from a friend who had upgrade to a better camera, for a whopping cost of $50. With the DMC-FZ10K, I finally have a camera that has most of the features I seek in a camera, for what I consider to be a reasonable price: $500 at the time of purchase. Now I can play, as much as the subjects and my imagination allow. Another deciding factor in the purchase of the DMC-FZ10K is that I had at the time of purchase a job working for Denny's corporate, which happens to be the tallest building in my small little 'burg. A reasonable number of shots that will be posted on this site will come from the balconies of that building. |
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