Ok guys, I am convinced that digital cameras are not only here to stay but they will make 35mm cameras obsolate in the near future. In my last unfortunate visit to USA ("unfortunate" because mom was in hospital), I was able to buy a digital camera with-in my budget. At first, I had only seen the pictures from a 2 meg pixel cams and mostly computer pictures taken by a 1.3 meg pix camera. I was impressed to see sharp enough fotos to be viewed on a pc monitor but I never really thought they could be used for anything else besides internet mailing fotos. I was wrong.
I did some research into buying a dig. camera and to my surprise the cameras had not only improved in quality but I was begining to see some seriously great features built in them that was not possible in 35mm cameras of the past. I was seeing Leica lens with packed features as video / audio clip recording along with TV interface and etc etc.
I was going to buy a nice camera but with the current improvement in technology, I settled for a starter's camera for time-being. I bought a Panasonic lumix 3.2 meg. pix. digital camera with Leica lens. After reading the fat operating manual I was surprised to see that you not only can take shots in automatic mode, but you can also use that camera in almost manual mode. In a 256 meg SD memory card, I was able to take almost countless pictures in high quality. So after a few trial shoots I was able to perfect my hand on the tiny wonder. Now I am proud to say that this camera takes pictures in high quality mode that will rival any 35mm Nikon or Cannon in any class. I do own some fine cameras ex: nikon N90 with nikkor lens, also cannon A1 etc. After developing photos from my digital camera, I see practically no difference in quality as my more expensive 35mm cameras. maybe you might be able to note 15% difference but an average person can't tell one from the other. I just took a picture of a worker from down below my building in a portrait mode but with spot exposure. The picture was later printed on HP premium paper 8 1/2 X 11"(note: not photographic paper). The picture came out not only perfectly exposed but the colors will rival any fine developing lab in USA. The printer was an old HP 600X600 DPI resolution. The difinition was so fine that you could count the hair strands on the person's head and count the hair folicles on his unshaven face. I was truly amazed at the quality.
I understand that Photo printing costs alot more than a conventional 35mm camera but then again, you can pick and choose which shots you want printed as opposed to developing a whole roll of film. With the supplied software you can take out the red eyes, crop and change the brightness of the pictures. You can even take out artifacts or people from the picture. Its simply great to have so much control over your pictures. I say, digital cameras are here to stay and will replace the 35mm cameras in the near future.
Now about printing cartledges: have you bought 2 HP printing cartledges and found out that over time, one one ink was dried out in one new (unused) cartledge for leaving it on the self for a long period of time? Well, I bought a few color ink cart. in USA and then to my surprise, I found the rest to go dry in just by sitting in my closet. It was a terrible loss as each one of them costed me close to 40 dollars a pop.
Just recently I found one laying around from 2 years back in my closet. It had dried up 2 inks when I innstalled it. Since it was a waste so I thought of putting it through a test. I boiled up a cup of water in microwave and dipped the printing head into it and left it there for 5 minutes. After then I realized that the ink had melted and what seemed as opened up the clog in the printing heads. I later put the cart. head on top of napkins to soak up any water diluted ink from the printing heads. When I lifted it up, I realized that the whole napkin was stained from the 3 inks coming from the head. This meant that the printing heads were unclogged and working fine. Needless to say, I have been using that cart. for 2 weeks now and have printed dozens of pictures.
So folks, don't throw up your dried up new HP printing cart. and do what I have done to revive them. The printing HP cart. are HP 23 (color) and 15 (B&W). Others will work too with this treatment.
I did some research into buying a dig. camera and to my surprise the cameras had not only improved in quality but I was begining to see some seriously great features built in them that was not possible in 35mm cameras of the past. I was seeing Leica lens with packed features as video / audio clip recording along with TV interface and etc etc.
I was going to buy a nice camera but with the current improvement in technology, I settled for a starter's camera for time-being. I bought a Panasonic lumix 3.2 meg. pix. digital camera with Leica lens. After reading the fat operating manual I was surprised to see that you not only can take shots in automatic mode, but you can also use that camera in almost manual mode. In a 256 meg SD memory card, I was able to take almost countless pictures in high quality. So after a few trial shoots I was able to perfect my hand on the tiny wonder. Now I am proud to say that this camera takes pictures in high quality mode that will rival any 35mm Nikon or Cannon in any class. I do own some fine cameras ex: nikon N90 with nikkor lens, also cannon A1 etc. After developing photos from my digital camera, I see practically no difference in quality as my more expensive 35mm cameras. maybe you might be able to note 15% difference but an average person can't tell one from the other. I just took a picture of a worker from down below my building in a portrait mode but with spot exposure. The picture was later printed on HP premium paper 8 1/2 X 11"(note: not photographic paper). The picture came out not only perfectly exposed but the colors will rival any fine developing lab in USA. The printer was an old HP 600X600 DPI resolution. The difinition was so fine that you could count the hair strands on the person's head and count the hair folicles on his unshaven face. I was truly amazed at the quality.
I understand that Photo printing costs alot more than a conventional 35mm camera but then again, you can pick and choose which shots you want printed as opposed to developing a whole roll of film. With the supplied software you can take out the red eyes, crop and change the brightness of the pictures. You can even take out artifacts or people from the picture. Its simply great to have so much control over your pictures. I say, digital cameras are here to stay and will replace the 35mm cameras in the near future.
Now about printing cartledges: have you bought 2 HP printing cartledges and found out that over time, one one ink was dried out in one new (unused) cartledge for leaving it on the self for a long period of time? Well, I bought a few color ink cart. in USA and then to my surprise, I found the rest to go dry in just by sitting in my closet. It was a terrible loss as each one of them costed me close to 40 dollars a pop.
Just recently I found one laying around from 2 years back in my closet. It had dried up 2 inks when I innstalled it. Since it was a waste so I thought of putting it through a test. I boiled up a cup of water in microwave and dipped the printing head into it and left it there for 5 minutes. After then I realized that the ink had melted and what seemed as opened up the clog in the printing heads. I later put the cart. head on top of napkins to soak up any water diluted ink from the printing heads. When I lifted it up, I realized that the whole napkin was stained from the 3 inks coming from the head. This meant that the printing heads were unclogged and working fine. Needless to say, I have been using that cart. for 2 weeks now and have printed dozens of pictures.
So folks, don't throw up your dried up new HP printing cart. and do what I have done to revive them. The printing HP cart. are HP 23 (color) and 15 (B&W). Others will work too with this treatment.
