Re: filmscanners: Digital Shortcomings (OT)

[RogerMillerPhoto@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/21/2001 7:30:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
derek_c@cix.co.uk writes:


> Nikon Coolpix digitals have manufacturer-specific flash shoes that only 
> fit certain Nikon flashguns.
>
> And rehashing film vs. digital arguments is old hat now. 
>
> There are thousands of people making cash from digital photography, and 
> they by no means are all photojournalists who must get stuff into a paper 
> by the deadline.


I responded on this topic to Stuart, Kevin, and Art off-list.  I didn't 
intend to rehash anything here.  I only wanted to make sure that Stuart 
realized the limitations of digital cameras.  Since he's doing web work, such 
a camera should work just fine for him.  But I wanted him to realize its 
limitations and that, further down the road, he might have a chance to resell 
his glamour images for print use and the digital camera he's contemplating 
most certainly would limit what he could do with them, and therefore would 
limit how much money he could make from them.  The choice is his, based on 
his circumstances.

So Nikon screwed us again, did they?  If the Coolpix doesn't even have a PC 
connector, then you'd have to jump through hoops to get it work with a studio 
lighting system.  I still haven't forgiven Nikon for forcing me to buy a $100 
electronic cable release, when a $5 mechanical one would have worked just as 
well.