[meteorite-list] Digital camera and meteorites

From: Martin Horejsi <martinh_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:27 2004
Message-ID: <B8B3C587.2300%martinh_at_isu.edu>

Hi Alexander,

I have a Nikon Coolpix 5000 and it is fabulous. It is a 5 megapixel and will
do just about anything except change lenses which the Nikon D-series does
do.

I also have a Nikon Coolpix 775. Again in the excellent category but lower
resolution at about 2.11 megapixels .

Both cameras have good macro capabilities, onboard LCD screens and
viewfinders, short movie capabilities, direct computer downloading and
compact flash cards, and rechargeable batteries.

I love them both, but the 5000 does have a steeper learning curve, not to
mention price.

Good luck.

Cheers,

Martin



On 3/12/02 2:28 PM, "Alexander Seidel" <ase_at_planet-interkom.de> wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> with a new (secondary, Mo thru Fri) place to live for professional
> reasons and a brandnew computer, I am now looking for a good quality
> digital camera. This may sound a bit off-topic on the one hand, and I
> may beat an old horse on the other hand, as this was already discussed
> a good while ago, but actually I am thinking about photographing my
> meteorite hand-specimen collection and thin section collection (with
> the aid of my MBC-10 microscope) for the sake of documentation,
> enjoyment and last but not least transfer of one or the other Jpeg
> amongst meteorite friends.
>
> Likely opinions and/or recommendations have changed since this topic
> was discussed the last time, and high-end-cameras of two years ago may
> well be mainstream cameras right now - but surely I am no expert on
> this.
>
> My question is: what would you folks, experienced with the use of
> digital cameras along with meteorites, recommend as "a good,
> reasonably priced" camera for this purpose? It really must not be a
> high-end-high-price-product, but should work properly and yield good
> results both with and without the microscope. What about zooming down
> to details and what about resolution?
>
> Any recommendations for my potential purchase will be highly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
> Berlin/Germany
>
>
>
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