[meteorite-list] Digital camera and meteorites

From: dean bessey <deanbessey_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:27 2004
Message-ID: <LAW2-F111qqKgWRjfXr000008f0_at_hotmail.com>

I recomend the nikon coolpix950. thats what I use and it now costs about
$400. You get good pictures of small things and large things and it is great
to travel with.
I cant comment on the taking photos through a microscope as I havent tried
that. So it might not be the best for that.
I wouldent recomend buying really cheap digital cameras because you will
regret it later (I know - I wish that I had learned from others mistakes
when I first bought a digital camera). And you dont need a better camera
than the 950 because if you did you wouldent be asking this question in the
first place - because you would have special needs that you would know about
(Except the taking of photos through a microscope which I cant comment on).
My camera has very heavy use (Takes many thousands of photos a month) and
hasnt been taken proper care of as good as I should be taking care of it and
has been used in dusty sandy desert conditions getting sand all over it 7 or
8 times. It is 2 1/2 years old and I havent had a problem with it yet and it
works just as good as the day that I bought it (Although when I bought it it
was a top of the line $1500 camera).
You need those special rechargable batteries. You get about 12 pictures with
4 duracels and then they are done. The camera is power mad.
Thats my opinion anyway. Good balance between cost and
features/quality/usefullness.
Cheers
DEAN
>




>From: Alexander Seidel <ase_at_planet-interkom.de>
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>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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