Quoth Geoffrey S. Mendelson:
> GIMP is an excelent photo editor. Photoshop is better because there are
> more features, more commercial plug-ins and better documentation. For
> home use, I doubt the $700 for Photoshop (plus a Windows PC or Mac) is
> worth it.
I agree about Photoshop, but the replacement should not be GIMP, but
Paintshop Pro (jasc.com) - both it and Photoshop are so many miles ahead
of gimp that it is really not fair to compare.
> Also without going into the physics of it here (this is a linux group after
> all), a two million pixel camera is all that you need. The best MTF for
> pictures A4 or smaller with 2MP images.
The price-range for a 2-4MP P&S (point and shoot) camera is 1500NIS to
3000NIS. Select from these. I am fond of Olympus (which is what I
currently have) but many people like the Nikon 775 (and its siblings)
and Canons (G3, G5).
> BTW, If you want to buy an interchangable lens camera the best is the
> Sigma SD-9. It uses a Foveon V3 sensor and it's 3mp pictures are
> better than a CCD or CMOS at 9mp-12mp. At $1600 (US price) it is a
> $1000 sensor, $300 worth of electronics and $300 worth of camera.
>
> In plain English, great sensor, few features, ok camera.
The Foveon is controversial, truth be told. I hold that the Canon 10D
(which I am oggling) is the more interesting beast. Alas, at US$1500
MSRP it is quite expensive.
Remember, Oleg, that in SLR (what Geoff calls interchangeable lens, and
no - I do not consider Olympus E10 and E20 normal ;-), you pay AS MUCH
(if not more) for lenses as you pay for camera.
> Canon just anounced a $1200 (US list price) EOS-300D. which has lots of
> features but a CMOS or CCD sensor (I think Canon prefers CMOS to CCD,
> but I'm not sure).
US$1000 with ONE low end general purpose zoom. Check adorama.com.
Oleg - seriously - buy yourself a low end Olympus (C700UZ, for example)
and treat it like a scsi disk in Linux (which is what I do).
Marc
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