Just an update on this camera. I have been using it for about a week. It takes excellent photos, faraway and close up, and plays very nicely with linux. Red eye is still a nuisance, however. I must be doing something wrong there. So, if anyone is looking for a moderately priced digital camera ($280), this is an excellent choice.
This digital stuff really opens up new ways of doing things. For example, I take photos in a medical laboratory. We have always had a dedicated photo stand (actually two), with very expensive lights and a table with glass plate and backlight. Lots of expense, a nuisance to keep clean, and wasted laboratory space. A dirty background was always a problem. Now, with digital, we can take a picture of a specimen on a bloody cutting board, use a flash, and hold the camera in our hands if we want. The digital camera has a quicker shutter speed, what with the bright flash. Overhead ceiling lights, once a problem, are now not a problem. With gimp it is quick and simple to replace that bloody cutting board in the background with a nice jet black background so your specimen just hangs there in space, beautiful. Diverticulosis never looked this good before. So, if you have hesitated about going digital, I think the technology has arrived. Joel _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
