on 1/7/03 8:09 AM Irawaty Sarah wrote: > > I'm a pro photographer who know NOTHING about anything digital. I'm about to > convert to digital and needs help to decide which camera best suit my needs. I > mainly do fashion, advertising, lifestyle and occasionally food and interior > photography. I need a camera which can produce about 14MB file size > (unprocessed), and can transfer the image directly to a computer so each shot > can be viewed straight away on the computer's monitor.
The Kodak will be the leader for this use. Files will be transferred and available for viewing on the computer within 5 seconds of clicking the shutter, owing to the Firewire connection. Definitely faster than Polaroids. You can leave a copy on the camera, or delete as they are transferred. > Final images are usually used for A4 size print ads or enlargement up to around 12x16 inches. Any will do for this use, altho the D100 might be a bit less than the others. None of these has a full sized chip, so check on the lens magnification factor of each. And because of this, the image in the viewfinder is a bit smaller. > > All this time, whenever needed, I rent a PhaseOne back to use with my > Hasselblad but I'd like to try out the many, more affordable new professional > SLR digicams there are in the market nowadays. Realistically, none of these will give you quite as good an image as the PhaseOne (or any other Philips chip back,) but they have other capabilities, like portability, higher ASA, greater lens selection, to compensate. If you can, do try before you buy. See if any of the dealers will let you use one for a day so you can better see how well the software works. If you want to work with the camera tethered to the computer, the software is something you'll be using every day. No fun if you hate the way it works. > > Can anybody help me decide on which camera is best suit my needs? There are > only 3 brands of digicams available in my country. they are Fuji (FinePix > S2Pro), Nikon (D1X, D100) and Kodak (DCS 760 if i'm not mistaken). As of now, the DCS760 costs more than the upcoming DCS14n. If Kodak software is the way you decide to go, you might want to see what happens to the price of new 760's after the 14n is out, or how many 760's become available on the resale market. Or the full frame chip and 50% more resolution may lead you to the DCS14n. Being built on the Nikon F5 body, the Kodak DCS760 has the best mechanicals of the bunch - hence it's high price. -- Jay Busse Photo Illustrators =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
