RE: [RCSE] Digital photography

[James V. Bacus]

I have been using a Sony DSC-P9 for several years now, all the photography 
coverage for the Soaring Nats issue of Model Aviation for the past 3 years 
has been done with this camera.  It fits in my pocket so I always have it 
with me, and I get the shots other might not.

But, there are times I would like better picture quality, lens changing, 
and instant response from the button.  The D70's are nice, a guy at the 
office has one which I have played with quite a bit.  And it seems like a 
lot of guys that work for Nikon have them, I get out to Nikon USA HQ a few 
times a year.  I work with them on the COOLSCOPE.


At 04:21 PM 2/24/2005, John Derstine wrote:
I got a Nikon Cool pix 8700 for under $600.00. 8 megapixels. I like the
small compact size and it will do everything I require of a camera and
most of the larger SLR body types. No lens interchangeability but you
can add lenses to the existing. Great for traveling to events. Wil Byers
turned me on to the advantages of the cool pix. He uses one for his
shots in Quiet Flyer.
It can handle a micro drive storage media if desired.
JD
Endless Mountain Models
http://www.scalesoaring.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: James V Bacus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:58 PM
> To: soaring@airage.com
> Subject: Re: [RCSE] Digital photography
>
> Yes, that is quite a nice camera, I wish I had one...
>
>
> At 03:53 AM 2/24/2005, Anker Berg-Sonne wrote:
> >There was some discussion quite a while back about what cameras to
use
> for
> >digital photography of planes.
> >
> >I recently purchased a Nikon D70 and have two lenses. The kit 18-70mm
and
> >a zoom tele 70-300mm - with digital you get the equivalent of 1.5
times
> >the lens, so I really have from 35mm to 450mm. Anyway, the best thing
> >about this camera is that when you press the button it takes a
picture,
> no
> >shutter delay. Even better, you can now get the camera with the kit
lens
> >for under a grand with mail in rebate.
> >
> >Anker
>
> Jim
> Downers Grove, IL
> Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR
> AMA 592537    LSF 7560 Level IV   R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net
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AMA 592537    LSF 7560 Level IV   R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net
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