Re: paleonet Another digital camera use

[Mike Everhart <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom,

> There are a number of imaginative uses for a digital camera but for
> making copies of slides, negatives or hard copy the appropriate
> tool is a scanner. 

While I would not argue that scanners are a better tool, not everyone is
set up properly to use one. I suspect there are a lot more digital
cameras in use out there than properly equipped scanners..........

My point was that a digital camera can be used to make perfectly usable
digital images from 35mm slides, such as this one of Dan Varner's recent
artwork:
   < http://www.oceansofkansas.com/Varner/varnr22.jpg >
or this 35mm slide of a plesiosaur paddle:
   < http://www.oceansofkansas.com/Plesiosaurs/paddle1.jpg >

If you are making images for a publication or a photography contest, by
all means, use a scanner.....

For other uses, especially with the rapid improvements we are seeing in
digital photography, it is certainly worth experimenting with a digital
camera. 

Regards,
Mike