Re: paleonet Digital photography again

One can do all the photography with a digital SLR (Canon, Nikon, 
Fuji, Kodak) that can be done with a conventional SLR. There is a 
really fine lens made for Canon which is 1X to 5X. A range that 
covers most macro needs. This along with a ring flash is a formidable 
macro set-up. One advantage of the above cameras is that if one 
should wish to do film photography it is just a matter of changing 
the camera body. All the other equipment, lens, flash, bellows, etc, 
are standard.

It is definitely true that for internet publishing the quality 
constraints are a good bit lower. At 72 pixels/inch it is not 
difficult to get a satisfactory image. The image still needs to be 
properly in focus however. There are a lot of fossil images on the 
internet that could be improved.

The statement on the difficulty of archiving digital images 
illustrates a very serious problem. Not only do the standards 
continually change but the digital storage media is a big unknown for 
stability. Are CD-R's and -RW's really stabile? As far as I know 
there are no long term stability standards. As we go to DVD's will 
this improve? There are already a couple standards with it. A very 
large unmet need.
Tom Whiteley
tomw@rochester.rr.com