Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> wrote: > I have to say that I was very grateful for digital cameras > this past week-end. My first grandchild was born on Sunday > night. I took many photographs - both digital and film - with > my Leicas and with a Nikon 990. The digital photos I sent > to the other grandparents in England within half an hour of > the baby's birth. They were ecstatic to receive them almost > instantly. I could never have done that with the film photos. That's so cool, Tina. :-) I have a Nikon CoolPix 800 and have often used it to take family and vacation snaps, which I then quickly fire off via e-mail to friends & family all over the place, including my aunts, uncles & cousins in Scotland. Great stuff. I've recently discovered another handy use for digicams: infrared photography. The CP800 has good infrared sensitivity...just screw on a black 87C filter, put the camera on a tripod and have at it. You can use the LCD screen to compose, though the image is on the dim side. Exposures in sunlight at EI 100 are in the ½ sec. range. - -Dave-