[Leica] OT: Need digital camera help and advice, semi-urgently!

[allen.graves at charter.net (Allen Graves)]

Nikon Capture Control (part of Capture 4.4) will allow you to 
directly  save images to your hard drive and automatically process 
them as they are downloaded. From there it should be easy to make an 
Automator  script to print them as they are created.

Capture supports all nikon DSLRs and the price of the D70s should 
fall soon as Nikon has a teaser on the web site announcing a new 
camera coming Aug. 9, reportedly the successor to the D70s. The D50 
is already near  your price range and may fall as well.

Allen


>Listers,
>
>I've been asked to help prepare and lead a "creativity workshop" 
>later this fall, and I have to have the proposal in by August 4.
>
>I've done one of these, using my PowerBook G4, a Nikon Coolpix 4300, 
>and a Canon IP 1600 printer, and it went fairly well.  The 
>pariticpant had to use the altered photo, printed on transparency 
>material, as the basis for their work....they could paint on it, cut 
>it, whatever.
>
>However, getting the photo of the workshop participant altered and 
>printed was not timely, IMO.
>
>So, since I've been thinking about springing for a decent DSLR 
>(gasp!), I want to know if it is possible to hook the camera 
>directly to the PowerBook, set up an Automator script, and print as 
>soon as the photo is captured.
>
>And, what good DSLR will allow me to do this?  And, in a reasonable 
>price range? ($450.00 -$550.00 USD)   I know that the "older" Pentax 
>models are coming down in price as the new models are being released.
>
>TIA,
>
>Ken
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