I'm still learning while I 'save up' for my best digi-cam. By then, we'll probably have cameras that actually capture the person and we can charge for the service and send them home with themselves... ;o) Shyrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Veli Izzet Cigirgan" <izzet@xxxxxxxx> > My history is similar, too. > > Started with Photo CD's 2000 dpi, learned about color correction, color > profiles, photoshop tricks, etc. Learned from Photoforum, leben lists, > elswhere on the net, and elswhere in the real world. Then bought a printer, > and when I thought the digital cameras came to an accepteble level, I bought > my first digital camera, 3mp Canon G1. > > Saw that digital was very very infant, but I also saw that digital > photography enabled real work to be done in such a way that was impossible > to do with film; quick commercial work where upmost quality was not needed. > > After waiting for a while, I bought my first dslr. > > I used lots of time and lots of grey matter. > > Veli Izzet > > > > What makes you think people -- let's talk about me, since I'm the only > > one whose history I know in any detail -- embraced digital quickly and > > without much examination? In my case, I started experimenting with > > having film images put onto Photo CD somewhere back in 1994 or 95. I > > displayed some of my images on the web, and started learning slowly > > about digital editing. Then I got a color printer, and discovered it > > did much better on photos than I expected. Then I got a film scanner > > and a better printer, and then a bigger printer. In 2000, after 5 or > > so years of working "semi-digitally", I got my first digital camera. > > After nearly three years of working with that, I got my current > > digital camera. During this period, I've been in communication with > > people on Photoforum, the Usenet photography newsgroups, the old Leben > > list for inkjet printers, photo.net, and probably other places I'm > > forgetting, reading about the experience of thousands of people trying > > to use their equipment to make the images they want. That does not, > > to me, look anything like what I'd mean by either "quickly" or > > "without much examination". -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com
