[at-l] Shopping for a new digital camera

[askowronek at mindspring.com (Amy Skowronek)]

On Nov 8, 2004, at 9:51 AM, W F Thorneloe wrote:

> Amy complains : "And I don't want huge pictures for the website 
> because that's annoying for the people looking at them. I always end 
> up reducing the darn things, adding a time consuming step to the 
> process."
>
> I wonder what software you are using for the photo processing. Adobe 
> makes it pretty easy, but you have to be careful to archive your 
> original JPGs to avoid losing the detail initially. From what I can 
> see with digital cameras, it makes more sense to save for web pages 
> and if you take a really good shot, ship the file to a camera place to 
> have it printed cheaper than you can do at home. I've got a protocol 
> of downloading the photos from the memory chip to a new directory, 
> saving everything to a CD ROM immediately and labeling it for storage. 
> Then I go thru and decide what photos I like and dislike or wish to 
> share.

I use iPhoto.  I have an old and slow machine without much memory, so 
any image manipulation is painful.

Normally I take snapshots of friends or new friends at shelters, or 
slightly more careful pictures of my horses.  I'm
not a Photographer.  :)

-amy