| Subject: Re: Digital v. standard film |
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I don't take as many pictures as you do, I am more of a 4-5 roller/week.
But I recently returned from a 10 day trip to Italy armed with a new digital
camera. I used 32 mg card and had an 8 mg as a spare in case I ran out of
memory. No laptop. I did not run out of memory at all--I did not even need
to use the 8 mg card. I reviewed pictures each night in my hotel room to
see if I there were some I could delete. But of the over 125 pictures I
took, I only deleted about 4. My camera was set on low reso, 640X480. I
publish on the web, I have no plans to print out my pics and therefore don't
need better res. Memory cards are relatively cheap and easily to handle
than rolls of film--and certainly more convenient than a laptop. (though I
must confess I am thinking of getting a used Sony Vio to be my travel
laptop--but mainly for notetaking/journal writing.) I think I posted prices
in an old email. Check the Travelzine archives, I started a thread about
what kind of digital camera to buy within the last couple of months. There
is lots of talk about memory in those posts.
Erina in Amsterdam, The Netherlands http://www.time-travellers.org/Historian |