You can use any VHS, S-VHS, 8mm, Hi-8 or digital camera that has a "video out" port. Most VHS, S-VHS, and 8mm camcorders come with a RCA out. This works good. Hi-8 and digital camcorders usually have a s-video out port. This is better. If your camera is a digital camera, we will use the firewire port. This is the BEST. The other key factor to check on your camera is that it has a manually adjustable shutter speed. We recommend at least 1/1000th and up.

The good news is, unless you are shooting close-up pictures of jewelry, you don't need an expensive camera to take good product shots. If you are shooting pictures for use on websites and not for print, you can get a good camera for less than $200. The quality of your images is going to depend much less on the sophistication of your camera and much more on your lighting and how well you operate the camera.

Any digital camera (or scanner) can be used. The ideal camera should include either software or features that allow for generating any of the digital photo formats noted above.

The Shad-o-Box cameras will work with most standard digital frame grabbers. The frame grabber interface consists of 16 data lines, three timing outputs (pixel clock, hor. sync and vertical sync), a strobe input and four control I/O lines. Both RS-422 and LVDS versions of the cameras are available. A custom cable is required for most frame grabbers, although some frame grabbers that use the 68-pin AIA interface may work with just a simple SCSI cable.

No! Digital cameras are nice, but not necessary. Pictures taken with a good quality camera are fine and can be scanned in with a scanner. If you prefer, many drug stores and other photo processing centers can digitize your picture -- put your pictures on a floppy disk or CDROM -- for a few extra dollars. For easy uploading, make sure they store pictures in the jpeg format.

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No. Although digital cameras are convenient, you can scan your film camera negatives or prints and submit the files to Image Showcase. There is no denying the convenience of digital cameras and the turn-around time of the results they produce, but film cameras still have a lot going for them - especially if you have a large collection of images on film and are used to making images this way. The benefits of a film camera is that you can scan the negative to almost whatever digital size you like.

You need some way of getting a JPEG or GIF file (an image file) onto your computer. The image file can be on your desktop, your hard drive, a floppy, ZIP disk, CD, or any other "drive". The file can come from a scanner, digital camera, video camera, a photo CD or disk (from your photo processor), from an email (if you have a friend who can send you your images), or from a website.

One major upgrade needed by almost all digital cameras is a higher capacity memory card. You should buy as large a...

Spare batteries and media cards/storage are must-haves. Here are my accessories - roughly, in order of importance: Recharger and spare set of rechargable batteries/power supply. 2200 mAh batteries are best (if your camera takes AA-type batteries). A quick charger that allows both slow and fast charging (slow preserves battery life; fast charges them within an hour when you're pressed for time) is great -- and they often come with car adapters. Extra media storage.

Some cameras are designed for this, so you should check your manual. It's rare to find this feature in high quality digital cameras, but lower quality multifunction cameras with CMOS sensors sometimes offer this. See, for example, AipTek. If your camera doesn't already support some webcam features, you may still be able to do it if you have a video capture card (or USB device) of some kind, by connecting the video out from your camera to the video in on your PC.

There are many good digital cameras on the market. Look for at least 1-2 mega pixel resolution, flash, macro capability and a preview screen. SLR cameras are more accurate for close-up photos. Some (Sony for instance) also capture short video clips. Transferring the photos to the computer can be time consuming - look for a "Sans-disk" adapter or USB connection.

A drymount page album is ideal for digital photos as you are not restricted to standard 6"x4" formats.

A security camera can come in many different styles including dome, bullet, infrared and c-mount. The security camera that will work best for your application will depend on several factors such as whether you will use the security cameras inside or out, during the day, nighttime, or both. Bullet style security cameras are the most popular. They can be used inside or out. These security cameras come in black and white or color and come with all of the required mounting hardware.

We have no set requirements for equipment — compact, medium format, view or digital cameras – please bring whatever equipment you are comfortable using and our instructors will help you make the best use of it. Please see the individual workshop descriptions for the few exceptions.

In reality, there is no "best brand." Each camera has its pros and cons, but whatever camera is best suited to you as far as ease of use and budget will provide the vehicle for you to get ghost photographs. Preferably, if you choose a film-type camera, it is best if you get a 35 mm. As far as the digital vs. film debate I find that the two can not be compared as they are both technologically different and utilize two different types of media to record images.

It depends. Are you going to view images on a computer monitor? If so you will only need 1024 x 768 or about 3/4 of a Megapixel. Are you going to print the images? If so, how big and at what resolution. To print an 8x10 at a good resolution, you will need at least 3 Megapixels. Fortunately, most all digital cameras today have resolution at this level. What if your camera has more than three megapixels? You may want to dial back the resolution to make the files smaller and more managable.

No. You can take pictures with a normal film camera and then ask your local camera store to put the images on to a Photo CD. You can then upload images directly from the CD. Images stored on a Picture CD are usually at a resolution of approx 1024 x 1536 pixels (this is the width and height of the image) and in JPEG format. Mention that you require the images to be viewed on your PC. The quality of the pictures will be far better than is required to be viewed on the internet.

Create an image with imaging software like Adobe PhotoShop? or Corel Draw?. Be creative and have fun!

Yes, you must supply your own Digital SLR camera. Algonquin College’s Photography Program provides much of the equipment required, however, as a prerequisite for acceptance to our program you must have as a minimum the following camera and 2 accessories: A good used Nikon D70s digital SLR camera is also fine. If, you shop around you may find a great deal with several lenses at a reasonable price.

SLR is a Single Lens Reflex camera. The single lens part refers to the fact that it is using a single lens for capturing images and displaying on the viewfinder. The reflex part refers to the use of some mechanism for reflecting light towards the viewfinder. SLR is a preferred style of camera because it allows the photographer to see exactly what will be captured by the film or sensor without any parallax or distortion.

There are many camera specs that are important to the end user, including size, resolution, sensitivity, frame rate, ease-of-use, cost etc. Different camera technologies often excel at different applications. For a more detailed comparison of various x-ray sensor technologies such as amorphous silicon, CCDs and CMOS sensors, please see our white paper titled "Large Area Digital X-ray Specific Imagers" (application note AN02).

Probably, but depending upon your camera's support for standard external flashes, it may require some persistence and some workarounds: