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.

Not necessarily. Whiteboard Photo works with scanners, so you can use it for cleaning up scanned documents too. But, if you want to capture your whiteboard, you'll need a digital camera.

Unless you have specific questions about how your camera works, don’t bring it to the class. Brent and Lorelle have extensive experience working with a variety of cameras (even point-and-shoots) and are very willing to answer any questions you may have. They strongly recommend you read your camera manual before coming to the class. If the class includes a field trip, you will need to bring your camera then.

Electric current varies throughout the world and can affect your small appliances, such as hair dryers and electric shavers. The voltage in the countries we will visit is 220V. Plugs are either the Continental European type with two round pins or the English type with a square plug. Your appliances may be plugged into a European outlet with an adaptor. Some electric devices like laptops, shavers and camera chargers work both 100V and 220V.

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.

How much resolution is enough? (When should I stop caring if they add more resolution to new models?)

In order to submit a Video Greeting you must have a video camera or Web camera installed on your computer. We do not require sound.

Pinhole camera may come with audio or without audio and can be used for a wide variety of purpose in office or at home, for security, surveillance or fun. Pinhole camera is an ideal discreet surveillance camera for the office or home security system, and a must tool for the novice or professional detective. Use it as a nanny camera when you are away from home to make sure that your children or elderly family members are properly taken care of.

You will need the CLA-4 Conversion Lens Adapter. It provides a 55mm mounting thread for a 55mm filter or conversion lens. This can be purchased through the Olympus Emporium or by phone at 1-800-201-7766.

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.

Please talk to your TA. Your TA will have set up a date when 355 students can begin reserving cameras. On that date, we will confirm that you have filled out a Borrowing Agreement, and you will be asked to review our Equipment Checkout Policy and to take a quiz on the information. You can then reserve equipment for class. The Department's film and video equipment is only available for insturctional use. Only students currently enrolled in production classes may use this equipment.

To verify to Lease Your Body and the advertiser that you are indeed wearing the tattoo as contracted.

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.

This is based on personal preference. The Society, besides organizing photographic outing trips, it also organizes courses, talks, workshops and exhibition to enable the members to widen their knowledge and scope. Cameras are not needed at these activities. However, it is advisable that members own their personal camera so that they can practice what they have learnt. At the end of the day, it is all about practice to perfection.

This very much depends on what you are using your images for. For Internet use you only need low resolution images whereas, when printing a brochure you will need much higher resolution images. We would advise that you buy a camera with the highest number of pixels you can afford. It's much easier to scale an image down than scale an image up. We use a 5 million pixel camera which is more than adequate for website images and gives us great great 8" x 10" images.

Oh absolutely not. That would really defeat one of my main motivations which was to keep things simple and affordable! When you purchase a 2 or 3 Camera Ready to Roll Kit, it includes everything you need, and it still only requires 1 video camcorder for recording. The way you view each camera is by "switching". You simply push one of 4 buttons, and it switches to that camera. So let's say you have 2 cameras.

All photography students (starting with the 100 level class) will need an adjustable film camera. For most this is a 35mm single lens reflex camera (or SLR) usually fitted with a normal lens. Many of our students come into the pro- gram with an older camera. As long as the camera has an adjustable focus, adjustable aperture, an adjustable shutter and a working light meter it should work fine.

No! The labs are equipped with computers for your use, and any equipment required for assignments, such as video cameras or tape recorders, are available for check-out.

Many advocate two for the ceremony - one in front and one on back. One will suffice for small and medium sized receptions. Some experts recommend 3+. Your mileage may vary. It is a widely held misconception that more cameras implies more intrusion. Is the opposite because with more cameras, less operator movement is required. Almost all of my assignments involved two cameras running simultaneously at the ceremony and one for the reception.

Pro-Trainer DV requires a good quality DV camcorder with the ability to control shutter speed either manually or by using a "sports" setting. The higher the shutter speed capability of the camcorder, the better the quality of video will be.

One of the most important features is shutter speed. It is best if you have a shutter speed you can control manually. If your camera allows you to control the shutter speed and has a maximum shutter speed of 1/2000 or faster, this will generally be sufficient.

Most digital cameras and other devices requiring flash cards are supplied with relatively small size (32MB for example). For most practical applications for digital cameras that are taking pictures greater than 2MP, a 128MB+ flash card is much more practical.

The only occasions when you would need to bring your digital or film camera would be if you plan on attending Photography Basics at either type of event.