RE: [Philmont]: Cameras

I have to agree with Roman,

Everyone should take a camera if possible. During our 2002 trek we had two
crews who followed the same itinerary and between the 19 of us we took over
3,500 shots. Granted one of the other Adult Advisors was a professional
photographer and was responsible over 1000 of those shots himself. I would
say that 80% of us carried cameras which ranged from disposable, low-end
point in shoot, higher end point and shoot, a couple with auto focus SLR's,
digital and finally the camera and accessories that the pro took.

I volunteered to assemble the photos and create a CD for each crew member.
It didn't take long to filter the pictures and reduce the number of photos
down to the final pass of 525 pictures. I was able to have at least several
photos from each contributor. As you can imagine the quality of the images
was all over the place, but surprisingly so, some of the more interesting
shots came out of the cheap disposable cameras. Sometimes it's not the
quality of the photo that makes it a great shot, but the perspective that
the shooter was attempting, whether deliberate or accidental (mostly the
case for us). I assembled the pictures by each day and used about 20 lines
of code to generate 525 web pages, added a daily journal  now all the
trekkers could view the photos on their computers with a standard web
browser. For the most part, the photos were not retouched / enhanced. A
few were resized to fit a standard computer screen.

In 2002 I took an Auto Focus SLR, and it performed flawlessly with 17 rolls
of film. It did get a little dusty and should probably be sent to a shop
for a professional cleaning. After seeing the images from the scouts
carrying digital cameras, I will be taking a digital for our 2004 trek. It
has an optical zoom and can take standard AA batteries, but does better with
the "photo grade" batteries. I'm still experimenting and trying to
understand all the features as well as limiting the amount of battery
consumption.

Figure this one out: I seem to remember that there were more pictures of the
variety of latrines at Philmont than the Tooth of Time

YIS

Tom Fitzpatrick
Philmont 74, 02 and 2004-810

----Original Message Follows----
From: Roman Smith <smith.13@nd.edu>
Reply-To: philmont@troop47.com
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont <philmont@troop47.com>
Subject: [Philmont]: Cameras
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 08:49:02 -0500

I have a number of thoughts on cameras.

First, let everyone who want to take a small camera take one. One camera
per crew will document the trip. But that is all that will be done. Each
scouts has different ideas on what he wants to remember. It is difficult
for a scout who want to capture a memory to stop the crew and find who has
the camera and take the picture. By then, the photo opportunity may be gone
for him. Maybe he missed getting his picture of a bird that he did not have
in his album, or a funny activity by a fellow scouts is now over. Let each
scout be his own judge of what he wants to remember.

In '99, I took an Advantex format camera that I asked for at Father's day,
just for the trip. I took a few panoramics that looked great on print, but
never scanned very well. Still I have some great pictures that I love. If
I was going today, I would opt for the digital that use AA batteries. I
would spend the extra $100 needed for a second flash memory card so I could
take hundreds of pictures. It would allow me to edit out all the trash back
at home, or maybe in camp at night. But I would not have to worry about
conserving film, or wasting money on prints I ended up not wanting.

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Roman J. Smith
Organizational Representative
St. Joseph Church, South Bend, IN
to Pack & Troop 505
roman.j.smith.13@nd.edu

"None but cowards have to prove their bravery."
Asply Cherry-Garrard
From: The Worst Journey in the World

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