[philmont] photo options at Philmont

Just to add to what Dave and others have said here, the conversion of digital images on a memory stick of most any type to actual prints is quite easy even if you don't have a computer. I was a Jamboree Scoutmaster in 2005 and had requested/received an early anniversary/birthday gift from my wife that spring in the way of a Kodak digital camera. My main requrement was that it have at least and 8 to 10x optical zoom. I took 370 pictures during our Jamboree excursion and then spend 45 minutes at the photo kiosk in my local Walmart to print out the 275 or so that I wanted in a photo album. I had already gone through the pictures on my computer and reviewed some but hadn't done any (and didn't really do any) photo editing prior to printing. I mostly had picked from the multiple exposures of group photos etc. Taking pictures is an art and I had been doing 35mm photography (to the point of doing my own B&W developing and printing at one time) since High School (in the 79-82 time frame) so taking the pictures was never a second thought. To contrast this, part of the reason I had requested the digital was due to the experience I had at Philmont on 2003. I toted along my 35mm Fuji camera and 2 lenses, a 35-105 zoom and an 80-210 zoom. The First lens was perfect for 99% of the photos I wanted to take and I think I ended up putting the larger zoom on 1 time. It was heavy and inconvenient to swap, even from the top/cover pocket of my pack. I took 6 rolls of film with me (at least 2 being 36 exposure rolls) and during the trip and ended up buying another roll at PJ and 2 more from a friend of a friend that I met on the trail. I don't remember the total pictures I took, I didn't use all the film I ended up with but had to carry all but the first 2 rolls (travel and base camp rolls) with
 me the entire trip. I ended up with on the order of 240 pictures. My colleague took a digital, took about 375 pictures and the only thing he carried other than the camera was extra batteries. either of our digital cameras (and I daresay both combined) probably don't weigh as much as the 80-200 zoom lens that I carried for nothing and his picutures (printed and some enlarged) look as good and some better than mine. I'm looking forward to the lack of extra weight by carrying my digital camera this coming summer at Philmont. It's also much easier to provide a CD with pictures on it to everyone than it is to do likewise with photos (most of the photo kiosks will also print from a CD.) Kevin Mineart SM T214 West Burilngton, IA ----- Original Message ---- From: Dave Haynie <dave@daretowntroop60.com> To: philmont List Member <philmont@troop47.com> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 11:30:23 PM Subject: [philmont] photo options at Philmont On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:47:38 +0000, bill55@comcast.net jammed all night, and by sunrise was heard saying: > With the digital, I have to confess that I haven't yet gotten to the point of getting > the photos out of the camera. I bought a new computer this week, so > I'll probably take the time to figure it out, print them or save them to disc, > and all the other wonderful things that can be done. That's often the lament of digital users these days, but it doesn't have to be. If you're not comfortable in computer editing, most photo shops and even Wal-Marts have kiosks that'll read your memory card, let you make basic improvements, and get prints of those you want. It's also very common to upload to one of the many, many free or nearly free photo sites (most of which offer print services). However, in modern times, it's worth considering learning to make a photo slideshow as a video. I did a nice one of our Troop's campout at Gettysburg two years ago, and show this in my Photo Merit Badge class as an example. It's a nice form because everyone had a DVD player, and the cost of replication is negligable. I actually make dual-mode disc, which play as DVDs on DVD players or as WMV/HD players on PCs and some high-definition players. But I digress... <CLIP> -- Dave Haynie dave@daretowntroop60.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com

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