28 Nov
2006
28 Nov
'06
9:09 a.m.
Rumor has it that dwight elvey may have mentioned these words:
Hi
Use of cameras is restricted. No flash is allowed and they
even don't allow a tripod.
No tripods whatsoever? I just purchased this cute little desktop model that
can pretty much fit in your pants pocket ("Is that a tripod in your pocket
or are you just happy to see me???" ;-) =-= Note: I did *not* say
"comfortably."
Any recent (20 years or newer) military pants would surely have big enough
pockets to hold it.
A Canon/Nikon DSLR with an f1.4 50mm lens, and you might not even need the
tripod; tho you'd best hope the pages are fairly flat (depth of field might
not be "great" at that aperture) and the autofocus is pretty accurate... ;-)
I'm not sure how I'd hold a
camera steady enough to take pictures under those conditions.
The other problem is the number of pages. There are about
700-800 pages.
A 1-Gig flash media (Compact Flash/SD/Insert your favorite here) should
hold that easy, if you set it to JPEG instead of RAW. Unforch, I don't have
my Nikon D70 with me to test it for sure, but it can hold over 150 pictures
in RAW mode, which are 5-6Meg each. 2-each Gig CF cards makes sure I have
*lots* of "film"... ;-)
Too bad I'm not local to myself, let alone anywhere civilized, else I'd
volunteer to help! And no, I'm *not* shipping my camera away... the
holidays are coming up. ;-)
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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