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• PEI • NOVEMBER 2001   

A reticulated giraffe on a private ranch near Lewa, Kenya. Handheld,

1

500

second at

f/8, ISO 200 (Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8 D AF-S lens with a Nikon 2X Teleconverter).

All images © 2001 Kevin Ames

eviewing a digital camera requires
more than exploring the features
and operation of the body. You’ve
also got to explore the CCD chip
(the film if you will) and the

software that moves images from the
camera into usable image files for Adobe
Photoshop or other imaging applications. 

Summary of Contents for DCS 760

Page 1: ... S lens with a Nikon 2XTeleconverter All images 2001 Kevin Ames eviewing a digital camera requires more than exploring the features and operation of the body You ve also got to explore the CCD chip the film if you will and the software that moves images from the camera into usable image files for Adobe Photoshop or other imaging applications ...

Page 2: ...res The focal length multiplier is 1 3 so a 17mm lens on the DCS 760 equates to a 22mm on a full frame film camera There s a removable infrared cutoff filter in front of the mirror shutter and CCD and before the lens that can be replaced with an optional anti aliasing filter to help reduce color artifacts in the highlights While there is some debate as to the loss of sharpness caused by the presen...

Page 3: ...mages without downloading The truly great feature of the two card bays is that one can be removed for downloading without powering down the camera An icon on the lower LCD flashes when the data is being written to the card When it is solid it is safe to remove either card The DCS 760 offers simple file management that is accessed with the menu button on the back of the camera The LCD monitor displ...

Page 4: ...al data Kodak accomplishes this by altering the header data in each file not the pixels The only setting that seems to alter the captured data is the ISO 80 400 which is set on the camera the same way it is in the film version of the Nikon F5 Software The not so great news is that Photo Desk the software devel oped for working with the Kodak Professional DCS 760 files is not designed for professio...

Page 5: ...en increased to 300MB or more Photo Desk crashes when asked to open a large number of files due to its need to open each file in memory This is not a problem for most photographic projects After my safari however with almost 4 000 images using 30GB of storage a batch processor for rotating renaming and making JPEG files for copyright registration would have been a huge timesaver Kodak Professional...

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