Dave Frightens Me wrote:
> "-hh" wrote:
> >Yes, you can generally get away with it if you're a casual shooter
> >who's only going to take 100-300 photos with a P&S camera, which IMO is
> >probably pretty likely for the OP.
>
> So basically you agree.
Not necessarily. Even a simple P&S will get filled up in time if the
vacation is long enough, and a common response to going digital is that
your picture-taking rates double or triple...its phenominally easy to
shoot 100 pic's per day, day after day.
It comes down to understanding what it is that you need, and then being
prepared. In the case of the OP, they asked for advice on uploading to
a service like Flickr via an Internet Cafe, but we have no insight if
their intent for this is because they're going someplace for a 4 day
cruise or if its going to be an all summer long, 10 river cruises
vacation in Europe. Until you know that answer, it is not possible to
have a definitive answer.
> If you are going to the professional level, of course you will pay
> more, as your requirements are much higher. 13Mb per pic? Hardly
> suitable for weekend snapshots!
Sorry, this is still only the "Serious Amateur" level. For Pro grade,
increase by another 50%-200%.
And since this conversation is in rec.travel*, the application is
presumably not mere "weekend snapshots", but one's vacation photos.
Momento's of a journey.
Overall, the real underlying question is if you want to have the
reserve capability from one of your "snapshots" to make a nice
enlargement if you get lucky or whatever. With film, the performance
potential is there in the negative regardless of if you ever use it or
not for an enlargement, but with digital, you don't have this
"insurance": your resolution is limited by the camera settings at the
instant when the photo was taken. As such, if you don't shoot
everything at your digital camera's max resolution setting, you can
never, ever, really "make it better" later.
The choice is each our own to make.
-hh
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