304 : Digital Cameras


Unit 5 PDA 304 : prepared by Ben Matthews : October 23 and 25, 2000 \| February 27, March 1, 2001 : NCHS room 161
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Every building should have at least one Sony Mavica Digital Camera like we will be using this week. Check with your IMC/Technology people if you are not sure where they are, etc.	Digital Cameras Types \| Tools \| Tips & Tricks Types There are several types of digital cameras available. Digital video cameras often work as still-frame cameras as well. Cost varies with quality and features. We have Sony Mavica cameras in our buildings, which is what we will practice with and discuss this week. return to top Tools The digital camera bags come with the following items (and should be returned with the following items as well!) digital camera w/ strap battery battery charger cord for charger The battery should last about 2 hours, but it is always a good idea to make sure it is fully charged before using it and to charge it completely when you finish so others can use it. The camera itself stores the images on a 3.5 disk that you need to provide. These images can then be placed directly into a document or opened in a graphics application. We will practice this later in the "practice" session. return to top Tips & Tricks make sure the battery is charged keep in mind some important things when using the digital camera to take pictures: who is in it? - kids, what is the purpose (i.e. web guidelines) what is in the background? - will it be distracting, etc? light? - it can be cleaned up later, but better to prevent problems if possible focus? - take your time - don't move to quickly or you could blur the picture effects? - black and white, solarized, etc. - I recommend taking a regular picture so you have an original - then you can add these effects with an application like Photo Editor after pictures are taken they will be saved as MVC-some number. To name them what you want do this: put the disk in your computer - you should fit about 30 pictures on a disk go to My Computer Select Your A Drive single click one of the pictures a preview should appear now right click the file name select "rename" name it based on what is in it for easy future reference return to top

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Unit 5 PDA 304 : prepared by Ben Matthews : October 23 and 25, 2000 \| February 27, March 1, 2001 : NCHS room 161
go to >>>	graphicsbasics \| digitalcameras \| scanners \| wordart \| practice \| eval. \| home
Every building should have at least one Sony Mavica Digital Camera like we will be using this week. Check with your IMC/Technology people if you are not sure where they are, etc.	Digital Cameras Types \| Tools \| Tips & Tricks Types There are several types of digital cameras available. Digital video cameras often work as still-frame cameras as well. Cost varies with quality and features. We have Sony Mavica cameras in our buildings, which is what we will practice with and discuss this week. return to top Tools The digital camera bags come with the following items (and should be returned with the following items as well!) digital camera w/ strap battery battery charger cord for charger The battery should last about 2 hours, but it is always a good idea to make sure it is fully charged before using it and to charge it completely when you finish so others can use it. The camera itself stores the images on a 3.5 disk that you need to provide. These images can then be placed directly into a document or opened in a graphics application. We will practice this later in the "practice" session. return to top Tips & Tricks make sure the battery is charged keep in mind some important things when using the digital camera to take pictures: who is in it? - kids, what is the purpose (i.e. web guidelines) what is in the background? - will it be distracting, etc? light? - it can be cleaned up later, but better to prevent problems if possible focus? - take your time - don't move to quickly or you could blur the picture effects? - black and white, solarized, etc. - I recommend taking a regular picture so you have an original - then you can add these effects with an application like Photo Editor after pictures are taken they will be saved as MVC-some number. To name them what you want do this: put the disk in your computer - you should fit about 30 pictures on a disk go to My Computer Select Your A Drive single click one of the pictures a preview should appear now right click the file name select "rename" name it based on what is in it for easy future reference return to top

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