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08/04/2003 03:45:20 PM · #1 |
Check this out - coming to you from Ritz Camera:
//www.dpreview.com/news/0307/03073101dakotadigital.asp
So, you still have to take it in for processing, and you get a digital CD out of it? Doesn't Kodak have a film single-use camera that you can take it, pay for processing, and you get a digital CD? In fact, won't lots of photo processors do that for you with any film you take in? Seems to me that this little digital camera is going to be lots worse than a single-use film, because you still have to take it in and pay for processing!
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08/04/2003 03:51:20 PM · #2 |
The main advantages I see of this camera:
No film and chemicals.
Delete feature
As I understand it the $10.99 price INCLUDES the cost of processing, and you receive the CD and prints
I think this will be a big hit with people that use disposable cameras now, especially around holidays when this will give them the option to email the photos to family and friends.
-Terry
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08/04/2003 03:56:12 PM · #3 |
PCWorld states that Ritz/Wolf charges an additional $11 for processing and the photo CD.
So, for about the price of getting a one-time use film camera processed (and getting a photo-CD produced), you can get your 1MP or so digital photos on a CD. Same CD product, except the digital ones are only about 1 MP, and the film ones, obviously, are much better resolution.
I still don't see any advantages, except possibly being able to delete images (but there's no LCD screen to see if your shot is good or not...)
Message edited by author 2003-08-04 15:57:35.
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08/04/2003 03:59:39 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by The DPReview Article:
although the exact cost of this service isn't declared |
Terry, if the $10.99 price includes the cd and print, I think it will catch on, but I got the impression from the article that isn't the case.
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08/04/2003 04:39:50 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by StevePax:
PCWorld states that Ritz/Wolf charges an additional $11 for processing and the photo CD.
So, for about the price of getting a one-time use film camera processed (and getting a photo-CD produced), you can get your 1MP or so digital photos on a CD. Same CD product, except the digital ones are only about 1 MP, and the film ones, obviously, are much better resolution.
I still don't see any advantages, except possibly being able to delete images (but there's no LCD screen to see if your shot is good or not...) |
Have you seen what you get on a film CD from Ritz ? I wouldn't claim that they are 'much' better resolution - it marginal at best.
This is good for the casual film user (who would use disposable cameras in the first place - not exactly stellar optics etc) who doesn't want to buy a camera or risk a good camera.
You get some of the advantages of digital (you can delete shots, less recurring costs to the shop, less chemicals used, slightly better environmentally potentially etc). This is a first generation product, so things like the LCD needs to appear and the cost needs to come down while the MP goes up, but it has a lot more merit than current 'disposable' film cameras, which just get another roll of film stuck in them and recycled. |
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08/04/2003 04:49:28 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
Have you seen what you get on a film CD from Ritz ? I wouldn't claim that they are 'much' better resolution - it marginal at best.
This is good for the casual film user (who would use disposable cameras in the first place - not exactly stellar optics etc) who doesn't want to buy a camera or risk a good camera. |
You make 2 very good points here.
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