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| Thread ID: 21806 | 2002-07-04 08:41:00 | Photography | R.M. (561) | Press F1 |
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| 59859 | 2002-07-04 08:41:00 | I have a friend who's hobby is photography. She is thinking about getting herself a computer setup, and asked me to research the specs of what she should consider. Things she asked were: 1. How much storage do you think she would need (an open ended question, that!), 2. What sort of printer does she need to print good quality prints, 3. What sort of scanner would she need/be able to get to scan medium format larger negatives - 4 inch x 4 inch. I thought I could lay my hands on an article in PC World that would cover all of that - but haven't found just what I am looking for. Your help would be very much appreciated. :) | R.M. (561) | ||
| 59860 | 2002-07-04 10:46:00 | A Duron 700 2nd hand with at least a 20 gig HDD with say 256 megs of ram a good AGP graphics card 32 meg ddr ram and a 17" monitor would be ideal look on trademe.co.nz not an expert on scanners or printers obviously the more you pay the better the quality but remember it is all dependent how much you use it dont regard PCs as a investment they depreciate at a alarming rate a $10000 Pc in 8 years time will be worth about $300 !!! If she needs any more advice on software etc you are welcome to contact me tennisplayer43@hotmail.com | kiwibeat (304) | ||
| 59861 | 2002-07-04 10:59:00 | Given the negative size (quality) you are using, I would suggest contacting companies like Imaging Technology (Ph 09 5731196) who specialise in scanners for transparencies / negatives. | wuppo (41) | ||
| 59862 | 2002-07-04 19:38:00 | Thank you for your comments - I will pass your messages on to my friend. :) |
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| 59863 | 2002-07-04 21:47:00 | If you're going to be dealing with scans like that, a copy of Adobe Photoshop will need to be on the budget too for image processing. | Biggles (121) | ||
| 59864 | 2002-07-05 10:02:00 | Doing a lot of photo work I would recommend 512mb ram. I bought a scanner just recently which can also do negatives and slides and I'm not very impressed with the quality. This scanner can also only scan 35ml negatives. I suppose you could rig something up to do a larger negative. If they really want to do a lot of negatives etc you need to spend about a grand on a scanner. Storage I would say should be no less than 40gb. The recommendations really depends on whether it is just a hobby or they want to go commercial. |
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