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N W T C - M a r i n e t t e: 7 1 5
- 7 3 5 - 9 3 6 1
NWTC-Marinette
Computer
- Digital Camera
Instructor - Lloyd Cook - Adjunct
Instructor - NWTC-Marinette
With Guest Lecturer - Cindy Goldsmith
DESCRIPTION - COMPUTER: DIGITAL CAMERAS 1 ...types of cameras, installing
hardware/software, email images, and how to compress. Designed for beginners or those looking to purchase a
digital camera.
E-mail the Instructor: lloyd.cook@nwtc.edu
or the Guest Lecturer cindy.goldsmith@nwtc.edu
Note: Please bring your
digital camera, software, USB cables, docking bays etc. to each Session If
you do not have a camera, that's ok. We'll have extras that you can
experiment with during the sessions..
Introductions and Images Slide
Show
I. Types of cameras
A. What types are
available?
A
Point & Shoot ($100-500)
Consumer
B. Intermediate ($500-1,000)
Prosumer (as named by Dennis Curtin)
C. SLR (single lens reflex) ($1,000 & up) Professional
B. Demo Agfa "Smile" camera
A link to get us started from
the book "A Short Course in Choosing a Digital Camera"
Chapter 4.
TYPES OF DIGITAL CAMERAS by: Dennis P. Curtin Copyright © 2003.
All rights reserved.
http://www.shortcourses.com
C. Which type is for
me? (Things to
consider...)
1. Price
2. How will I use the camera
- E-mail to family & friends
- Printing small pictures
- Printing Poster Size Images
- Web use
- Family Photo Albums
- Image Enhancement
- Commercial Photography
3. Size (in megapixels - million pixels) How big is big enough?
4. Zoom (Optical / Digital) Which is better?
5. Image Stabilization. Is it necessary?
6. Macro, Wide Angle, Zoom. Do I need all of these things?
7. Type of Memory Card. What's that?
8. Docking Bay. What's that?
9. Built-in Memory. What's that?
10. Extra lenses available? Why would I need extra lenses?
11. Does the camera come with a lens? You mean some cameras don't come
with
lenses?
12. My next camera?
Olympus Evolt E-500
No... but maybe this is now my next camera?
Olympus SP 570 UZ (20X built in telephoto wide angle lens, 10
Megapixels.)
Update: The one I really have my eye on now is the
Pentax
K20D 14.6 megapixel Digital SLR camera.
Speaking of Pentax K20D, this is a great way to learn about this or many other
Digital Cameras. Watch a video. These videos
are found on Camera Labs website, along with extensive reviews, comparisons,
prices, sample photos and conclusions.
The video for the Pentax K20D is here:
http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Pentax_K20D/index.shtml
Just click on Video Tour on the top right side of the page, and click on YouTube
on the video and once the video starts, click on Full Screen.
Lets take a look at the Camera Labs video on the Pentax K20D... just to give you
an idea of how this all works.
12a. And now... the camera we settled on after 6 months
of research:
Fujifilm FinePix S100 FS &
Active Product Tour Video
C.
Do I need a computer to use my digital camera?
Yes and no.
1. Yes if you want to use the images to/for::
- E-mail to family & friends...
- Web use
- Family Photo Albums
- Image Enhancement
- Commercial Photography
2. No if you want to use the images for...
- Printing small pictures
- Printing Poster Size Images
- Viewing on you TV
D. Things to know, look at/for before you buy
1. What type of operating systems is required for the digital camera/software?
How do I know what my operating system is? (Click Start and Help) My
laptop is using MS Windows XP Professional
2. What type of memory card does the camera use? Our Olympus cameras
use Smart Media Cards
3. What type of batteries does the camera use?
E. Digital Images PPT (including handout)
F. How Many Pictures Can I Fit on a Flash
Card?
According to Crucial.com... it depends.
Click here
for some charts to help you get a handle on this nagging question.
II. Camera Icons and other
miscellaneous terminology
A. A PPT Presentation.
Click here if you want to follow along with me. OLYMPUS E-Systems
: Body E-500 Quick start guide
download PDF (English) size: 864 KB
B.
Other Links/Info in the PPT:
III. Taking Pictures and
using some of the menu settings.
IV. E-mail images
A. Outlook Express Click
Create Mail, type or enter the e-mail address, subject, and type your
message. To "Attach" an image, click Attach (it has a picture of a
paper clip on it), under Look In (on the Insert Attachment window), click the
drop-down list arrow. click on My Documents, double click on My
Pictures folder, double click on the folder that contains the image(s) that
you want to send, scroll down and find the image that you wants to attach, left
click the image once, and click Attach. Note: you will see the file
name of the image that you attached, and the size in KB. A good rule of
thumb for file sizes for e-mail attachments is 50-100KB. For a detailed
explanation of how to do this process, complete with screenshots, you can visit
my
Internet Beginners Tutorial. Click on E-mail on the bottom and follow
the pages, one by one.
B. Hotmail, Yahoo mail The
procedure is almost identical to the one that I just described for Outlook
Express. Just to show you, I'll open my Hotmail E-mail account and show
you.
C. From your camera's software Yes, the
software that came with your camera may contain e-mail options. For example:
Olympus cameras come with software called Camedia Master. Part of
the software contains an e-mail function. It allows you to select an
image, automatically compresses it for e-mailing, opens your default e-mail
program, and sends an e-mail with your picture attached.
V. How to Compress Images
A. Using
your camera's software If you use your camera's
software to e-mail images, most will automatically compress your images to a
size suitable for sending attachments.
B. From Windows XP Pro
If you have it. Click Start, My Pictures, double
click the named folder that contains the image(s) that you want to e-mail
as attachments, left click the image name (or Control Left Click several
image names, while holding down the Control key.) Under the heading Files
& Tasks, click E-mail This File, in the small window Send Pictures via E-mail,
click Show More Options, click Small, Medium, or Large, click Make All My
Pictures Smaller and your default e-mail program will pop up with the image
downsized and attached to the e-mail. My file size went from 393 KB to
49.8 KB!!!. I chose "Small - fits in a 640 x 480 window.)
C. Using Your Own Software
I'll show you how to compress using Adobe Photoshop.
VI. How to Upload Images
From Digital Camera to Computer -
PDF File step by step
VII. Computers - Digital Camera 1 -
On-Line Tutorials, Links and Terms
VIII. Short Courses.com -
How to books by
Dennis Curtain
Copyright ©
1996 - 2010 Instructor Lloyd Cook with Guest Lecturer Cindy Goldsmith
Cindy's teaching stuff:
BA - Interactive Media Design - Art Institute of Pittsburgh
AA - Computer Science - NWTC Green Bay
Guest Lecturer (Digital Photography & Digital Photo Enhancement)
Adjunct Instructor (Digital Art 216) UW-Marinette
Professional Web Developer
Lloyd's teaching stuff:
BS
- Managerial Accounting - UW-Green Bay.
5 year teaching certificate - Accounting/Computer Applications -
WI Technical
College System
Certified Accelerated Learning Facilitator - NWTC-Green Bay
Adjunct Instructor (Digital Photography, Digital Photo Enhancement, Digital
Gadgets, Scanners,
Internet, E-mail, Web Design, MS Office, Windows XP, &
All Accounting Courses, Economics & Credit Procedures) - NWTC-Marinette
Adjunct Instructor (Financial & Managerial Accounting) - Silver Lake College,
Manitowoc, WI (NWTC-Marinette Campus)
Adjunct Instructor (MS Office, Windows, Adobe PhotoShop, Internet, Web
Design, & College For Kids) UW-Marinette.
Certified Web Master. Member of:
National Society of Accountants International Webmasters Association (IWA)
Internet
Society (ISOC) Html Writers
Guild (HWG)
Educator member of the Student
Photographic Society at
studentPhoto.com
Last updated
Monday, June 14, 2010
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