[luau] Digital Camera with Linux

al plant webmaster at hawaiidakine.com
Wed Sep 11 07:37:00 PDT 2002


Ray Strode wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >We use a Sony Cameras that work on a .jpg format floppy disk. Good
> >Quality and loads directly onto any OS with a floppy drive.
> >
> >You can get the camera for a good price at the Navy EX.
> >
> JPEG isn't really the best format for holding raw image data because
> it's lossy.
> It's an excellent format for saving disk space though (such as for the
> web or for storing
> megapixel images on a floppy disk.)
> 
> --Ray
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Yep, Thats right.

I assumed he was talking about webservices for photos. There are some
higher res products that are available for work in motion picture
industry graphics. 

Sony and Panasonic have commercial pro versions of these for the cinema
industry. 
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