D770 film

What are people happiest with? I'm not as offended by the memory stick as some, but I can see why many would/could be frustrated by its size and Sony-only limitations. But the D770 is my first digital camera, so I don't have any other digital film just laying around.

I'm also getting ready to upgrade my tired Alps MD 2010...it's getting dangerously close to needing the ol' bullet in the head...Alps has informed me that it's really not worth the seemingly minor repair! They suggested that I purchase the 5000, and I am thinking about that. But I'm also trying to weigh the myraid of combinations possible with printers, photo printers, etc and those choices seem to be somewhat affected by my choice of camera memory...

Any info, inisghts or advice will be gratefully welcomed!

Thanks,
Elizabeth

I read a review that indicated compact flash is considerably faster at reading and writing data. This is a factor with the D770 because of its incredibly fast burst mode. You may never choose to use that feature as I will. The 770 can capture 2 pictures per second for upto as much memory as you have in the camera if you are using say the least compressed mode. It will drop off to about 1.5 per second or less with the memorystick.

As for your printer, there are a lot of them to choose from for sure. I have read great things about the Alps dye sub printers. I personally opted for the Epson Photo 750 and am delighted with the results. It has been far better than I ever thought possible. In a review of the two, the reviewer prefered the Alps over the Epson 750. I liked the 750 myself. Is it not great to have so many choices? Wow! A D770 for your first ever digital? Nothing like starting at the top! Enjoy that camera.
Greg Biggs

Elizabeth said:

What are people happiest with? I'm not as offended by the memory stick as
some, but I can see why many would/could be frustrated by its size and
Sony-only limitations. But the D770 is my first digital camera, so I
don't have any other digital film just laying around.

I'm also getting ready to upgrade my tired Alps MD 2010...it's getting
dangerously close to needing the ol' bullet in the head...Alps has
informed me that it's really not worth the seemingly minor repair! They
suggested that I purchase the 5000, and I am thinking about that. But I'm
also trying to weigh the myraid of combinations possible with printers,
photo printers, etc and those choices seem to be somewhat affected by my
choice of camera memory...

Any info, inisghts or advice will be gratefully welcomed!

Thanks,
Elizabeth

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Elizabeth said:

What are people happiest with? I'm not as offended by the memory stick as
some, but I can see why many would/could be frustrated by its size and
Sony-only limitations. But the D770 is my first digital camera, so I
don't have any other digital film just laying around.

I'm also getting ready to upgrade my tired Alps MD 2010...it's getting
dangerously close to needing the ol' bullet in the head...Alps has
informed me that it's really not worth the seemingly minor repair! They
suggested that I purchase the 5000, and I am thinking about that. But I'm
also trying to weigh the myraid of combinations possible with printers,
photo printers, etc and those choices seem to be somewhat affected by my
choice of camera memory...

Any info, inisghts or advice will be gratefully welcomed!

Thanks,
Elizabeth

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Hi Elizabeth,

Depending on the type of photography you do, you might consider several options: If you do any sports photography or where there is "action" or movement, you may want to consider one of the Lexar 8x cards. There are a couple of Lexar options. First, you could use the Lexar 8x 80 meg CF card with a Type II (PCMCIA) adapter. It's much like the memory stick in its adapter. This card will let you shoot continuously at full resolution high quality jpg mode until the card is full at a speed of 1 frame per 1.5 seconds. Or, you could use the Type II (PCMCIA) 8x 96 meg Lexar card. It's a full sized card which doesn't require an adapter. You can even use SmartMedia with a Type II adapter.

On the other hand, if you don't need the speed for action shots, you could use any of the Compact Flash cards such as SanDisk, etc. The advantages are capacity, though I believe Sony is planning or has recently released a much larger MemoryStick.

As far as printers are concerned, the "standard" for super high quality print is Epson's line of 1440 x 720 printers. The new Epson's won first place at the recent PMA show in Las Vegas and produce superb quality photo prints. The newer Epsons which have just been released use archival inks which will resist ultra-violet fading and give you a useful print life of very close to regular film print. The only down side to the Epson, Hewlett-Packard, etc., is that the inks are not "water safe" like your Alps probably was. The up-side is that they will give you the very finest quality print.

Lin

One of the advantages of the D770 (see the thread http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=155326 )

is that it takes full sized PC Cards. This means that it is NOT limited to a particular memory card. Any memory option that has a PC Card adapter may be used. Unfortunately that doesn't include the IBM Microdrive which is less of an issue considering the greater capacity of full size PC cards (up to 320Mb) as opposed to the limited capacity of the CF cards. You can use Memorysticks, CF Cards, Smartmedia or full size PC Cards...everything but floppys.

The impression that Memorysticks are "Sony only" will be falling away because the Memorystick will soon be seen on dozens of products that aren't even related to photography but all the data will be interchangable. You will very soon be able to take your Lexar manufactured Memorystick out of your Olympus camera and play it on your 3Com Pilot Organizer.

Elizabeth said:

What are people happiest with? I'm not as offended by the memory stick as
some, but I can see why many would/could be frustrated by its size and
Sony-only limitations. But the D770 is my first digital camera, so I
don't have any other digital film just laying around.

I'm also getting ready to upgrade my tired Alps MD 2010...it's getting
dangerously close to needing the ol' bullet in the head...Alps has
informed me that it's really not worth the seemingly minor repair! They
suggested that I purchase the 5000, and I am thinking about that. But I'm
also trying to weigh the myraid of combinations possible with printers,
photo printers, etc and those choices seem to be somewhat affected by my
choice of camera memory...

Any info, inisghts or advice will be gratefully welcomed!

Thanks,
Elizabeth

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Thank you very much for clearing up some of that confusing mess of memory!

And should I not be looking at the Hewlett Packard printers? I have heard wonderful things about the Epsons as well, so I'll have to get going on my "research" - same approach to researching that led me pretty much straight to the D770 (ooh, I hope that Nikon cat isn't reading this...lol).

I'm very, very happy with the camera - actually I can't get this stuuuuuuupid grin off my face...but I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing...

Is this forum accepting of the "dumber" questions?n ;-)

Elizabeth

"Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have
preferred to talk."
~ D. Larson

The HP Printers are real good in some wats from what I jave seen. One of the things I have seen from my friends HP 812C is the ability to print really decent 360 dpi prints without any evidence of banding. I did not have that experience with my Epsons. I get awesome 720 dpi and 1440 dpi prints from the Epson.

I believe my Epson 750 uses more ink than any printer I have ever used though. Trade off for quality I guess. Deciding on which printer or whih camera or which memory medium to use should not have to be so time consuming with technology changing as rapidly as it does. By the time you get what you learn to be best, it is outdated or replaced by something else.

Elizabeth said:

Thank you very much for clearing up some of that confusing mess of memory!

And should I not be looking at the Hewlett Packard printers? I have heard
wonderful things about the Epsons as well, so I'll have to get going on
my "research" - same approach to researching that led me pretty much
straight to the D770 (ooh, I hope that Nikon cat isn't reading
this...lol).

I'm very, very happy with the camera - actually I can't get this
stuuuuuuupid grin off my face...but I don't think that's necessarily a
bad thing...

Is this forum accepting of the "dumber" questions?n ;-)

Elizabeth

"Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have
preferred to talk."
~ D. Larson

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Deciding on which printer or whih

Greg Biggs said:

camera or which memory medium to use should not have to be so time
consuming with technology changing as rapidly as it does. By the time you
get what you learn to be best, it is outdated or replaced by something
else.

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...sigh...I know. Coming to grips with the truth in your statement is really what convinced me to finally commit to digital imaging - I was beginning to feel loony with all the comparing and reviewing and opinionings, but most especially with the waiting for the next version of digital sliced bread!

This wouldn't be so frustrating if the cost of these new tools wasn't so prohibitive!

Happy, happy, happy with the D770.

Elizabeth