Megapixels, Gigapxl, and Camera Bags
The May 2004 meeting of the Camera Owners of the Bay Area (COBA) user group will be held on Wednesday, May 12, 2004 at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) from 7:30-10:30 pm.
3, 4, 6, 8, 11 megapixels: Show Me The Difference!
This month, we will take a look at how far your megapixels go. We’ll look at the print output from various digital cameras. The sizes of each print will range from 4×6 all the way to 20×30. The presentation will be a qualitative and quantitative investigation into understanding out how many megapixels does one really need?
We will taking photos that will be used in the presentation on Sunday afternoon (May 9) at Stanford University. If you would like to contribute, arrange to be in front of Memorial Church (in Stanford’s Main Quad) at 3:00 pm. We’re looking to get samples from as many digital cameras (SLR’s and digicams) as possible. We have currently have access to a Canon EOS-1D and a 1D Mark II. So, if you have a D30, 10D, 1Ds, Nikon D2H, Pentax *ist, Sigma SD-9/10, etc., come on by to Stanford on Sunday afternoon!
Sunday, May 9
3:00 pm : Meet in Stanford’s Main Quad in front of Memorial Church to take photos for the Show Me The Difference! presentation
July Meeting Preview: Gigapixel Images
For the July 14 meeting, Graham Flint will be speaking about his high
resolution terrestrial camera, which takes one gigapixel single exposures. He will discuss his techniques for image capture and processing. His friend, Michael Jones, will be on hand with some sample prints to whet your appetite.
Help Design A Camera Bag!
Bring your camera bag (with gear) to the meeting and help with the design
of a camera bag!
Busayo Ojumu is a product designer at Stanford University. His current project is to make/design/create a camera bag that suits the needs
of the photographer who needs to carry all of his/her stuff (not
necessarily in one bag) when going to a shoot, leaving for work, or traveling
to an event. He would like a first hand glimpse of what photographers actually keep in their camera bags, the organization, the importance of each piece of
equipment, and how they use them. He’d like to watch photographers interact
with their current bag and to express both the shortcomings and successes
of their bag.