Re: new system

[P3D Gregory J. Wageman <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike Kersenbrock asks:

>And that Polaroid camera is consumer priced (so that we're comparing apples
>with apples, not apples with Ritz crackers)?

Good point.  The PDC-2000 is available in a couple of different
configurations.  For $3,695 you get 40MB of internal storage which
holds up to 40 images.  For $2,995, you get no internal storage and
you must be SCSI-cabled to your computer (ideal for a studio situation;
pretty useless in the field).  For $4,995 you can get a flash ROM
drive that holds 60 images (the 40MB version is a mini-harddrive).

This is very definitely on the high end of 'consumer', but nowhere
near the tens of thousands of $ for Kodak's high-end pro digital rigs.

The image data are so large because they are uncompressed raw pixel data.
This gives you the freedom to choose your final resolution after you
download them to your computer, rather than having to make a choice
in the field.

Check out URL http://www.polaroid.com/digcam/digcam.html for additional
information.

        -Greg W.


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