Not to get wrapped up in the quality debate, but do you really want to be
carrying around a box full of floppy disks ... ? :)

Besides; 1.4meg jpg is the *best* you can save an image as.  Limited,
IMHO.


Jason

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On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Gustav Schaffter wrote:

> James,
> 
> Sony produces the 'Mavica' series of digital cameras. Though big, they
> come in handy since they store the pictures as .jpg files on a std DOS
> formatted 3.5" diskette.
> 
> This way you become independent of hardware/software issues as long as
> you can load a DOS formatted diskette and show .jpg files. ;-)
> 
> Regards
> Gustav
> 
> 
> James Peret wrote:
> > 
> > <newbie>
> > I am thinking of buying a digital camera, but would like to download the
> > pictures to my linux box.  Does anyone know of a manufacturer that
> > supports linux, or is there a utility I can use?
> > 
> > -red
> > </newbie>
> 
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