[wplug] Q: Digital photography

[Alexandros Papadopoulos]

On Monday 22 September 2003 15:16, DL Shepherd wrote:
> Environment: I have Red Hat 8 running on a Dell laptop.
>
> I have just entered the arena of digital photography.  I just
> purchased a Sony-MVC-500.
>
> I have several questions about other folks' experiences.
>
> What printer works best for printing pictures?  What paper should be
> used? I am using GIMP.  

I can suggest stuff for some of your questions.

> Are there any tutorials on how to get the
> mosts out of it? 

http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/

> Are there any tools or best practices on how to keep
> my images organized? I was thinking of purchasing an external drive
> with more capacity to store more images online.  My laptop has a USB
> connection.  Suggestions on what drives to buy?

If it's plain old USB, it's too slow to use. Get a USB2 PCMCIA card and 
an external HDD bay, then stick any HDD in there.

> How about a CD Burner to store all of my edited images offline.  Any
> suggestions?
>
> The camera can also take MPEG videos.  What can I use on my Linux
> laptop to view and edit MPEG?

Viewing and (very) limited editing can be done with mplayer/mencoder. 
http://mplayerhq.hu for details.

-A
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