On Mon, 03 Feb 2003 00:07:04 GMT, "Double-T" <not@home.com> wrote:

>While researching the Sony TRV25 (which I recently purchased), there were a

>lot of negative comments about the still image quality.

>

>Just today, I took a few shots outside of a parakeet that's making a nest in

>a tree in my front yard (I live in SW Florida). Anyway, I was stunned by

>the high quality of the images. Yes, they were shot outside, but I was also

>zoomed in at time. I'm really not sure what else people are expecting from

>a camcorder. I was expecting much less.

>

>I have posted them to: http://photos.yahoo.com/ttheissen. Click on the "birds"

>folder. They are posted full quality, so those of you on modems may require

>a lengthy download.

[400x300 res...]

If you shoot the originals at highest quality but limit the

size to the "video" resolution (640x480 NTSC), the color

noise is minimized, and the quality for web use can be quite

high (most of the 3-D images on my web page were shot

with1-chip video cameras - see (starting at number 4):

www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/changing.html. You have no

valid return email, or I would send you a corrected version of

one of yours - a little work with selective sharpening,

tone-adjust, etc., and these can look quite good! ;-)