I was excited when I read the new SONY camera's features. Finally: manual control! According to the tech parameters I can not be use it with a Mac computer :-(

I need to buy a PC, Photoshop for the PC (Adobe does not let me upgrade form Mac to PC) and then the camera. Well...that's too much for Santa.

Does anyone have a solution for me?

Thanks,

-- Akos Szilvasi (akos@mediaone.net), November 28, 1998

Answers

Sorry for the extra "be".

Akos :-)

-- Akos Szilvasi (akos@mediaone.net), November 28, 1998.

Hi Akos,

You most certainly can use the Sony with your Mac. I just bought a new G3 Powerbook and I'll be able to download my images using the two slots in my laptop. You don't need to buy a new powerbook, but you will have to get a PC reader for your desktop Mac. That will probably set you back $2-300, but will be worth it. I'm going to take my laptop with me when I do outdoor portraits and after I've finished the session, I will walk my clients to a picnic table, take the memory card out of my D700, push it into my Mac and show them their portraits minutes after they're done. I'll collect my money and take the files to my work and output true photos on our chemistry and photopaper based digital Sienna FotoPrint output device.

So get on a waiting list as I've read they're only releasing 1,000/ month and they're supposed to be out on dealers shelves on Dec. 1-3!!

Good luck and write if you need any more help regarding digital and your Mac.

Phil Pool

-- Phil Pool (pep44@excite.com), November 29, 1998.

Thanks, Phil, for your help. The "PC reader" is a piece of hardware I need to install to a PCI slot or a converter software? I use a 9500/120 (...yes, it's an old one) Mac.

I never used a digital camera (still work with a Nikon and film scanner) and don't really know what comes with the package and what I need to buy extra.

Thanks,

-- Akos Szilvasi (akos@mediaone.net), November 29, 1998.

For the Mac, PC-card readers are SCSI devices - just stick them in your SCSI chain. (Assuming you have any SCSI IDs left!) Several folks make them, including Microtech and Simple Technologies. Most any one should work. You'll probably need to have PC Exchange running, since they'll all be in DOS/Windows disk format.

-- Dave Etchells (detchells@imaging-resource.com), November 30, 1998.