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Members may have been expecting that most of the photography seen in the Record would have originated from a digital camera however, unlike it's sister papers in Vancouver and Calgary, The Record still relies on good old film and prints. Record Photo Editor Brian Clark VE3ULQ, indicated that as a result of his $1,200 budget into digital photography he is still the Record's photo-editor a claim that can not longer be made by "the former" photo editor of the Vancouver Sun after expending $250,000 to bring digital photography to his paper.
The Record was the first Canadian paper to venture into digital imaging starting off with early Macintosh computers and still manages a network of 91 more modern Macintosh computers today. The Mac's are all networked together allowing editors to choose from amoungst thousands of digital wire-photos every day. Today, The Record uses their Kodak DC120 for studio head-shots and for pre-viewing studio still-life type set ups. Brian stated that the price-performance curve is still not competitive enough for a move the a full digital paper.
By the number and quality of questions being asked, there was no question that interest was very high amoungst the membership. A quick review of attendees indicated that the high turnout was due in part to the topic on digital photography. ed.
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The February meeting broke all attendance records with 85 members and guests on
hand to hear Brian Clark VE3ULQ and Robert (Bob) Wilson of the 
The humorous photographic duo of Brian and Bob told members that the price range of today's digital cameras start at
under $300 for a consumer product all the way up to $35,000 for a top-end professional Kodak/Nikon product.
Ben VA3BNY then thanked Brain and Bob for a most informative talk which was followed by a demo of the camera and a
Macintosh computer for editing.