Hi, Pictures are good if they are readable later. Some gray mottled granite stones are difficult to read when you are looking at them, let alone in a photo. Also old encrusted defy photos. What do you do if you drive 50 or 75 miles, take photos, and when you look at the picture there is a leaf covering a vital piece of information, or the picture is blurred. Picture require one to return to the cemetery to check the questionable data. I have taken many photos of tombstones, in one I took over 1000 photos, so I have experience in that field. It just saves time to write down the information while you are there. Paul
Hi Paul. I use to have that same problem, of going 50+ miles, taking a picture and then developing them and them not be readable. So I bought a Polaroid camera. True each picture may cost about a dollar each, but atleast then you know that it is 100% readable. With the ones that I know will "turn out" I use my 35mm, but those that are harder to read, I use the other. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [MO-CEM] Negative Tone > Hi, > > Pictures are good if they are readable later. Some gray mottled > granite stones are difficult to read when you are looking at them, let alone in a > photo. Also old encrusted defy photos. What do you do if you drive 50 or > 75 miles, take photos, and when you look at the picture there is a leaf > covering a vital piece of information, or the picture is blurred. Picture require > one to return to the cemetery to check the questionable data. I have taken > many photos of tombstones, in one I took over 1000 photos, so I have > experience in that field. > It just saves time to write down the information while you are there. > > Paul > > > ==== MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address [email protected] If you are trying to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change the -L- to a -D- > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >