SGS CIG abt "Digital Cameras for Genealogy" on Dec. 6th, 2003 December's Seattle Genealogical Society Computer Interest Group program will be "Using Digital Cameras for Genealogy." Laura Wise, with the assistance of Steve Aberle and Char Ann Kennedy, will lead a "workshop" on using a digital camera. This program will be more advanced than Laura's previous presentations surveying digital cameras and is intended for people who have a basic understanding of digital cameras. If you have a digital camera and are using it to photograph books and other documents as part of your research, then you wont want to miss the SGS Computer Interest Group meeting this coming Saturday, December 6th, from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM! Do your document photos ever turn out blurry, too dark, too light, mis-centered, or distorted? Have you wished later that you'd just used the photocopier instead of your digital camera? If so, then this session is just what you need to develop techniques for shooting in less than optimal lighting conditions and learn ways to adjust your cameras settings to avoid poor quality photographs. This will be a "hands-on" event, so if you have a digital camera, be sure to bring it (and its manual) with you! If don't have a digital camera and are about to buy one (or put one on your holiday gift list), then come and see cameras with features that you might want to consider and hear what others have to say (good and bad) about the cameras they own. NOTE: The SGS CIG monthly meeting changes to a NEW DAY (first Saturday), TIME (1:30 PM to 3:30 PM), and LOCATION (National Archives) beginning this month (December). The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is located at 6125 Sand Point Way NE, just across the street from SGS. The SGS CIG meeting is held in the second floor conference room. Parking is available in the NARA lot. On the Metro Transit #74 and #75 bus lines. Stairs and ramp available to NARA's front door. Stairs and elevator access to the second floor conference room. David Ault, Chair, Seattle Genealogical Society Computer Interest Group Computer Interest Group E-mail: SGSComputerIG@Juno.com SGS Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~waseags/ & Phone: 206-522-8658 SGS Office & Library: 6200 Sand Point Way NE, #101, Seattle, WA 98115 * ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!