Guest guest Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 I believe that Barbara Kirshenbaum said that she used a dentist's camera designed for shooting teeth for her tongue images. Not the most cost effective idea for most practitioners, but it is something that we photographers can sink our teeth into without having to bite our tongue or take any lip. Trying to work some oral puns into this discussion. -al. On 4/5/07, J. Lynn Detamore <lynndetamore wrote: > > so, is there any hope or counsel 4 us lay photographers thinking of > buying a digital camera to use 4 tongue photos? this means none of the > models, hundreds for the camera, hundreds for the lenses, etc. you get the > idea. lynn > > -- Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 There is hope for you. There are many point-and-shoot digital cameras on the market, but there are a few that may work a little better for you. There's a new Nikon P5000 camera that has macro shooting to 4 " . It has an onboard flash along with a hot shoe to attach a separate flash. It runs around $400. I've always been a Nikon nut, so I'm a little prejudiced there, but check around. The camera above has a zoom lens built-in; with the option of a hot shoe flash, it seems like a good deal. No extra lenses to buy... You can also expect to lay out some extra moolah for a memory card. I'd suggest a 1 GB card to start with, and make sure you download your pictures to a computer regularly, and back them up to CD or DVD. A 1 GB card sells locally (Austin, TX) for about $50 (I'd suggest a decent brand like Sandisk). I hope this helps. There are probably cheaper cameras that will do the job, but I picked the one above as one that should definitely do the job. But don't trust me; try it out in the store... Good Luck. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 hehe, thanks, al. my cousin's in dental school, i'll have to ask him about those cameras and chew on that idea a while. lynn [al] wrote: I believe that Barbara Kirshenbaum said that she used a dentist's camera designed for shooting teeth for her tongue images. Not the most cost effective idea for most practitioners, but it is something that we photographers can sink our teeth into without having to bite our tongue or take any lip. Trying to work some oral puns into this discussion. -al. On 4/5/07, J. Lynn Detamore <lynndetamore wrote: > > so, is there any hope or counsel 4 us lay photographers thinking of > buying a digital camera to use 4 tongue photos? this means none of the > models, hundreds for the camera, hundreds for the lenses, etc. you get the > idea. lynn > > -- Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 Went to a new dentist yesterday for a check-up and cleaning. The dentist had a small, handheld wand-type digital camera she used to take pictures of my teeth. It was hooked up to her laptop. It didn't look particularly expensive. Shouldn't cost more than any other computer camera. Many of these are really cheap. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 On 4/6/07, Bob Flaws <pemachophel2001 wrote: > > Went to a new dentist yesterday for a check-up and cleaning. The > dentist had a small, handheld wand-type digital camera she used to > take pictures of my teeth. It was hooked up to her laptop. It didn't > look particularly expensive. Shouldn't cost more than any other > computer camera. Many of these are really cheap. > Of particular importance is the ability of the camera to provide light into the mouth and onto the tongue at close range without generating sharp shadows. I researched the dental cameras when Ms. Kirschenbaum mentioned this a few years back and recall them having a flash attachment that provided a diffused light into the mouth which is about perfect for our needs. I see at ebay there are many " intraoral cameras " for sale. Sounds like what Bob is describing. These look like they're better designed for shooting individual teeth and the work done on them. Prices range from $90 to thousands. I'm trying to locate Barbara Kirshenbaum's post on the topic, but can't. I recall that older posts were being stored in a searchable database at craneherb.com, but I can't find a link to it from .org or craneherb.com. Doug, are the archives still found somewhere? They were supposed to be here: http://forums.*craneherb*.com But that doesn't seem to be a working URL. -- Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 I found that an inexpensive camera that has a macro setting on the lens seems to work perfectly well. A macro setting allows the camera to focus just a few inches from the subject. The cameras dentists use are tiny and designed to go deeper into the mouth than seems necessary. Probably a major factor is lens quality. The major manufacturers typically have the best lenses (olympus, nikon, canon). All make pretty cheap models that have macro settings. Definitely a far superior method of tracking changes than written descriptions and faulty visual memory. -------------- Original message ---------------------- " J. Lynn Detamore " <lynndetamore > hehe, thanks, al. my cousin's in dental school, i'll have to ask him about those > cameras and chew on that idea a while. lynn > > [al] wrote: > I believe that Barbara Kirshenbaum said that she used a dentist's camera > designed for shooting teeth for her tongue images. Not the most cost > effective idea for most practitioners, but it is something that we > photographers can sink our teeth into without having to bite our tongue or > take any lip. > > Trying to work some oral puns into this discussion. > > -al. > > On 4/5/07, J. Lynn Detamore <lynndetamore wrote: > > > > so, is there any hope or counsel 4 us lay photographers thinking of > > buying a digital camera to use 4 tongue photos? this means none of the > > models, hundreds for the camera, hundreds for the lenses, etc. you get the > > idea. lynn > > > > > > -- > > Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 Lynn, Check out www.dpreview.com for detailed reviews on cameras. For this purpose, you might want to read the sections about color reproduction. Personally, I've had good luck with Canon cameras, and the tilting flip-out screen feature is great for taking pictures in crowds. Geoff , " J. Lynn Detamore " <lynndetamore wrote: > > hehe, thanks, al. my cousin's in dental school, i'll have to ask him about those cameras and chew on that idea a while. lynn > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 I wasn't able to use macro on my camera because the flash was too strong at that close range, and it was difficult to have enough light to have a fast enough shutter speed to prevent blurring. If you have a good model - please let us know. Geoff , wrote: > > I found that an inexpensive camera that has a macro setting on the lens seems to work perfectly well. A macro setting allows the camera to focus just a few inches from the subject. The cameras dentists use are tiny and designed to go deeper into the mouth than seems necessary. Probably a major factor is lens quality. The major manufacturers typically have the best lenses (olympus, nikon, canon). All make pretty cheap models that have macro settings. Definitely a far superior method of tracking changes than written descriptions and faulty visual memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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