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The use of for procedures such as collecting fingerprint evidence is also gaining wide acceptance. operate much like traditional cameras except that instead of images being transferred to film, they are stored on the camera's hard drive. Up to 48 images can be s ....

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.... in digital photography two years ago. After first rejecting due to cost and image quality, he later purchased a higherquality product in January 1993. With the aid of a laser or forensic light source, the camera allows a fluorescing fingerprint image to be made. Prints can then be sent to CAL ID - a statewide criminal fingerprint database - in an hour, rather than the eight hours required using conventional means. "You get a better quality fingerprint image and get it into the system quickly to catch suspects faster, cutting crime and making citizens happy," Reis says. Reis primarily uses his camera to take pictures of fingerprints collected by tra ....