OK, other question: I'm thinking of buying a digital camera for my trip. I totally should've decided this earlier, but I got sucked into looking at them on the internet and...well, you know how it goes. My question is, how much of a memory card do I need to get to go along with it? Never having had a digital camera before, I have no idea how many pictures fit in how much space (I know it depends on how nice a resolution you're using, but I have no idea if a 64MB is sufficient or if I need to spring for the crazy expensive 1gig or what?)
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meara - May 14, 2005 10:54:04 am PDT #2915 of 10003
dcp - May 14, 2005 11:06:41 am PDT #2916 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
if a 64MB is sufficient
Probably not. My Olympus is a couple years old and only 2.1megapixels, and I carry two 128Mb cards with it.
I've only actually needed that much memory when I was on a week-long trip without my laptop, but I was glad I had it.
meara - May 14, 2005 11:38:58 am PDT #2917 of 10003
Heh--well, I'll be on a 2 1/2 week long trip without my laptop, so...yeah. Huh, I suppose (silly me) I hadn't thought about the possibility of buying MULTIPLE cards. Riiiiiight. Options.
NoiseDesign - May 14, 2005 11:46:03 am PDT #2918 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
I'd say get at least a 512 MB and a 128 or 256 as a second card, on the off chance you fill the 512 before you can offload pics you have a backup card to toss in the camera.
dcp - May 14, 2005 11:52:16 am PDT #2919 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
It's probably cheaper to buy one large card than multiple smaller ones. 128Mb was the largest available when I bought my camera. I took lots of pictures and discarded most of them.
Having lots of memory to play with means you can save the pictures in higher quality formats, which really pays off later when you crop and edit.
NoiseDesign - May 14, 2005 11:55:07 am PDT #2920 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
I like having a second card just as a safety. I tend to shoot a huge quantity of pictures with my camera and have filled my 256 a couple of times (And mine is only a 2 Megapixel). It also means that I can be offloading pictures with one card while still shooting.
Rob - May 14, 2005 11:57:46 am PDT #2921 of 10003
When I hit control click, and hit "download linked file as..." it downloaded the page, not the file.
Then I think downloading Firefox is the best bet. That's what I usually do when I run into some Javascript on a web page that doesn't work with Safari.
meara - May 14, 2005 12:02:21 pm PDT #2922 of 10003
Sigh. Damn, that's lame. Apple! Fix your browser, dangit!
DCJensen - May 14, 2005 1:16:39 pm PDT #2923 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Not a matter of fixing so much as updating.
I think there's a new one with Tiger, I don't know if it'll be backrolled to OS X 10.3.x or not.
Theodosia - May 14, 2005 1:38:41 pm PDT #2924 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
No clues about my Azureus problem?