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Sue - Jun 17, 2005 8:51:38 am PDT #3436 of 10003
hip deep in pie

I stand behind the rationalization that a better camera will making my mediocre photography skills better. Any great picture I have taken has been an accident, or a surprise to me.


Rob - Jun 17, 2005 8:57:36 am PDT #3437 of 10003

lots of crooks selling crap online

In the digital camera biz, it usually means this. I use B&H Photo and Video as a yardstick; if someone is underselling them by a large amount it's probably too good to be true.


amych - Jun 17, 2005 8:57:39 am PDT #3438 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I have a friend with a D70. It's extremely tasty.


§ ita § - Jun 17, 2005 9:03:15 am PDT #3439 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

B&H's price for the D70 isn't much more than the D50. But I already have and use SD cards in three devices. I'm assuming CompactFlash rocks because of higher capacity -- how does it rate costwise with SD?


Jon B. - Jun 17, 2005 9:07:12 am PDT #3440 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Should I be able to hook my receiver up to the pre-amp?

If the tuner has RCA outs, then I suppose you can treat it as just another input to the pre-amp.

And could my sound problem actually be that my speaker wire is frelled? (The speaker that is getting sound was the left channel; I switched things around and now the speaker that is getting sound is the right channel.)

Switched things around how?


P.M. Marc - Jun 17, 2005 9:35:58 am PDT #3441 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I'm assuming CompactFlash rocks because of higher capacity -- how does it rate costwise with SD?

Off the top of my head from staring at the case in Fry's last week, I think it's cheaper.


Gris - Jun 17, 2005 10:38:42 am PDT #3442 of 10003
Hey. New board.

how does it rate costwise with SD?

Slightly cheaper. Not a lot. And the capacities are pretty similar: though CF has a 2 GB card, for example, and SD doesn't. it's quite expensive in comparison to the 1 GB. I think.


NoiseDesign - Jun 17, 2005 10:45:29 am PDT #3443 of 10003
Our wings are not tired

CF actually even has 4 GB cards now. I've used them for audio devices.


sumi - Jun 17, 2005 11:35:04 am PDT #3444 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!

jon, I switched the right channel to the "b" speaker Uh, slot and suddenly all sound was coming from the right channel and none from the left.

I'll see if I can figure out if (after getting the right wires) I can hook up the receiver through the pre-amp.


Theodosia - Jun 17, 2005 2:24:05 pm PDT #3445 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"

Is there a decently intuitive shareware program for OSX that will let me make VCD's out of AVIs and MPGs?