Digital SLRs are great, they have physically larger CCDs than non-SLR Digital cameras and this seems to really help image quality even at the same number of megapixels.
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Gudanov - Jan 12, 2006 6:05:52 am PST #6518 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
tommyrot - Jan 12, 2006 6:08:57 am PST #6519 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think I need a big honkin' digital SLR, and a second digital camera that has lots of features but can be easily carried in a pocket.
Then I feel lame for needing two digital cameras. But I figure this place would be a good place to confess this.
Jessica - Jan 12, 2006 6:11:06 am PST #6520 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Then I feel lame for needing two digital cameras.
That just proves you're not ready.
I have a film SLR with a broken spring (the mirror won't flip back up after taking a picture) that I've put off getting fixed for years because my digital PHD camera is so small and handy.
Gudanov - Jan 12, 2006 6:13:20 am PST #6521 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
A just bought a second digital camera for just this reason. I went with cheap and small (Fuji A345), rather than full-featured and small but pretty much the same thing. I feel I mitigated any potential lameness since I used gift certificates, however I don't see the lameness.
§ ita § - Jan 12, 2006 6:14:55 am PST #6522 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have a film SLR, last used on my Kenya trip in September, a digital SLR last really used in Catalina at Thanksgiving, and a pocket sized digital last used yesterday in a vain attempt to get a picture of this huge bird by the parking structure at work.
Until I can work the digital SLR like the film SLR, there's no competition. And that may not ever happen, although they're about equivalent.
So all three cameras have their role.
I want a polaroid to live in my apartment, to come out for occasions to make people laugh, or to record something quickly and physically without needing to get photo paper into the printer.
Hell, I'm amused by the idea of snapping all my visitors and pinning up their pictures somewhere. It tickles me.
tommyrot - Jan 12, 2006 6:15:34 am PST #6523 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
however I don't see the lameness.
Sometimes I feel like I own too much crap. Mostly computer stuff and cars, I guess....
Jon B. - Jan 12, 2006 6:16:45 am PST #6524 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
who the HELL needs thirty nine megapixels?
Just curious: How many megapixels did the previous top-of-the-line Hasselblad have?
Jon B. - Jan 12, 2006 6:18:22 am PST #6525 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Sometimes I feel like I own too much crap. Mostly computer stuff and cars
How many cars do you own?
tommyrot - Jan 12, 2006 6:19:40 am PST #6526 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
How many cars do you own?
At the moment, it's back up to three. But I'm pro'lly gonna sell the '73 Mercury.
Jessica - Jan 12, 2006 6:52:33 am PST #6527 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
PDA question -- how can I figure out what version of PalmOS my Clie is running? And how can I upgrade it once I do? (This page, where Palm.com sent me, doesn't have any OS updates listed.)
Or would I be better off buying a new PDA from a company that still makes them?