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| | | "Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrn94mt91.6h8.....bu.edu... <snippage> Actually I've made my mind up to get 1) Mindstorms-Mars Exploration 2)Vision command 3) both cause I've read they both come with cameras suited to (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Rainer Balzerowski
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| | | | (...) You want to buy a vision command set to use the camera for photographing our lego inventions, right ??? Have you ever seen an image made with such a camera ?? (It's a logitech webcam, i find the results from my cheap noname webcam better) If (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Kenneth A. Drumm, Ph.D.
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| | | | | "Rainer Balzerowski" <balze2@gmx.net> wrote in message news:G6ALIG.JtH@lugnet.com... (...) 2)Vision (...) what (...) our (...) Yup. (...) Nope. (...) better) Really? (...) Sure!! Email me at Arcanamachi@netzero.net Hows about sending me the same (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Mike Fusion
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| | | | | | | ummm, the Mars Exploration Expansion Pack doesn't come with a camera at all... from what i have heard it pretty much sucks. just a few parts that are cool and the longest wires you canget that is all. m. (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Peter Vogel
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| | | | | | | If you are thinking about the Sony Mavica, consider the Olympus C3000/C3030, incredibly good image quality, 3.3 Megapixel images, 16 or so possible quality settings, I use the HQ setting and a 64MB smartmedia card to get over 80 shots before I need (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Erik Olson
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| | | | | | | (...) Don't do it. Floppies that is. Depending on how much money you have to spend on a camera: $100 -- you'll get a webcam, or a used Kodak from 1997 with grainy 320x240 pictures. $200 -- Better webcams like the irez.com types with 640x480 but (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Mike Walsh
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| | | | | | | | "Erik Olson" <olsone@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:G6B5IB.IC1@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) with (...) I have the D490 and I am very happy with it. It is awesome with respect to batteries. I have had it since September, have (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | RE: Digital Camera —Bram Lambrecht
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| | | | | | | | (...) I have had a 990 for a month or two now, and I love it! (I got it for $836 at pcwonders.com) The twist body design is really useful because you can tilt the LCD so you can look in a different direction than the lens is pointed...for example, (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | | | | (...) The Nikon cameras also have an excellent macro mode -- very nice for taking Lego pictures. Although many people are recommending Olympus's cameras, I personally find them to have terrible ergonomics. They may be fine if you're used to a (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Erik Olson
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Coming to the opposite conclusion: I appreciated the shape of the Olympus, and hated the Nikon shape. The Nikon swivel head was intriguing, but I got a better one-handed operating grip on the Olympus. The right half of the camera is wedge- (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Peter Vogel
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| | | | | | | | | | As far as macro shots go (especially LEGO) I use the LCD for composing the shot, since that gives me an SLR effect and what I see is almost exactly what I will get in my shot. With any non-SLR camera, macro mode is near useless since parallax is (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I couldn't disagree more. I *love* the swivel when composing shots from the LCD, which is what I do mostly. I wouldn't buy a digital camera without this feature. (And if you don't like the swivel, the Nikon 800 is still a nice camera -- most (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I'll speak up in favor of the 800 as well. I love it. I took it as my primary camera on my honeymoon (to London) and got some absolutely incredible shots. J (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | See also: (URL) has a reply by me extolling my 800 (...) I have an 800 and like it a lot. The only thing I miss from my older camera (now defunct) is the swivel feature. I believe the 950 has more additional features than just the swivel, though. I (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) this (...) Me too. Well, I compose using the swivel usually, I can imagine circumstances that would lead me to buy a camera without the swivel, but it would be pretty powerful in other ways. (...) primary (...) My 950 is a pretty good camera. (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Kai Brodersen
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) The 880 is great, it can record 40 sec movies, has 3.3 megapixels and 2.5 optical zoom. But the problem is how to download pictures. Sure I go into Adobe Photo Deluxe and open the file from My Camera and then save it, but I cant post any of (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) What file format are you saving as? (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Kai Brodersen
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) it claims to be saving it as a ".jpeg adobe photo deluxe adition" (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | | (...) Ditto on the batteries - digicams eat them like popcorn. Here's a good site for batteries and chargers: (URL)you take pictures at half resolution (1024x768) which is fine for most (...) 78 - not bad. :) At full resolution (2048x1536) I get 245 (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Adrian Egli
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| | | | | | | | | "Mike Stanley" <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote in message news:G6CE3J.8xH@lugnet.com... (...) NiMH (...) a (...) if (...) site (...) I recently got the Nikon 880 and you are absolutely right about batteries! One of the first accessories I purchased (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Erik Olson
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) It's about comparative pricing: if any company included a 16mb card, their camera would be $25 less profitable than the other guy's. Plenty of reviews lament the 8mb card. Might as well sell the darn cards separately (but that risks alienating (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Mike Faunce
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| | | | | | | | | Guys, Not that you aren't giving good advice, but remember this guys application -- posting pics of items to Ebay. He doesn't need Megapixels, 640x480 would work just fine. I'd look for a cheap 640x480 or 800x600 camera with a flash and a USB (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) To be perfectly honest I had no intention of responding just to the original poster's message - otherwise I would have replied to it and not to two messages written after it. That's how threaded conversations work - they start at one point (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | | | | You must have a smaller microdrive ;-) I can fit over 1000 on my Casio 2800 on the 1Gig microdrive at max size. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | | (...) 340mb, yeah. I'm thinking of getting a larger Microdrive when I get a PocketPC unit that supports them, but I will still use the 340mb for the camera unless I have a storage "emergency". (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Tobbe Arnesson
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| | | | | | | (...) If you already own a videocamera you can buy a cheap video editing card for your computer and use it to take still images. The quality leaves much to ask for but it works and if you already have a videocamera it's cheap. If you shoot each (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Marco C.
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| | | | | | (...) SECAM :) Marco C. aka McViper ___...___ Work mailto:mcviper@geocities.com Home mailto:mcviper@clix.pt (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: Digital Camera —Marco C.
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| | | | (...) I think Mars Exploration *doesn't* come with a Lego-Cam, it only comes with software to play with a webcam, but not sure of that. hmmm... checking (URL) says: 156 pieces. Colors: black/yellow. ? page instruction book (A4). 1 CD-ROM with 9 (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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