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Wow such a firestorm of info and opinions this is going to be a hard decision! I'm making a list of what I want to do with the camera and I hope that narrows things down. I will post that list soon. BTW Happy New Year! -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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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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I would suggest www.f2s.com . There are NO ads of any sort, and it supports advanced PHP, PERL, and MySQL. I've used them for awhile now, and the only problem I've encountered is that they are down sometimes. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I did not see anyone mention this site... (URL) good reviews and comparisons on digital cameras. Ed (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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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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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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"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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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I recomend (URL) or (URL) . Both of them do have pop-up adds but they are pretty good. Geocities is pretty good. My old site is still on there: (URL) You can go to (URL) and see what hosting site is good. I also think that (URL) has a list of all (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Does there exist a Perl-script which can log onto a web mail service (eg. Hotmail) and pull down unread mail? Or can it not be done to program such a thing using Perl? Fredrik (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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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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(...) PLEASE look at your website thru a WebTV unit! I believe Sears may demo one for you if you ask. The is SomeThing wacky with either the way webtv displays it, or your code. I'm not sure which, but either way, it's good to write code that is (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I've got the 3000, got it for $700 from Amazon after using $300 in gift certs. I'm thrilled with the camera - pictures are awesome, HUGE, and easy to take. The included 340mb IBM Microdrive can hold so many pictures I've never been forced to (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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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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(...) 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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Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. wrote in message ... (...) of (...) Try Homestead... you can set it so the ad is just a small footer at the bottom of your page (not in a frame or popup window) so most people never even see it. This is an example: (URL) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Do they still demand that you give them a mail address to which they can send ads? That was te case when I used Xoom a year ago or so. Fredrik (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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