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[FUT lugnet.off-topic.geek so I don't clutter .auction] G'day folks, As you've probably read I've been having problems with search result data on ebay. Well I've just now determined that the "problem" is being done deliberately by ebay. In their (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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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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(...) 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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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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(...) Not if you have #7. I have a PCMCIA adapter for my desktop computer ($10 at the MIT flea; $50 online somewhere), and you can get $3 adapters for compact flash cards, and probably-slightly-mo...-expensive adapters for smartmedia. This is much (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I think someone mentioned this aspect of your search as being something that could mean you only need a puny camera. I personally think this is something that should make you look for the best quality, largest resolution, etc possible. Think (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Digital camera parameters: 1) use it to take pictures of my Lego creations 2) the pictures will be no farther away than 5 feet 3) they will not be printed out in any type of quality 4) they may go on a website (when I get one) 5) the camera must be (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Epson Photo PC 750z. Can be purchased for under $350, includes charger, batteries, 8mb card, and other useless stuff. For another $40, you can buy the card reader, all you have to do is plug in the card to download. I recently got my 750, and (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Wow, Thank you all for your suggestions. I am *leaning* toward Geocities its small ad and a whopping 100 megs of space! That I *think* is what stood out from all the others. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. the *maybe* soon to be Geocities resident. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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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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