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Even with its stabilizers, I think this thing will flop. -- Erin (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | A new way for geeks to move around
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(URL) Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Digital Camera?
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Dave Schuler writes: <snip>... One thing that strikes me as (...) </snip> ......... I'm in a similar predicament. "Which camera ?" "Other stuff" - well, maybe sometimes. * But it's important to me to be able to do some lego (...) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) :) well, sure. But I think you'll find that a) most digital cameras out there work pretty well for general purpose stuff, and b) you'll be able to find a lot of information and reviews in general, but very few of them will mention the camera's (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Other stuff he asks knowingly, nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more! Martin :-) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Other stuff, eh? Like what? You seem pretty vague on the details, Dave! -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 29-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Why would you want to do that, Dave! (Ending a sentence with Dave! W00T! Hey, I did it again!) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Thank you to everyone for your input. One thing that strikes me as particularly amusing is that everyone is giving suggestions for cameras that photograph LEGO models well, but I should probably have specified that I'd be taking pictures of (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: LUGNET found on serach engine...
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(...) The categorization comes from the Open Directory Project (www.dmoz.org). The dmoz data is used by a number of sites, including Google. -- Tim Buchheim (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) It's cool because in the macro mode, things *more* than a few centimeters out of where you're focusing are slightly blurry. This lends the impression that the scene is full human scale instead of miniature. (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yes, as has been mentioned, a closeup macro is a very important feature for photographing LEGO. Also, take note of the focus depth. A few months ago I was helping one of my fellow SEALUG'ers investigate cameras, and I think we found that the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Definitely. It's also good to have one that takes good pictures in low light, since you want to avoid using a flash with lego. (Too shiny.) Check out (URL) for good digital camera reviews. (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) pictures." (...) I don't really have any suggestions, just some pointers... we use a Mavica-FD88 for all our pictures, and found that for LEGO, a macro capability is very very important - zoom much less so. We also like saving the data to a (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I'm looking into picking up a digital camera and thought some of us here might have some good suggestions. I'm a very casual photographer, so I don't need built-in X-ray lenses or anything, but can someone recommend a good value in the neighborhood (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Dunno if anyone will be interested in this, but I wrote a small newsticker app: (URL) designed as a netscape6/mozilla sidebar, but can work on any browser - if you cannot use sidebars, it'll just pop up as a new window. :) Dan (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.off-topic.geek) !!
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| | Re: Spot the movie reference
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(...) That's correct! I think perhaps the puppetmaster gets stolen after he sees the tape, but I'm not quite sure. (I have a copy on DivX which I can check at home...) I chose that scene because it is easy to capture, with a static camera and few (...) (23 years ago, 17-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Wow! I never get these obscure references, usually! It's the surveillance tape of the diplomats coming out of the parking garage that the Major is watching, after they've stolen the puppetmaster. :) Cool. thanks, James (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yep, that's exactly correct! Fredrik (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Ghost in the Shell? It's the first thing I thought of, but I discarded it, because I think you're looking for something older. thanks, James (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) You are definitively moving in the right direction. For the origin of this particular movie, you'll need to look outside USA. Also, this movie does not feature live actors; it is animated. Fredrik (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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