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(...) I'll second that! For doing close-up LEGO photos, it might even be the most important feature you need. (...) I'll second that too! My camera[1] takes great close-up pictures with the macro, but only if there's *copious* amounts of natural (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Yeah, I still have to get one. The Nikon cameras have a nice feature where you hold down the shutter and it takes approx 10 pictures in quick succession and keeps only the clearest. This works amazingly well -- I've gotten clear shots with 1/2 (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) [snip] (...) I have found that Mirrors work much 'cooler'. I have three large(5") Makeup-Mirrors with magnify side and regular. Plus a whole bag of small single side 2" Mirrors on stands. Works great as you can place them around the Model and (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Thank you Matthew! Yes I used a 3 point light system. Basically a back light (a light angled to luminate the model from the rear -- this seems useless but it really helps the edges of a model stand out. Next the primary light (a direct light (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) size (...) The links are working and the models are great! Kind Regards, Ben (25 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish)
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"Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:FwrzG0.3ox@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) be (...) Eric - they all work for me. Mike -- Mike Walsh - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (URL) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish)
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im looking for a good digital.. any nice ones under $200? (25 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) All followups to lugnet.publish Well I just cleared both my Netscape and IE cache and I still see the full size pics when I click on the thumbnails on this page... (URL) the first picture it brings me to... (URL) picture brings me to... (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Macro. :) I'd agree -- this is an important feature. It's also good to get a model that can take good shots in low light without the flash, because lego and flash don't mix well. If it's for online stuff, resolution isn't the most important (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish)
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If you're in the market to find a great camera to photograph your lego creations I say go Digital. Important to note, that to get great pictures purchase a camera that has Marco Focus ability. I recently photographed a model and without Marco Focus (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish)
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Tim Courtney, who is organizing the LDraw extravaganza at LEGOLAND California's Kidvention event in July, has offered to help distribute LUGNET literature at the LDraw table -- both as part of an information sheet about LDraw and as its own (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.events, lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.admin.general) !
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(...) Hey Stephen, What problems are you experiencing? In order to upload pictures, you must create a folder... then upload your files into it. -Shiri Follow up to .publish (25 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Are you sure? I could have sworn they say you can put your own scripts up. I'll have to check this out. I havent come up with a need for cgi yet but have been fidiling around with cgi's but havent done any yet. I am quite happy with tripod (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Superuser.net in VA is pretty good. I'm working on a project here with good results. $10 a month will get you 100MB of space, unlimited transfers, shell and ftp access, cgi, ssi, anon ftp, sql, etc... There's also no setup fee. (URL) (25 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I use NovaHosting in VA. Base accounts start at 9.95, decent disk space for 14.95,: POP accounts, SSH, CGI, etc. They were cheaper than pair, I've had good success with them for the last year. (URL) Lambrecht wrote in message ... (...) SSI (...) (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Tripods CGI capability is a bit of joke. You're forced to use their specialized scripts and can't load your own PERL modules. -Rob. Franklin W. Cain wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I recommend IO.COM, especially if you already have a dial-up connection. Fairly cheap for the low-volume sites, and you get CGI and SSI and PHP and MySQL and all that jazz, and their tech support is awesome. I have a telnet account, which (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Have you looked at Tripod ("(URL) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well I can highly recommend Pair networks ( (URL) ) which is where I have (URL) and (URL) and it is where LUGNET is hosted. Its quite possible it is more than you want to spend though. To get SSI and CGI scripts enabled you need at least a (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can cheaply get web space with SSI and CGI-scripts enabled? Case Western Reserve University will give me web space next year, but without the extra goodies I want/need to make my site easier to maintain. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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