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Re: The Mavica (was Re: ThrowBots elements are cool)
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lugnet.publish
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Tue, 2 Feb 1999 22:10:57 GMT
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Mike Faunce writes:
> James Brown wrote in message ...
> > Todd Lehman writes:
> > > [followups set to lugnet.publish]
> > > In article lugnet.general, fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no (Fredrik Glöckner)
> > > writes:
> > We just upgraded to the FD-81 last weekend and it is fantastic! It only • has a
> > 3x zoom, but we've got an external zoom anyway. What it does give is up to
> > 1024x728 resolution on your jpgs, with a great option to take a hi-res .bmp
> > instead of .jpg! - not sure how many of those it will fit on a disk,
> though.
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> 1024x768 at 24 bits is over 2.3MB, so none will fit on a floppy. If they
> use 8 bits or 16 bits, you could fit either one or (you guessed it) none
> respectively. 800x600 at 24 bits is 1.44MB, so I think a single 800x600x24
> could fit if there wasn't any other overhead, but you still have to have a
> sector for the directory which means it probably wouldn't either. .bmp is a
> lousy format for storing images in. Leave it at .jpg and you can probably
> fit several, even at 1024x768x24.
All the website says about it is:
Bitmap (Non-Compressed) Mode:
For the best images choose the non-compressed mode to display your images in
a bitmap format (VGA only).
I haven't had a chance to play with ours yet to see what the .bmp mode is.
And yes, .bmp is a lousy format for storing images, but it stores a more
precise image. The camera still defaults to using .jpg format.
> I got a Kodak Advantix Film Drive (FD-300) for my computer. Advantix film
> "stays" in the roll (unlike 35mm where you get the negatives back but no
> roll). You stick the roll of processed film into the drive and can scan and
> manipulate at your leisure. It's got 3 resolutions 875x500, 1750x1000 and
> 2625x150, scans at 2400 dpi (optically). The driver software scans images
> as .bmp's, which I immediately convert to .jpg for about a 5-70% space
> savings. My only complaint I have is that you can't "automatically" scan an
> entire roll, you've got to do it one picture at a time. It handles all
> three formats (Classic, HDTV and Panoramic) that Advantix cameras support.
Cool! How much did that set you back?
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| James Brown wrote in message ... (...) has a (...) though. (...) minute of (...) 1024x768 at 24 bits is over 2.3MB, so none will fit on a floppy. If they use 8 bits or 16 bits, you could fit either one or (you guessed it) none respectively. 800x600 (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.publish)
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