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Re: The Mavica (was Re: ThrowBots elements are cool)
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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.
> 
> 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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  Re: The Mavica (was Re: ThrowBots elements are cool)
 
(...) What that means is it can only store a 640x480 (VGA) image in bitmap format. So I guess it's 1024 in jpg or nothing. (28 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.publish)

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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 (...) (28 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.publish)

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