Forum: Photography


Subject: Hello to all - new member

doca opened this issue on Apr 21, 2003 ยท 10 posts


doca posted Tue, 22 April 2003 at 6:27 PM

Attached Link: UneekArts

You some strange humaniods. I can see this will be a fun group. As for the bee, catching one that has pitched is easy, try this shot. Not a great picture but hey, I ain't that good yet. The Mavica FD-97 came out about the same time as the CD1000. I think that was the first CD burning Sony. They both came out a little over 2 years ago. I waited for a year for the price to frop from over $800 to around $550 and bought it from eCost January of last year. You still can't find the same camera for less than I paid for it. It has 20x zoom that is progressive from 0 to 20x and does an excellent job. I love zoom and it was a key selling point for this camera. It also has steady shot, so at 20x it doesn't shack all over the place, I haven't seen that feature on hardly any of the newer cameras. It uses floppy, which I thought was worth it at the time but I was wrong :{ but it also uses the memory stick and with a 128meg stick, I get about 150 shots per stick. The batteries last about 2 hours on a charge if you don't use the LCD screen. It has a through the lens veiwfinder that I would not own a camera without. LCD's just don't cut it for me. Oh, a 1200 x 1600 image, the best it will do in jpg format makes about an 800k file, depending on colors, details, etc... The camera is big and bulky, it feels like a 35mm SLR, I also like this. Those new dinky things are too small for me. This camera has some weight and size to it and the controls are spread out enough that you don't have to feel like you are cramming your finger up your nose to get at the various controls. Zoom and a lot of other frequently accessed buttons are on the front of the camera or on the barrel of the lens. Oh darn, I am running on and on. To cut it short, I love the camera and don't think I can replace it with anything less than $1k today and probably not even then. In the past year, I have taken over 2,000 photos and that probably is as much as I have taken and developed for the past 25 years. OK, so there, now you know, never ask me about my camera again. ;-) As for body parts, how the heck do you tack a picture of your armpit? I'm going for the big toe and will make that my contribution later.