So, we were having this nice discussion about iMac versus eMac the other day. I've been looking at the Mac rebates that Amazon.com now has, and it occurs to me...
A few miscellaneous comments on the eMac vs. iMac: 1) I bought an eMac for my parents a year or two ago. They are very nice machines. I installed some extra...
Well, this goes back to my post about needing a meetings officer. If someone is willing to volunteer to help organize meetings, i.e. provide a program/speaker,...
I've got an HP Photosmart 850 digital camera I plan to sell. It's 4 Mega pixels, has a huge 8X optical zoom, and comes with all the original packaging, etc....
Allison
asheridan@...
Oct 3, 2004 11:03 pm
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I sent this off accidentally, I wanted to create a web page showing a couple of photos from the camera - please view them at: ...
Allison
asheridan@...
Oct 3, 2004 11:18 pm
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Allison, Did you find a digital camera that CAN get good soccer shots? Thanks, Marge...
My son bought a canon digital rebel. It acts like a real single lens reflex. You can set shutter speed / lens aperture from the top of the camera and the...
fel bautista
btistahomewrld@...
Oct 4, 2004 5:11 am
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The digital SLRs are really the only lag-free cams, but as Fel says below, the lowest price one is the Canon Rebel, but at that $1K mark you only have ...
Allison
asheridan@...
Oct 4, 2004 1:58 pm
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I can speak for the megapixel effect-- iPhoto kind of lags on my machine just because I have large image libraries. Back when I had a Nikon Coolpix 3.2 MP...
RanKether
tonphanan@...
Oct 4, 2004 3:05 pm
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Regarding the lag with a digital camera ... I've been wrestling with that since 1998 when I got my first Olympus digital camera, because my favorite subject...
Charlie South
south@...
Oct 4, 2004 3:22 pm
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On the subject of resolution and today's digital cameras ... I think the way to look at it is something similar to buying/driving a car. The fact that my car...
Charlie South
south@...
Oct 4, 2004 3:40 pm
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The newer Kodak cameras have significantly reduced the lag time. My 4x 4MP usually takes less than 1 second. They have a really nice 10x camera with many of...
David Kemsley
dhkemsley@...
Oct 4, 2004 4:54 pm
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A couple thoughts on this subject. I use an old Olympus 510 which is 2 MP. I have blown up pictures to 5 by 7s which look great and even 8 by 10s which can be...
Michael E Ehritz
meehritz@...
Oct 4, 2004 6:19 pm
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but what about all the things I LOVE about the HP 850? I knew if I mentioned the lag it would cause everyone to focus on that. this is a great camera, and I...
Allison Sheridan
asheridan@...
Oct 4, 2004 7:46 pm
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... Don't limit yourself to Kodaks. Lots of newer cameras have significantly reduced lag time. This is particularly true if one sticks to the 4 megapixel and...
Sorry to pollute our group with PC questions. . . I'm looking for a search function on my Windoze 2000 Pro work box that will accept more than one word for the...
Kirk D Mueller
kdmueller@...
Oct 4, 2004 9:50 pm
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Just wondering if others are finding Office 2004 as annoying as I have found it to be? I take most of my files back and forth between the Mac and PC (Office...
Lynn E York
leyork@...
Oct 4, 2004 10:12 pm
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The only problem I've had so far is PowerPoint crashing for no apparent reason. The charts I've made display the same on Windows and OS X. However, I haven't...
David Kemsley
dhkemsley@...
Oct 4, 2004 10:23 pm
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... Maybe I'm being too obvious here, but this is also a benefit of buying a lower resolution camera in the first place. You pay extra money for higher...
Macworld enews letter just published this review of the Nikon D70. The assessment of noise in low light/high contrast areas seems to be spot on from the...
fel bautista
btistahomewrld@...
Oct 5, 2004 12:29 pm
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forgot the URL http://www.macworld.com/2004/09/reviews/nikond70/index.php/...
fel bautista
btistahomewrld@...
Oct 5, 2004 12:57 pm
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While trying to import tracks from a commercial music CD into iTunes 4.6 as MP3 files, I got a message saying that the songs may be write-protected or the...
Bob Brooks
bob@...
Oct 5, 2004 4:00 pm
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A fast lens and long focal length on a digicam will provide a creative solution in some situations but ultimately DOF is inversely proportional to format size....
Michael E Ehritz
meehritz@...
Oct 5, 2004 5:17 pm
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... An interesting point that I had not previously considered. Thanks for the insight. I would think that with such a large depth of field advantage, we should...
... I've liked it for the most part-- A couple of annoyances: Entourage 2004 won't work with the Lotus Notes IMAP server, and they removed FileFind from VBA. ...
OK, I'm unlurking for a change. I tend to do things in batch mode, (which may give an indication of when I started in computers) as once I get a system stable...
Harry Andreas
harry.andreas@...
Oct 6, 2004 3:53 am
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Excel has a disastrous bug of some sort - I have several spreadsheets that have references to other files, and they open correctly in Excel X but open with...
Allison
asheridan@...
Oct 6, 2004 4:32 am
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Um, whatcha need OS9 for still? I haven't launched it in years, wouldn't have the vaguest idea what version it's on, in fact I was going to ask if I can just...
Allison
asheridan@...
Oct 6, 2004 4:42 am
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Bummer! I have that problem without the Express, and I was hoping it would go away with using the Express as a wireless print server would get rid of it!...
