The Battle of the Browsers

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<NOwebmasterSPAM-38A364.18435517122006@freenews.iinet.net.au>,
Eric Lindsay <NOwebmasterSPAM@ericlindsay.com> wrote:

> In a few years I accumulated 10,000 digital photos. Even more amazing,
> every one of them is indexed, all the time, in iPhoto (thank you Apple).
> For the first time, I can actually FIND my photos.

hmm... I better have a closer look at this iPhoto then...


> sandbags or tripods work for cheap high zoom cameras).

Here is a suggestion for you Eric, considering how much you are
"on the road": get a bolt to fit the tripod female thread on your
camera, and attach it (spot weld or other) to a sort of small
"pen-top" structure. The idea is that it is very small (like the
detachable top of a biro or fountain pen) which any old stick
found lying about can be jammed into. The stick then stuck or
jammed into anything, the ground etc to give you a steadiness, a
monopod (you _can_ buy a telescopic one of these... but why carry
more than you need and there are always sticks about)

> There is Mac
> software that does image stitching, so not having a panoramic lens
> doesn't matter. Stick together a half dozen photos instead.

A lot of not just for Mac software has this feature too. Anyway,
it is just a bit more complicated in practice: if you have auto
settings on your digital, the conditions of each pan makes for
slight changes in values, best to set on a manual setting. That
is always much more fiddly with compact digitals. I reckon that
one of the biggest pluses of manual film cameras (like the
Nikkormat) is the absolute simplicity and speed of operation, the
spot on control. To master the controls of a digital is to enter
Fiddleland. Easier to end up just handing over responsibility to
the digital camera...

> I do a lot of travelling in areas where power is uncertain (the
> generator goes off at 10 p.m.) I love digital cameras that accept NiMH
> AA batteries,

I agree, pity that some of the best compacts like some versions
of the Sony Cybershot (which have superb lenses) do not. Some
cameras like one of the Ricoh digitals has this feature and
superb looks and controls but a rotten lens!

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dorayme