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Robert Green wrote:
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I got the autofucos issues worked out on my PointOrShoot camera and
took some pictures of the aftermath. The macro mode images of the blown
DIP look even more dramatic than with the naked eye.
Some rudimentary html and the images can be found at:

http://www.sonic.net/~mball/CFL/

What kind of Nikon?

Coolpix SQ--last of the swivel bodies, AFAIK.

People with CPD can get a good blast of very nasty fumes when a CFL dies.
She removes all bulbs in her sewing/office areas when they either show
blackening or start humming (that's a few, now) to avoid breathing that
stuff in during yet-another smoky CFL bulb failure. I'm hoping "death by
stinkout" is something they really get squared away in the future. The
worst an incandescent bulb has done around here is flare out.

The room did stink like it was still burning for about a day.
It's definitely a "this might be toxic" odor.

Anyway, your "PointOrShoot" seems to have done a remarkable job. Some
cameras can't get close without resorting to tricks (my favorite is holding
a large magnifying glass in front of the camera lens). I've bought a lot of
digicams - not one of them is a do-it-all camera. I go back to using my
Sony TRV video-tape cam because the smaller, higher-res cams have
hard-to-work menus in place of the discrete buttons on the Sony.

The SQ has no means to manual focus--auto only. The autofocus will hunt
around, passing through what is clearly in focus, before giving up out
of focus. ****es me off to no end.

With just 3x optical zoom I sometimes achieve "telephoto" by shooting
through binoculars. Camera construction helps with this since all lens
movement is internal, but, again, the autofocus...

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