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I got a Nikon Coolpix L830 for my birthday.
Started to read the 204 page instruction manual online. It has a function called 'pet portrait' where you point & frame the shot and as soon as it detects a cat or dog it shoots 3 frames without you pressing the button! Ever spookier it has 'smart portrait' where you frame a persons face & nothing happens until they smile. Then and only then it takes a photo! Tried (the latter) function on my beautiful No 2 daughter. It works when she smiled showing teeth or not, but no other facial expression would trigger it. I'm slightly scared of it! |
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On 25/07/2015 23:14, David Lang wrote:
I got a Nikon Coolpix L830 for my birthday. Started to read the 204 page instruction manual online. It has a function called 'pet portrait' where you point & frame the shot and as soon as it detects a cat or dog it shoots 3 frames without you pressing the button! Ever spookier it has 'smart portrait' where you frame a persons face & nothing happens until they smile. Then and only then it takes a photo! Tried (the latter) function on my beautiful No 2 daughter. It works when she smiled showing teeth or not, but no other facial expression would trigger it. I'm slightly scared of it! Wouldn't be any good for taking passport photos then - you're not allowed to smile! -- Cheers, Roger ____________ Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom checked. |
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On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:14:35 +0100
David Lang wrote: I got a Nikon Coolpix L830 for my birthday. Started to read the 204 page instruction manual online. It has a function called 'pet portrait' where you point & frame the shot and as soon as it detects a cat or dog it shoots 3 frames without you pressing the button! Ever spookier it has 'smart portrait' where you frame a persons face & nothing happens until they smile. Then and only then it takes a photo! Tried (the latter) function on my beautiful No 2 daughter. It works when she smiled showing teeth or not, but no other facial expression would trigger it. I'm slightly scared of it! My first reaction would be to disable anything that took control away from me. -- Davey. |
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On 25/07/2015 23:43, Davey wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:14:35 +0100 David Lang wrote: I got a Nikon Coolpix L830 for my birthday. Started to read the 204 page instruction manual online. It has a function called 'pet portrait' where you point & frame the shot and as soon as it detects a cat or dog it shoots 3 frames without you pressing the button! Ever spookier it has 'smart portrait' where you frame a persons face & nothing happens until they smile. Then and only then it takes a photo! Tried (the latter) function on my beautiful No 2 daughter. It works when she smiled showing teeth or not, but no other facial expression would trigger it. I'm slightly scared of it! My first reaction would be to disable anything that took control away from me. You can pretty much override it, but it's so piggin clever you would rarely need to. |
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On 25/07/2015 23:57, David Lang wrote:
You can pretty much override it, but it's so piggin clever you would rarely need to. It's not the software in your camera that's doing it. It's much more like pilot-less drones taking out terrorists. There is a employee back in the Nikon factory monitoring what you camera is doing and pressing the remote button when a pet or smiling kid comes into frame. -- mailto: news {at} admac {dot] myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 00:19:01 +0100
alan_m wrote: On 25/07/2015 23:57, David Lang wrote: You can pretty much override it, but it's so piggin clever you would rarely need to. It's not the software in your camera that's doing it. It's much more like pilot-less drones taking out terrorists. There is a employee back in the Nikon factory monitoring what you camera is doing and pressing the remote button when a pet or smiling kid comes into frame. I have a spare metal hat for sale if you would like it..... The little propeller for the top is extra, though. -- Davey. |
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"Davey" wrote in message ... On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:14:35 +0100 David Lang wrote: I got a Nikon Coolpix L830 for my birthday. Started to read the 204 page instruction manual online. It has a function called 'pet portrait' where you point & frame the shot and as soon as it detects a cat or dog it shoots 3 frames without you pressing the button! Ever spookier it has 'smart portrait' where you frame a persons face & nothing happens until they smile. Then and only then it takes a photo! Tried (the latter) function on my beautiful No 2 daughter. It works when she smiled showing teeth or not, but no other facial expression would trigger it. I'm slightly scared of it! My first reaction would be to disable anything that took control away from me. More fool you. I much prefer a system that can learn what I normally do and do that for me so that I don't have to tell it what to do all the time, particularly with stuff like room lights and stuff like that. |
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On 26/07/2015 00:19, alan_m wrote:
On 25/07/2015 23:57, David Lang wrote: You can pretty much override it, but it's so piggin clever you would rarely need to. It's not the software in your camera that's doing it. It's much more like pilot-less drones taking out terrorists. There is a employee back in the Nikon factory monitoring what you camera is doing and pressing the remote button when a pet or smiling kid comes into frame. I'd actually believe that. |
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"Rod Speed" wrote in message ... "Davey" wrote in message ... On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:14:35 +0100 David Lang wrote: I got a Nikon Coolpix L830 for my birthday. Started to read the 204 page instruction manual online. It has a function called 'pet portrait' where you point & frame the shot and as soon as it detects a cat or dog it shoots 3 frames without you pressing the button! Ever spookier it has 'smart portrait' where you frame a persons face & nothing happens until they smile. Then and only then it takes a photo! Tried (the latter) function on my beautiful No 2 daughter. It works when she smiled showing teeth or not, but no other facial expression would trigger it. I'm slightly scared of it! My first reaction would be to disable anything that took control away from me. More fool you. I much prefer a system that can learn what I normally do and do that for me so that I don't have to tell it what to do all the time, particularly with stuff like room lights and stuff like that. Room lights? We're talking cameras here, Wodney. You really are a plonker. LMFAO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viLK8cMKUnY Here's an idea, why don't you **** off to some other ng and give us a break? |
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I wonder what it would make of a Halloween mask?
Sounds too clever by half. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active "David Lang" wrote in message ... I got a Nikon Coolpix L830 for my birthday. Started to read the 204 page instruction manual online. It has a function called 'pet portrait' where you point & frame the shot and as soon as it detects a cat or dog it shoots 3 frames without you pressing the button! Ever spookier it has 'smart portrait' where you frame a persons face & nothing happens until they smile. Then and only then it takes a photo! Tried (the latter) function on my beautiful No 2 daughter. It works when she smiled showing teeth or not, but no other facial expression would trigger it. I'm slightly scared of it! |
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Reminded me of a joke.
I got new camera, but every time I take a picture of my pet Giraffe it cuts the head off. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active "Davey" wrote in message ... On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:14:35 +0100 David Lang wrote: I got a Nikon Coolpix L830 for my birthday. Started to read the 204 page instruction manual online. It has a function called 'pet portrait' where you point & frame the shot and as soon as it detects a cat or dog it shoots 3 frames without you pressing the button! Ever spookier it has 'smart portrait' where you frame a persons face & nothing happens until they smile. Then and only then it takes a photo! Tried (the latter) function on my beautiful No 2 daughter. It works when she smiled showing teeth or not, but no other facial expression would trigger it. I'm slightly scared of it! My first reaction would be to disable anything that took control away from me. -- Davey. |
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On 26/07/2015 08:26, Brian-Gaff wrote:
I wonder what it would make of a Halloween mask? Sounds too clever by half. Brian You can get your life back if you just leave the dial set to standard! I use the close up and action settings regularly and have recently enabled the wifi and gps |
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On 26/07/2015 01:57, bm wrote:
"Rod Speed" wrote in message ... "Davey" wrote in message ... On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:14:35 +0100 David Lang wrote: I got a Nikon Coolpix L830 for my birthday. Started to read the 204 page instruction manual online. It has a function called 'pet portrait' where you point & frame the shot and as soon as it detects a cat or dog it shoots 3 frames without you pressing the button! Ever spookier it has 'smart portrait' where you frame a persons face & nothing happens until they smile. Then and only then it takes a photo! Tried (the latter) function on my beautiful No 2 daughter. It works when she smiled showing teeth or not, but no other facial expression would trigger it. I'm slightly scared of it! My first reaction would be to disable anything that took control away from me. More fool you. I much prefer a system that can learn what I normally do and do that for me so that I don't have to tell it what to do all the time, particularly with stuff like room lights and stuff like that. Room lights? We're talking cameras here, Wodney. You really are a plonker. You get some pretty weird looking indoor photos if you don't take lighting into account, although you can adjust that later in software |
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"Davey" wrote in message ...
On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:14:35 +0100 David Lang wrote: I got a Nikon Coolpix L830 for my birthday. Started to read the 204 page instruction manual online. It has a function called 'pet portrait' where you point & frame the shot and as soon as it detects a cat or dog it shoots 3 frames without you pressing the button! Ever spookier it has 'smart portrait' where you frame a persons face & nothing happens until they smile. Then and only then it takes a photo! Tried (the latter) function on my beautiful No 2 daughter. It works when she smiled showing teeth or not, but no other facial expression would trigger it. I'm slightly scared of it! My first reaction would be to disable anything that took control away from me. Conjures up an image of family members with a variety of broken limbs :) Only room for one control freak per household! |
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In article , Davey wrote:
.... I have a spare metal hat for sale if you would like it..... This *is* uk.d-i-y. Emergency metal hats are easily fashioned out of household tinfoil. For a more durable item, start with a household colander[1]. Line with tinfoil[2]. You may need to modify the shape of your head to fit the colander. A good excuse to use your power tools Even better, a good excuse to buy more power tools! The little propeller for the top is extra, though. Huh, raid the kiddie's toybox. One of those handheld windmills is easily cannibalised to suit. [1] In the good ol' days the coal scuttle/bucket would have been a better starting point. But these are now only found in antique shops. [2] A colleague admitted he used to line his cycle helmet with tinfoil for early season road races. Helped keep his head warm and dry. Claimed he got the idea from an ex-professional rider he saw doing this. -- Dennis Davis |
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On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 09:03:33 +0100
"Richard" wrote: "Davey" wrote in message ... On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:14:35 +0100 David Lang wrote: I got a Nikon Coolpix L830 for my birthday. Started to read the 204 page instruction manual online. It has a function called 'pet portrait' where you point & frame the shot and as soon as it detects a cat or dog it shoots 3 frames without you pressing the button! Ever spookier it has 'smart portrait' where you frame a persons face & nothing happens until they smile. Then and only then it takes a photo! Tried (the latter) function on my beautiful No 2 daughter. It works when she smiled showing teeth or not, but no other facial expression would trigger it. I'm slightly scared of it! My first reaction would be to disable anything that took control away from me. Conjures up an image of family members with a variety of broken limbs :) Only room for one control freak per household! I hear a Monty Python Black Knight in the background... -- Davey. |
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You won't remember where the feature is when you want it - or you won't
remmeber you have it until after you have take the photos. |
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"DerbyBorn" wrote in message
2.222... You won't remember where the feature is when you want it - or you won't remmeber you have it until after you have take the photos. Feature? What feature? Is this the knight of which Davey spake? |
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On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 10:35:39 +0100
"Richard" wrote: "DerbyBorn" wrote in message 2.222... You won't remember where the feature is when you want it - or you won't remmeber you have it until after you have take the photos. Feature? What feature? Is this the knight of which Davey spake? It was a feature-length film..... -- Davey. |
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"David Lang" wrote in message
... I got a Nikon Coolpix L830 for my birthday. Started to read the 204 page instruction manual online. It has a function called 'pet portrait' where you point & frame the shot and as soon as it detects a cat or dog it shoots 3 frames without you pressing the button! Ever spookier it has 'smart portrait' where you frame a persons face & nothing happens until they smile. Then and only then it takes a photo! Tried (the latter) function on my beautiful No 2 daughter. It works when she smiled showing teeth or not, but no other facial expression would trigger it. I'm slightly scared of it! Has it got a "tits out" setting? -- Adam |
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"Davey" wrote in message
... On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 10:35:39 +0100 "Richard" wrote: "DerbyBorn" wrote in message 2.222... You won't remember where the feature is when you want it - or you won't remmeber you have it until after you have take the photos. Feature? What feature? Is this the knight of which Davey spake? It was a feature-length film..... "I'll bite your legs off" -- Adam |
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On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 10:09:38 +0100, Tim Streater
wrote: In article , Dennis Davis wrote: [1] In the good ol' days the coal scuttle/bucket would have been a better starting point. But these are now only found in antique shops. You sure? I think that hardware store halfway down Wincheap has them. Loads of places that deal with stoves and fireplaces sell them, Not so easy to find metal chamber pots though which could also be used, though you risk people thinking you are taking the ****. G.Harman |
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"Jonno" wrote in message
... ARW scribbled "David Lang" wrote in message ... I got a Nikon Coolpix L830 for my birthday. Started to read the 204 page instruction manual online. It has a function called 'pet portrait' where you point & frame the shot and as soon as it detects a cat or dog it shoots 3 frames without you pressing the button! Ever spookier it has 'smart portrait' where you frame a persons face & nothing happens until they smile. Then and only then it takes a photo! Tried (the latter) function on my beautiful No 2 daughter. It works when she smiled showing teeth or not, but no other facial expression would trigger it. I'm slightly scared of it! Has it got a "tits out" setting? You doing self portraits? I do not own a selfie stick -- Adam |
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On 26/07/2015 11:23, ARW wrote:
"David Lang" wrote in message ... I got a Nikon Coolpix L830 for my birthday. Started to read the 204 page instruction manual online. It has a function called 'pet portrait' where you point & frame the shot and as soon as it detects a cat or dog it shoots 3 frames without you pressing the button! Ever spookier it has 'smart portrait' where you frame a persons face & nothing happens until they smile. Then and only then it takes a photo! Tried (the latter) function on my beautiful No 2 daughter. It works when she smiled showing teeth or not, but no other facial expression would trigger it. I'm slightly scared of it! Has it got a "tits out" setting? I haven't found one. Yet. |
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"Rod Speed" wrote in message ... I much prefer a system that can learn what I normally do and do that for me so that I don't have to tell it what to do all the time, particularly with stuff like room lights and stuff like that. There's no doubt that auto white-balance, auto-focus, auto-exposure, and red-eye detection can be a real boon . However presumably having too many options can create problems of its own. So that if you're trying to take a wedding photo say, and you've selected the "dogs and cats" option by mistake, then how long are you going to be standing there before you realise your mistake ? Same if you've chosen the "smiling person" option by mistake when you're trying to take a photo of Rover. More especially if Rover happens to be a boxer. Although with some breeds samoyeds maybe, you'd possibly be o.k michael adams ..... |
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On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:43:19 +0100, Davey wrote:
My first reaction would be to disable anything that took control away from me. Agreed. I've got a 1977 Nikon F2 and I've no plans to change it. At least half the enjoyment is fumbling around with things like shutter speed, aperture, depth of field and focus AFAIC. |
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On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 12:38:31 +0000 (UTC)
Cursitor Doom wrote: On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:43:19 +0100, Davey wrote: My first reaction would be to disable anything that took control away from me. Agreed. I've got a 1977 Nikon F2 and I've no plans to change it. At least half the enjoyment is fumbling around with things like shutter speed, aperture, depth of field and focus AFAIC. To me, the perfect gift would be a digital pack to fit onto my Olympus OM-2 to replace the 35mm film. -- Davey. |
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On 26/07/2015 13:30, michael adams wrote:
"Rod Speed" wrote in message ... I much prefer a system that can learn what I normally do and do that for me so that I don't have to tell it what to do all the time, particularly with stuff like room lights and stuff like that. There's no doubt that auto white-balance, auto-focus, auto-exposure, and red-eye detection can be a real boon . However presumably having too many options can create problems of its own. So that if you're trying to take a wedding photo say, and you've selected the "dogs and cats" option by mistake, then how long are you going to be standing there before you realise your mistake ? Same if you've chosen the "smiling person" option by mistake when you're trying to take a photo of Rover. More especially if Rover happens to be a boxer. Although with some breeds samoyeds maybe, you'd possibly be o.k Always a possibility I suppose, but unlikely since it tells you what mode you are in. |
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On Sunday, 26 July 2015 13:30:15 UTC+1, michael adams wrote:
So that if you're trying to take a wedding photo say, and you've selected the "dogs and cats" option by mistake, then how long are you going to be standing there before you realise your mistake ? I suppose it depends on whose wedding you're at. https://weddingpros.files.wordpress....pg?w=326&h=485 Owain |
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On 26/07/2015 15:23, Davey wrote:
On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 12:38:31 +0000 (UTC) Cursitor Doom wrote: On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:43:19 +0100, Davey wrote: My first reaction would be to disable anything that took control away from me. Agreed. I've got a 1977 Nikon F2 and I've no plans to change it. At least half the enjoyment is fumbling around with things like shutter speed, aperture, depth of field and focus AFAIC. To me, the perfect gift would be a digital pack to fit onto my Olympus OM-2 to replace the 35mm film. Film! As yes, I remember that. Fumble about loading, winding on, send to chemist, wait a week, get 4 out of 36 useless, stick them in albums. I'm ging to miss that. Not. The Coolpix comes with a small internal memory so I decided to buy and SD card. Me, being me, I went for the biggest one the shop had. It holds around 8,000 photo's! |
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Davey wrote in :
On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 12:38:31 +0000 (UTC) Cursitor Doom wrote: On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:43:19 +0100, Davey wrote: My first reaction would be to disable anything that took control away from me. Agreed. I've got a 1977 Nikon F2 and I've no plans to change it. At least half the enjoyment is fumbling around with things like shutter speed, aperture, depth of field and focus AFAIC. To me, the perfect gift would be a digital pack to fit onto my Olympus OM-2 to replace the 35mm film. I used to think the same - after acquiring lenses for an SLR. Sensor size was th eissue back then. |
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On 26/07/2015 15:37, David Lang wrote:
On 26/07/2015 15:23, Davey wrote: On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 12:38:31 +0000 (UTC) Cursitor Doom wrote: On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:43:19 +0100, Davey wrote: My first reaction would be to disable anything that took control away from me. Agreed. I've got a 1977 Nikon F2 and I've no plans to change it. At least half the enjoyment is fumbling around with things like shutter speed, aperture, depth of field and focus AFAIC. To me, the perfect gift would be a digital pack to fit onto my Olympus OM-2 to replace the 35mm film. Film! As yes, I remember that. Fumble about loading, winding on, send to chemist, wait a week, get 4 out of 36 useless, stick them in albums. I'm ging to miss that. Not. The Coolpix comes with a small internal memory so I decided to buy and SD card. Me, being me, I went for the biggest one the shop had. It holds around 8,000 photo's! If it has wifi you can auto upload to your PC. Must admit I haven't bothered |
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On 25/07/2015 23:43, Davey wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:14:35 +0100 David Lang wrote: I got a Nikon Coolpix L830 for my birthday. Started to read the 204 page instruction manual online. It has a function called 'pet portrait' where you point & frame the shot and as soon as it detects a cat or dog it shoots 3 frames without you pressing the button! Ever spookier it has 'smart portrait' where you frame a persons face & nothing happens until they smile. Then and only then it takes a photo! Tried (the latter) function on my beautiful No 2 daughter. It works when she smiled showing teeth or not, but no other facial expression would trigger it. I'm slightly scared of it! My first reaction would be to disable anything that took control away from me. My wife's will tell you if the subject blinked while taking the photo. Just imagine what a camera with loads of processing power could do. ;-) |
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On 26/07/2015 13:38, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:43:19 +0100, Davey wrote: My first reaction would be to disable anything that took control away from me. Agreed. I've got a 1977 Nikon F2 and I've no plans to change it. At least half the enjoyment is fumbling around with things like shutter speed, aperture, depth of field and focus AFAIC. Some of the new features are very useful.. I like the remote viewfinder on my phone.. you can do things like putting the camera on a monopod and holding it up in the air so you can avoid chopping the head of your pet giraffe. |
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On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 15:37:37 +0100
David Lang wrote: On 26/07/2015 15:23, Davey wrote: On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 12:38:31 +0000 (UTC) Cursitor Doom wrote: On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:43:19 +0100, Davey wrote: My first reaction would be to disable anything that took control away from me. Agreed. I've got a 1977 Nikon F2 and I've no plans to change it. At least half the enjoyment is fumbling around with things like shutter speed, aperture, depth of field and focus AFAIC. To me, the perfect gift would be a digital pack to fit onto my Olympus OM-2 to replace the 35mm film. Film! As yes, I remember that. Fumble about loading, winding on, send to chemist, wait a week, get 4 out of 36 useless, stick them in albums. I'm ging to miss that. Not. Yup, hence the desire for a digital pack to replace it. -- Davey. |
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On 26/07/2015 15:42, Huge wrote:
On 2015-07-26, David Lang wrote: [21 lines snipped] The Coolpix comes with a small internal memory so I decided to buy and SD card. Me, being me, I went for the biggest one the shop had. It holds around 8,000 photo's! Big mistake when it goes wrong and loses all the photos from that "holiday of a lifetime". You just copy them to your phone so you have two or more copies. |
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On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 15:23:26 +0100, Davey wrote:
On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 12:38:31 +0000 (UTC) Cursitor Doom wrote: On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:43:19 +0100, Davey wrote: My first reaction would be to disable anything that took control away from me. Agreed. I've got a 1977 Nikon F2 and I've no plans to change it. At least half the enjoyment is fumbling around with things like shutter speed, aperture, depth of field and focus AFAIC. To me, the perfect gift would be a digital pack to fit onto my Olympus OM-2 to replace the 35mm film. I have a hankering for a similar 'upgrade' for my venerable Chinon CX SLR. The only downside being its use of the Pentax M42 lens adapter mount rather than the later, more popular, bayonet style mount. TBH, I'm disappointed that no enterprising company has come up with a digital 'film back' adapter kit to revitalise pretty well just about every film SLR camera that's ever existed. Triggering an 'exposure event' could easily be achieved by using an integrated microphone to detect the 'sonic signature' of whatever film SLR you cared to name (perhaps even implemented by using a 'training algorithm' - even very very quiet models such as that Olympus OM-2 will still produce enough sound level to act as a trigger - the mic *will* be internal so should get a clear enough sonic signature even with the quietest of cameras). I guess we'll have to wait for full frame sensors to become sufficiently commonplace with the most expensive of DSLRs before they're likely to be commoditised sufficiently to make it an economically viable proposition. -- Johnny B Good |
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On Sunday, July 26, 2015 at 7:29:49 PM UTC+1, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Johnny B Good wrote: TBH, I'm disappointed that no enterprising company has come up with a digital 'film back' adapter kit to revitalise pretty well just about every film SLR camera that's ever existed. Why would anyone bother? -- "I love the way that Microsoft follows standards. In much the same manner as fish follow migrating caribou." - Paul Tomblin, ASR Like he said. I do recall a startup company about a decade ago proposing to do this, but unsurprisingly the idea went nowhere - indeed there's an article on it over on dpreview:- http://www.dpreview.com/articles/480...n-film-project or, if that wraps,... http://preview.tinyurl.com/ode8sy9 |
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On 26/07/2015 19:21, Johnny B Good wrote:
On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 15:23:26 +0100, Davey wrote: On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 12:38:31 +0000 (UTC) Cursitor Doom wrote: On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 23:43:19 +0100, Davey wrote: My first reaction would be to disable anything that took control away from me. Agreed. I've got a 1977 Nikon F2 and I've no plans to change it. At least half the enjoyment is fumbling around with things like shutter speed, aperture, depth of field and focus AFAIC. To me, the perfect gift would be a digital pack to fit onto my Olympus OM-2 to replace the 35mm film. I have a hankering for a similar 'upgrade' for my venerable Chinon CX SLR. The only downside being its use of the Pentax M42 lens adapter mount rather than the later, more popular, bayonet style mount. TBH, I'm disappointed that no enterprising company has come up with a digital 'film back' adapter kit to revitalise pretty well just about every film SLR camera that's ever existed. There was one a long time ago, it didn't sell very well. The electronics were in the "cassette" and the sensor in the film "tongue". Triggering an 'exposure event' could easily be achieved by using an integrated microphone to detect the 'sonic signature' of whatever film SLR you cared to name (perhaps even implemented by using a 'training algorithm' - even very very quiet models such as that Olympus OM-2 will still produce enough sound level to act as a trigger - the mic *will* be internal so should get a clear enough sonic signature even with the quietest of cameras). Why?, you get light on the sensor when the shutter opens and you use that as the trigger. I guess we'll have to wait for full frame sensors to become sufficiently commonplace with the most expensive of DSLRs before they're likely to be commoditised sufficiently to make it an economically viable proposition. The biggest problem is that old style lenses aren't very good compared to modern digital ones. Even something like a four thirds digital will exceed what an old film SLR and lens can achieve. |
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