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Posted by Kris Krieger on January 7, 2008, 5:30 pm
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>>>>>>> Here's our meager display.
>>>>>>> Next year we'll blow it out.
>>>>>>> http://www.linsenbach.com/xmas/1.jpg
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>>>>>>> http://www.linsenbach.com/xmas/2.jpg
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>>>>>>> http://www.linsenbach.com/xmas/3.jpg
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>>>>>>> http://www.linsenbach.com/xmas/4.jpg
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>>>>>> Nice pics. OK, how do you take the pics of the lights at
>>>>>> night...? What f-stop, film speed, etc.?
>>>>>
>>>>> ???
>>>>> Point and shoot.
>>>>> Its a FujiPix digicam, nothin fancy.
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>>>>
>>>> I have to get a decent digital camera, one of these days. I'm
>>>> still using film. Dunno why but I do like film.
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>>> You can have the best of both worlds.
>>> My mother in law was the same way.
>>> We gave her a digicam last xmas and she loves it, but until about a
>>> month before this past xmas she always took her card to the store
>>> and had them print the pix out for her.
>>> Thats history now.
>>> This past xmas we gave her a picture printer and I spent some
>>> quality time with her showing her how to get the pix off her camera
>>> and on her computer and then how to print them out.
>>> Now, she's out of control.
>>> Taking *free* pictures of any and everything and printing out the
>>> ones she likes.
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>> THat's the good part about digital - you can perview before
>> developing. I often end up taking two to four different photos of the
>> same subject, using different settings, because I'm still not sure
>> which will look best. The developing costs add up quickly...
>>
>>> We've had pretty good luck with the Fuji line of digicams for what
>>> its worth.
>>> We're sort of in the market now for a full fledged video cam.
>>> I have a 15 yo Hitachi SVHS video camera and I can transfer the fim
>>> to hard drive pretty decently but I like the compactness of the new
>>> ones that are out there.
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>> I'd gotten a Canon camcorder about the same time, but the batteries
>> werea PITA - beastly expensive, and never regarged right. The thing
>> ended up sitting in a cabinet. THat's why I've been so hesitant
>> about getting a digital camera.
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> You know it man.
> I have 4 batts for my Hitachi and none of them hold a charge, thus I
> connect it to an outlet when I use it, which is tolerable if I'm
> inside the house. This past summer I took some vids of the house and
> property and I was dragging 200' of extension cord around the yard.
> Not fun.
> I have 2 chargers too but I still end up with no batteries and the
> batts cost around $40-50 depending.
Last time I looked at them for my video camera, they were $80 a pop :p
THey might have come down in price by now, assuming they still make the
things. Otherwise, I'm in the same situation re: extension cords.
I do take photos in the yard, but thre si only so myuch to botehr taping.
Last time I used the camcorder was, geez, at least 10 years ago, on a
trip to Florida. There is only so much to video in the house/yard (we
don't have a wooded lot like you have in your new place). Still photos
are different since I do like super-close-ups, abstract compositions of
natural elements, but even there, digital means batteries.
Of course, with the newer things, some of them use memory cards that I
assume don't lose the dat once removed from the camera, so if the
batteries die, you don't lose all your photos... But that's one thing
with film, you don't have to guess - once the film has been exposed, the
image won't be lost.
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