Digital Cameras

Snowing in Early August
On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:34:35 -0700 (PDT), DanP <dan.petre(a)gmail.com> wrote: On Jul 31, 6:03�am, LOL! <l...(a)lol.org> wrote: Taken a couple years ago when scaling some of the highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains. Snows and blowing winds in excess of 50 mph. We had some difficulty hanging onto the sides of... 31 Jul 2010 17:16

Another 'Found' Waterfall
This one spotted deep in "The Bob Marshall Wilderness" where I explored the region for about 3 months one summer, living off the land during most of those months. (Camera gear charged by folding solar-panels.) Heavy snows started to fall in front of this waterfall adding to its picturesque quality. Also taken in ... 4 Aug 2010 15:48

vegetable
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1299114/A-real-photo-shoot-Artist-snaps-moment-impact-bullets-speed-everyday-items.html ... 31 Jul 2010 22:42

Waterfall on Mt. Rainier
While hiking around Mr. Rainer (for a few weeks, and eventually climbing to the top), discovered these unnamed unmarked falls back behind a saddle in a deep ravine. <http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/4845103561_0c2571919f_b.jpg> LOL! ... 31 Jul 2010 18:22

What Plant Is This?
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:26:13 -0500, LOL! <lol(a)lol.org> wrote: It never has leaves. Nor do you, more the pity. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida ... 31 Jul 2010 17:16

You know news in the camera world is scarce when Rube Goldberg shows up...
http://dpreview.com/news/1007/10072901sinarpslrsystem.asp ... 3 Aug 2010 08:09

Question about FSViewer (Fastone) freeware usability (blur, zoom,pan)
On 7/30/2010 2:56 PM, Brent wrote: In my searches of alt.comp.freeware, I found Fastone freeware was recommended for a local (selected area only) blur. But, when I try the blur, I have a question about how to PAN while ZOOMED in order to properly SELECT the area to blur. Specifically, when I open a... 30 Jul 2010 18:34

Question about FSViewer (Fastone) freeware usability (blur, zoom, pan)
In my searches of alt.comp.freeware, I found Fastone freeware was recommended for a local (selected area only) blur. But, when I try the blur, I have a question about how to PAN while ZOOMED in order to properly SELECT the area to blur. Specifically, when I open a digital photograph in Fastone, I can hit the ... 30 Jul 2010 15:15

Looking before Leaping....Fuji HS10.....???
"David J Taylor" <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message news:i2uuv3$brv$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... "infiniteMPG" <57classic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:4b4c13e2-34bf-4918-86d0-5d4d7bd9061c(a)5g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... [] Comments and suggestions welcome, criticisms acce... 31 Jul 2010 00:01

Image Size and Compression.
Let's assume I have a 10MP camera My sensor is say, 3650 X 2740 pixels. But say I want to create an image at 1825 x 1370 pixels. How does the camera actually reduce the 5.0MPs to 2.5MPs Does it choose groups of 4 pixels and somehow average them out to groups of 1 pixel each? How does this process differ from com... 2 Aug 2010 22:26