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On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 13:12:05 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"RG" wrote in message
om...


Absolutely spectacular!

Now why didn't my pictures of Yellowstone and Oak Creek Canyon come out
like that?

You really need to take a trip to DC and capture the local scenery! Maybe
with Reggie during cherry blossom time?

Been there, done it. I have a vey nice collection of DC shots. It's an
extremely photo-rich location. Unfortunately, my shots were taken quite a
number of years ago and reside on 35mm slides and some old prints of those
slides that are showing their years from fading. It's definitely a place
worth revisiting.



Would it be possible to share that with a friend of mine in Holland? He's
been through a lot of that country by motorcycle, so he'd appreciate the
work tremendously.

Sure. Go ahead and forward him the link. The link is only good for six
more days.


Thanks for sharing that. Most cool!
--

You're welcome.


Is there an easy way or reasonable way to transfer slides to CD? My dad
left lots of slides and quite a few of them I would like to transfer to CD.


This may help:

http://tinyurl.com/7bk24
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

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Is there an easy way or reasonable way to transfer slides to CD? My dad
left lots of slides and quite a few of them I would like to transfer to
CD.

There are two ways to get it done. First is to buy or rent a quality slide
scanner such as the Nikon 5000 or equivalent and scan the slides yourself
into jpeg files to your computer's hard drive. A flatbed scanner isn't
going to get the job done with any level of quality. The files can then be
burned to CD or DVD. Unless you have a ****load of slides and like to do
this sort of thing, this is probably not the cost-effective or
time-effective way to do it. The other alternative is to take your slides
to a lab to have them scanned for a fee. They will scan your slides on
quality equipment (if you go to the right place) and burn them to CD or DVD
for you. If your slides need cleaned before scanning, they will do that for
a fee as well. Many photo print and processing labs will offer this
service, as well as the places that transfer video tape and film movies to
DVD. I'd hit the Yellow Pages and call a few local places to check prices
and at what resolution they will scan the slides.

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On Jan 8, 12:27*pm, "D.Duck" wrote:
wrote in message

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On Jan 8, 8:50 am, "RG" wrote:

Please don't forget me!

jherringatcoxdotnet

Check your inbox.

Well, this has drawn quite a bit of interest, can I see??

Slight change of subject. *I was perusing your small boat building web site
and I find it quite impressive. *You should be very proud of the various
boats you have constructed.

Are you intentionally generating an intermittent, 1/2 second, *"gurgle"
sound when the site is open? *Before I go searching for what it is, please
enlighten me. *From some of the posts of yours I've read here, it sounds
like some thing quirky you would do.

Thanks

That sound tells you someone else has accessed the page.. I kind of
like to goof on people, I used to have a rather vicious flame link
hidden in a graphic, but I took it down on 9/11 as it was pretty
political and at the time, I felt uncalled for;)

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On Jan 8, 6:21*pm, wrote:
On Jan 8, 12:27*pm, "D.Duck" wrote:





wrote in message

...
On Jan 8, 8:50 am, "RG" wrote:

Please don't forget me!

jherringatcoxdotnet

Check your inbox.

Well, this has drawn quite a bit of interest, can I see??

Slight change of subject. *I was perusing your small boat building web site
and I find it quite impressive. *You should be very proud of the various
boats you have constructed.

Are you intentionally generating an intermittent, 1/2 second, *"gurgle"
sound when the site is open? *Before I go searching for what it is, please
enlighten me. *From some of the posts of yours I've read here, it sounds
like some thing quirky you would do.



In fact it's my counter which we got many moons ago he

http://www.chami.com/html-kit/

in case you want to check it out..

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:52:17 -0500, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Just got off the phone with Olympus.

The bill to repair my E-300, flat rate, is $310 plus 6% tax which
brings it to $328.60!!

Damn.

So much for that camera.

You think camera repair people should work for wal-mart wages?

No - I don't expect that.

I do expect a reasonable rate to replace the viewfinder glass and
upload the latest software.

It seems to me that 2/3s of the cost of the camera new (as of 2 1/2
years ago) is a bit excessive.

My point and shoot Olympus 35 mm had a sticky switch on the lens. Was 2
weeks past warranty when I sent it back. They wanted $5 less than a new
one, and only warranteed the camera for 6 months as opposed to a year with a
new camera. Last Olympus I bought.

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On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 16:04:46 -0800, "CalifBill"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:52:17 -0500, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Just got off the phone with Olympus.

The bill to repair my E-300, flat rate, is $310 plus 6% tax which
brings it to $328.60!!

Damn.

So much for that camera.

You think camera repair people should work for wal-mart wages?

No - I don't expect that.

I do expect a reasonable rate to replace the viewfinder glass and
upload the latest software.

It seems to me that 2/3s of the cost of the camera new (as of 2 1/2
years ago) is a bit excessive.

My point and shoot Olympus 35 mm had a sticky switch on the lens. Was 2
weeks past warranty when I sent it back. They wanted $5 less than a new
one, and only warranteed the camera for 6 months as opposed to a year with a
new camera. Last Olympus I bought.

I've never had a problem with an Oly and when I had my OM-1 cleaned,
it was very reasonable - I think less than $60.

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On Jan 8, 6:21 pm, wrote:
On Jan 8, 12:27 pm, "D.Duck" wrote:





wrote in message

...
On Jan 8, 8:50 am, "RG" wrote:

Please don't forget me!

jherringatcoxdotnet

Check your inbox.

Well, this has drawn quite a bit of interest, can I see??

Slight change of subject. I was perusing your small boat building web
site
and I find it quite impressive. You should be very proud of the various
boats you have constructed.

Are you intentionally generating an intermittent, 1/2 second, "gurgle"
sound when the site is open? Before I go searching for what it is,
please
enlighten me. From some of the posts of yours I've read here, it sounds
like some thing quirky you would do.



In fact it's my counter which we got many moons ago he

http://www.chami.com/html-kit/

in case you want to check it out..

Thanks for the info. There was quite a bit of "gurgling" going while I had
your site open, you must be a popular guy.

Once again, congrats on some really slick look craft.

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On Jan 8, 8:20*pm, "D.Duck" wrote:
wrote in message

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On Jan 8, 6:21 pm, wrote:





On Jan 8, 12:27 pm, "D.Duck" wrote:

wrote in message

...
On Jan 8, 8:50 am, "RG" wrote:

Please don't forget me!

jherringatcoxdotnet

Check your inbox.

Well, this has drawn quite a bit of interest, can I see??

Slight change of subject. I was perusing your small boat building web
site
and I find it quite impressive. You should be very proud of the various
boats you have constructed.

Are you intentionally generating an intermittent, 1/2 second, "gurgle"
sound when the site is open? Before I go searching for what it is,
please
enlighten me. From some of the posts of yours I've read here, it sounds
like some thing quirky you would do.

In fact it's my counter which we got many moons ago he

http://www.chami.com/html-kit/

in case you want to check it out..

Thanks for the info. *There was quite a bit of "gurgling" going while I had
your site open, you must be a popular guy.

Once again, congrats on some really slick look craft.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

thanks;)

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On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:16:09 -0700, Jeff Burke
wrote:

On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:50:21 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

FYI, just bought a supposedly good X-700 on ebay for $68.00 total
cost. Came with a couple lenses, but will take mine too.
Thanks again for the advice. I had already started to look for a
repairman for my 102, but you sobered me up.

If that's an SRT 102 you're talking about Garry's can refurb it for about $50.

http://www.garryscamera.com/

The 102 is a camera worth fixing too.

Yes, it's an SRT 102. In researching a while back I read that aging
leather and other non-metal parts can make them pretty expensive to
fix properly. It's 34 years old now, and has recorded many, many
memories. I might decide to give it a new lease on life yet.
Just don't want to give it up.
Whoa, Garry's is not more than 5 minutes from me!
Hey Jeff, thanks a lot!

--Vic

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On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:10:00 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:38:12 GMT, Steve wrote:

[...]

If you make that change and just shoot jpeg normal (not even fine)
quality, you'll have a hard time discerning the difference between raw
and jpeg.

Steve

Other than the limitation as to number of pictures on a card, which are
getting quite cheap, why would you not shoot everything in jpeg 'fine'. At
least then you can crop segments of the shot or the whole shot if you want.

The fine vs. normal distinction doesn't change the number of pixels,
only the amount of compression. So you can still crop the same with
either. I don't see hardly any difference between fine vs. normal so
I make my life easier with smaller files. Less time to offload the
pictures to the computer, less time to open them up in image editing
programs, etc.

Steve