EnemaEms Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 I didn't want to steal Glen's thunder from his thread so I decided to start a new thread. Anyway, I bought an Olympus C-740 Ultra Zoom this week. I've been playing around with it. Here are a couple of shots I just took. The 1st one I was moving so it came out blurry, but I thought it was a cute shot of the boys watching Spider-Man. The 2nd shot came out pretty good. Here they are: -Dean- Edited by FreakTornado to reflect the more general nature of this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChoiceStriker Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Nice pics, Dean - you've got some cute kids there. Looks to be a quality camera too. Now for the geek in me: That's a nice HK - what model is it? And what kinds of CDs/DVDs/games are those laying around all over the floor?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnemaEms Posted June 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 The H/K is the 520 and the CDs Ethan is playing with are just blanks....this way he doesn't ruin the good ones. BTW, thanks for the compliments. -Dean- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChoiceStriker Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Haha, I've got the 520 too. I love it. Just had to ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reeldeal Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 my girlfriend just got an olympus the other week i don't recall the product number, i think it's about a 500 series i know it's got 4megapixel but it didn't have many features for me to play with. as well when i was recording a video with it i coudln't zoom, seemed funny to me. not sure if that's normal or not. nice pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain rising Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 Originally posted by reeldeal@Jun 25 2004, 07:17 PM as well when i was recording a video with it i coudln't zoom, seemed funny to me. not sure if that's normal or not. Not zooming while taking video is pretty standard on a lot of digital cameras, I think. Mine (a Canon) doesn't allow it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daisy Posted June 27, 2004 Report Share Posted June 27, 2004 Those are some nice pictures there. I hope my kid pictures turn out that good someday. Glen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 I'm resurrecting this thread because I bought a digital camera today. I got a canon PowerShot S500. It's 5 megapixels and tiny, which were my two biggest buying criteria apart from image quality. Anyway, my pics can't compete with Dean's, but here's an example of a couple. I zoom in on the same image, until the last one is at 100% size (and severely cropped): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce B Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 I also recently picked up a Canon Powershot S410. Here is a pic of Jtello and fiancee from a recent picnic at my house Doesn't he look a little like Bill Murray in Caddyshack???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Doesn't he look a little like Bill Murray in Caddyshack???? I see it. I saw this billboard on my way home from the store today: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTello Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Here is a pic of Jtello and fiancee from a recent picnic at my house Yes, look at me beg Bruce for food! Feed your guests next time man! Oh, and BTW, a little informal poll here,.... if you have a bunch of friends over, grill food, drink alcoholic beverages, and play volleyball, would you refer to this event as a picnic or a barbeque? Aren't the prerequisites to having a picnic be that you go to a remote location, lay out a checkered blanket, and eat food out of a basket,... or something to that effect!?!? Oh, and to bring the thread back on track. Ed, that looks like you have a nice new camera there. It looks like resolution is great,... as it should be a 5mp. Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing more of your pictures with that San Francisco flavor, as you shoot them. 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnemaEms Posted July 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Great pics Ed. That is a damn fine camera you got there. :tu: -Dean- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnemaEms Posted July 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Here is a pic from my vacation last week. This is an attraction at the Wisconsin Dells. -Dean- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain rising Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 I am still loving my Canon PowerShot A80 I got this past December. The level of detail on the full sized version of this one impressed me - you can see some of the individual pollen grains. (click for full size) And the panoramic "stitch" mode really impressed me on this series of pictures. (I think it was 4 or 5 individual shots originally). (click for full size) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Is the stitch thing in the camera, or does it use the stitch software that comes with the camera, or both? I noticed that mine came with stitcher software...but I haven't installed it yet. I'm used to doing stitching manually in photoshop, which works fine, but if the stitching software corrects barrel distortion, or otherwise automates the process I'll have to check it out. Nice images! EDIT: After doing a little RTFM, I see that it's a combination of stitch assist in the camera and the software...very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce B Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Originally posted by FreakTornado@Jul 12 2004, 12:56 PMIs the stitch thing in the camera, or does it use the stitch software that comes with the camera, or both? I noticed that mine came with stitcher software...but I haven't installed it yet. I'm used to doing stitching manually in photoshop, which works fine, but if the stitching software corrects barrel distortion, or otherwise automates the process I'll have to check it out. Nice images! EDIT: After doing a little RTFM, I see that it's a combination of stitch assist in the camera and the software...very cool. Ed- Its in the software. Pretty neat and quite easy to use. Here is a shot that I stitched of my back yard which is actually 4 pictures stitched together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain rising Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Originally posted by FreakTornado@Jul 12 2004, 12:56 PM Nice images! EDIT: After doing a little RTFM, I see that it's a combination of stitch assist in the camera and the software...very cool. Thanks! As you discovered, it's a combination of both. The above panorama is the one that's turned out the best for me so far. Some of the problems I've had probably could have been avoided if I had a tripod - I think I got a little off when spinning to take the sequence. When that happens, even the software can have a difficult time stitching them together properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Yeah, that's a problem if you're doing handheld stuff, it's very easy to misalign the individual images. On another note, I am now seriously considering getting this iPod media reader for taking the camera on trips. I can see it would be very easy to fill up a 512MB CF card. Using the iPod for offloading images would be ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain rising Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Originally posted by FreakTornado@Jul 12 2004, 01:20 PM Yeah, that's a problem if you're doing handheld stuff, it's very easy to misalign the individual images. On another note, I am now seriously considering getting this iPod media reader for taking the camera on trips. I can see it would be very easy to fill up a 512MB CF card. Using the iPod for offloading images would be ideal. Now that's a pretty cool little device. I remember seeing something along those lines by iOmega a while back - the PhotoShow or something - where you could transfer the pictures straight to a Zip/Jaz drive without having a computer, and then play them back on the TV if you wanted to. However, I don't have an iPod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Nice cameras guys, we recently got a Canon EOS 10D in the house, I'll take some shots with it tonight and post them up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Monkey Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Here are some cropped/resized shots (no correction or additional processing, though some is needed) from July 4. Digital Rebel, 6mp. palm trees xmas cactus tilt (the blur in front is another ride) jailhouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain rising Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Wow, those are some awesome fireworks shots. I toyed with the notion of getting a Digital Rebel (or other SLR), but I decided that was just too much camera for how often I take pictures. Maybe in a couple of years, when there'll be new models out to tempt me. But (since a mod hasn't hopped in here yet ) I think there's a 640 x 480 size limit on pictures so you might want to resize them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce B Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Here are some cropped/resized shots (no correction or additional processing, though some is needed) from July 4. Digital Rebel, 6mp. Awesome shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Monkey Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 I figured since we had a 'large image' warning that the usual rule didn't apply. I have linkified the shots for bandwidth friendliness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain rising Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Originally posted by Beer Monkey@Jul 12 2004, 02:00 PM I figured since we had a 'large image' warning that the usual rule didn't apply. Good point, I don't know what the rule is for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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