For all the uselessness that are Kodak digital cameras, I have found their software to be fairly powerful in this respect. Emails from family members by way of the Kodak software always comes in with 640x480 or sometimes 800x600 resized images. And the end uers of these cameras don't need to know what these values even mean, they just email the photos. It works and it keeps my mailbox from being full.
You have no idea what you are talking about. The Panasonic F20 has a 12x constant f/2.8 image stabalized lens. If you actually spent time using this camera, you'd know how powerful that is.
It's not the camera for everyone, no one camera is, but it's a good solution with a good feature set.
You need to buy a better digital camera. I have no problems in low light with framing the LCD. Cameras that don't gain-up their LCDs should be avoided.
resellerratings.com is generally quite good and the results can be trusted. Of course, one should browse to be certain a particular store wasn't recently flooded with fake positive reviews.
Or, I could just post the text of the article here:)
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Named Fluidlens, this lens is made of liquid and is no bigger than a contact lens, but can achieve an optical zoom of up to 10 times, matching the zoom capabilities of lenses found on mid-range and high-end digital cameras and superior than most cellphone cameras which use digital zoom that relies on software rather than the lens to zoom in on an object.
This liquid lens system achieves optical zooming through altering its focal length by changing its shape which mimics the action of the human eye.
"Currently there is no practical alternative to compensate for the fixed focus lens system where a camera lens, for example, is moved along a linear axis until the image comes into focus. Our liquid lens, on the other hand, comprises only a droplet and no other cumbersome movable parts," explains Dr Saman Dharmatilleke, a research scientist working on the technology.
Fluidlens liquid lens system To date, research in other liquid lenses involves using an applied electrical voltage to alter the curvature of the lens so that it can focus and zoom in on an image. Patented Fluidlens does not need this, which means it saves on battery consumption, is cheaper to manufacture and occupies less space in the device.
Singapore-based A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) who developed and patented this new liquid lens has licensed the technology to electronics manufacturer, PGS Precision, for an undisclosed sum. The manufacturer expects production cost of Fluidlens to be 20 per cent cheaper than conventional lenses.
PGS Precision will run field tests over the next 18 months and is currently in talks with cellphone makers. It expects to make 10 million lenses a year after tests are completed.
Fluidlens will enable digital camera and camera cellphone makers to create slimmer, better-featured devices with longer battery-life.
I have the page as a PDF which is less than useful for most applications, but if you want it, drop me an email. The address cetan_post@yahoo.com is valid.
It doesn't say no moving parts though, at least as far as the drawings are concerned. Something has to be doing the pushing and pulling to change the shape of the lens.
For all the crowing on and on about the hydrogen economy, it's a complete waste.
It takes more energy to produce, store, and deliver this stuff than any pollution savings can make up. Unless you build more nuclear power plants to do the work, we're just going to be dumping more and more pollution into the air to power our pollution free cars.
A built in HD is a terrible idea. Why? Because it will break. It will break and all the images you've been taking for the past weeks will be gone. Forever.
Ok, so you stick in a 4GB solid state memory card instead of a hard drive with moving parts. But who in the consumer market needs that much storage? No one. Who in the professionals would? Lots, but they don't want to store it in the camera. They want to take the card out, and immediatly start backing it up in a photo storage wallet like the ones reviewed here. Then, they can continue shooting while that is happening on a new empty card. Tethering your camera to an external device might seem like a good idea, but is very unworkable in all but a few situations.
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[[While P&S cameras may not include this info, it isn't relevant for such cameras anyway.]]
Most point and and shoots do include this info. Focal lenght is as relevant on a P&S as it is on a DSLR.
And, of course, I spell New Jersey wrong...
This Plainfield School District is in Illinois
For all the uselessness that are Kodak digital cameras, I have found their software to be fairly powerful in this respect. Emails from family members by way of the Kodak software always comes in with 640x480 or sometimes 800x600 resized images. And the end uers of these cameras don't need to know what these values even mean, they just email the photos. It works and it keeps my mailbox from being full.
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You mean the writing and deleting every second for 70 years before seeing any degredation kind of limit?
I don't know what you have been reading, but you will never wear out a solid state storage device. Ever.
Yet again you talk with zero experience with modern zoom lenses. Sad, but not uncommon.
You have no idea what you are talking about. The Panasonic F20 has a 12x constant f/2.8 image stabalized lens. If you actually spent time using this camera, you'd know how powerful that is.
It's not the camera for everyone, no one camera is, but it's a good solution with a good feature set.
You need to buy a better digital camera. I have no problems in low light with framing the LCD. Cameras that don't gain-up their LCDs should be avoided.
To bad she's no longer on the show.
resellerratings.com is generally quite good and the results can be trusted. Of course, one should browse to be certain a particular store wasn't recently flooded with fake positive reviews.
I might not be the brightest bulb in the box, but where does it say it can take larger media?
And when was the last time anyone saw RS-MMC for sale? A premium product for no good reason. They could have easily put an SD slot in there.
128MB of storage of which only 64MB can be addressed by the end-user. And the RS-MMC slot can only hold a 64MB card. Is this some sort of joke?
Is this 1999 or 2005?
Another failed product by Nokia. No wonder they're in the toilet.
I don't think it would be possible for you to miss the point of the parent post more than you have here.
It looks like others have responded, but hey, i've not posted in a while :)
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I'm getting 2.0.0 via the torrent. Seems to be the real-deal to me.
Wrong:
http://lnk.nu/nikoneurope-en.custhelp.com/4g4.php
Nikon cameras have the same problem.
This is a production problem with Sony CCDs. If your cameras' sensor came from that batch, then you're screwed.
Or, I could just post the text of the article here :)
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Named Fluidlens, this lens is made of liquid and is no bigger than a contact lens, but can achieve an optical zoom of up to 10 times, matching the zoom capabilities of lenses found on mid-range and high-end digital cameras and superior than most cellphone cameras which use digital zoom that relies on software rather than the lens to zoom in on an object.
This liquid lens system achieves optical zooming through altering its focal length by changing its shape which mimics the action of the human eye.
"Currently there is no practical alternative to compensate for the fixed focus lens system where a camera lens, for example, is moved along a linear axis until the image comes into focus. Our liquid lens, on the other hand, comprises only a droplet and no other cumbersome movable parts," explains Dr Saman Dharmatilleke, a research scientist working on the technology.
Fluidlens liquid lens system To date, research in other liquid lenses involves using an applied electrical voltage to alter the curvature of the lens so that it can focus and zoom in on an image. Patented Fluidlens does not need this, which means it saves on battery consumption, is cheaper to manufacture and occupies less space in the device.
Singapore-based A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) who developed and patented this new liquid lens has licensed the technology to electronics manufacturer, PGS Precision, for an undisclosed sum. The manufacturer expects production cost of Fluidlens to be 20 per cent cheaper than conventional lenses.
PGS Precision will run field tests over the next 18 months and is currently in talks with cellphone makers. It expects to make 10 million lenses a year after tests are completed.
Fluidlens will enable digital camera and camera cellphone makers to create slimmer, better-featured devices with longer battery-life.
I have the page as a PDF which is less than useful for most applications, but if you want it, drop me an email. The address cetan_post@yahoo.com is valid.
It doesn't say no moving parts though, at least as far as the drawings are concerned. Something has to be doing the pushing and pulling to change the shape of the lens.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/ 02/1940255&tid=100
You decided to buy the house.
You decided to take the job.
You are responsible for you.
If you don't like it. Change it. Complaining about the decisions you made is the highest form of stupidity.
For all the crowing on and on about the hydrogen economy, it's a complete waste.
It takes more energy to produce, store, and deliver this stuff than any pollution savings can make up. Unless you build more nuclear power plants to do the work, we're just going to be dumping more and more pollution into the air to power our pollution free cars.
Madness.
You clearly do not understand copyright or contract law.
A built in HD is a terrible idea. Why? Because it will break. It will break and all the images you've been taking for the past weeks will be gone. Forever.
Ok, so you stick in a 4GB solid state memory card instead of a hard drive with moving parts. But who in the consumer market needs that much storage? No one. Who in the professionals would? Lots, but they don't want to store it in the camera. They want to take the card out, and immediatly start backing it up in a photo storage wallet like the ones reviewed here. Then, they can continue shooting while that is happening on a new empty card. Tethering your camera to an external device might seem like a good idea, but is very unworkable in all but a few situations.
...we in the UK have a word for people who get all huffy and bigoted when presented with differing opinions, they are called wankers
The irony of your post is too much to handle. You sir, are an idiot.