[bolger] Re: Boat Camera
"bruce beckwith" <bgbeck5-@...> wrote:
one (waterproof to ??) and of course the wonderful panorama cameras,
which actually are good for taking boat pix, esp ones destined for Da
Web.
> > > Canon has their Sure Shot A-1. It's AF and suppossedlyHey, what's wrong with 'disposable' cameras? There's a water-repellent
one (waterproof to ??) and of course the wonderful panorama cameras,
which actually are good for taking boat pix, esp ones destined for Da
Web.
> > Canon has their Sure Shot A-1. It's AF and suppossedlyin flash and there's a panoramic version too. The latter is handy if
> >waterproof to 16.4 feet. I guess you could get pics of your
> >boat as she goes down because you left out the flotation foam.
> >Samys Camera has it listed for $129 in the Jan 2000 "Shutterbug".
>
> I don't have the specs for this camera, but if it has a fast lens, it
> looks like a real winner!
>
> The lens on the Sure Shot A-1 is a 32mm f/3.5. It does have a built
one has a BIG family. Or a long boat? =)
> David,I don't have the specs for this camera, but if it has a fast lens, it
> Canon has their Sure Shot A-1. It's AF and suppossedly
>waterproof to 16.4 feet. I guess you could get pics of your
>boat as she goes down because you left out the flotation foam.
>Samys Camera has it listed for $129 in the Jan 2000 "Shutterbug".
looks like a real winner!
Lens speed (how wide an aperture the lens has,) is the most widely
underpowered aspect of cameras and lens marketed to
non-professionals. The effect of a powerful telephoto lens is easily
demonstrated at the camera counter. Lens speed is more subtle, but
for my money, at least as important.
A fast lens and a good fill-flash circuit means more situations where
the camera can make a pleasing balance between the ambient light and
the on camera flash. It also means the teeny flash can fill even in
very bright situations (high shutter speed/wide aperture.)
Sadly, the lens is also about the only part of a modern camera not
subject to Moore's Law. As in boats, speed costs; and when it's lens
speed you want, you pay in both dollars and weight. I became a
commercial photographer partly because you can buy a location vehicle
and fill it with professional lighting and grip gear for about the
same price as ONE of the fast, long lenses you see on the side lines
at a football game.
So pay attention to that funny f-stop number thing -- the smaller the
number, the better your photos will be (fast lenses tend to be
sharper too.) Do not be seduced by extreme magnification on a
point-and-shoot. You can make a lens that is long, fast, light and
cheap, and most of the time when you're taking snap-shots, you're
trying to get far enough back to get everyone in the shot!
YIBB,
David Ryan
Minister of Information and Culture
Crumbling Empire Productions
(212) 247-0296
David,
Canon has their Sure Shot A-1. It's AF and suppossedly
waterproof to 16.4 feet. I guess you could get pics of your
boat as she goes down because you left out the flotation foam.
Samys Camera has it listed for $129 in the Jan 2000 "Shutterbug".
david ryan <davi-@...> wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=1480
Canon has their Sure Shot A-1. It's AF and suppossedly
waterproof to 16.4 feet. I guess you could get pics of your
boat as she goes down because you left out the flotation foam.
Samys Camera has it listed for $129 in the Jan 2000 "Shutterbug".
david ryan <davi-@...> wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=1480
> FBBB --
>
> Like most of the rest of you, I have been extremely remiss in
> photographing my adventures in boats; both in the building and
> sailing. But unlike most of you, I have no real excuse -- aside from
> being a mediocre amateur boat builder, I'm a mediocre professional
> photographer as well.
>
> If one were to judge by the photographic record, our dog jumped from
> 10 pounds to 100 pounds all in the span of one 36 exposure roll of
> film. Fearing the same fate for my new daughter, I made it my mission
> to find a point and shoot camera that was convenient enough in size
> and operation that it would always be on hand at the ready, yet
> sufficiently refined that the resulting photos would not mock me for
> being too lazy to drag out the "big guns" and do the job right.
>
> At the end of my search, I found the Olympus Stylus Epic DLX. The
> camera is about the size of 4 packs of cigs, looks at the world
> through a fast, wide lens (38/2.8), delivers satisfying photo on
> "auto everything" yet offers a half dozen ways to outthink its little
> computer brain, (should you feel the urge,) and delivers all of this
> for about the price of a Bolger boat made on the cheap. ($105 from
> B&H photo.)
>
> However, that's not why I'm posting about it here. In addition to all
> of the above, it's weather proof. Now mind you "weather proof" isn't
> "water proof" but weather proof is plenty rugged. Having read the
> weather proof specs in the back of the users manual, I would hesitate
> to take the camera out on my most reckless adventure in my Teal.
> Lil'winnie might not make it back in working order, but I'm pretty
> sure the camera would. If conditions that threatened the camera were
> encountered, (and I survived,) I'm sure loss of the camera would be
> last thing on my mind.
>
> One criticism: To run that microcomputer and auto flash, it uses
> those damned expense and damned hard to find specialized batteries.
>
> So look forward to exciting pix of me mixing resin and driving
> sheetrock screws!
>
> YIBB,
>
>
> David Ryan
> Minister of Information and Culture
> Crumbling Empire Productions
> (212) 247-0296
David,
I too went from "semi-professional" photographer in my youth to the
Olympus Stylus, since it fits so nicely into my pocket and my hand.
(doesn't it feel like a little sports car?) I can pull it out of my
pocket, open and shoot all with one smooth motion of one hand. I thought
I'd never find anything better! And in film I haven't, however I
recently went digital!
A couple of years ago Nikon released a tiny digital camera called
the CoolPix 100. It was originally priced in the $400 plus range and
targeted at notebook computer owners. (it eventually was discounted to
$99!) They overestimated the niche. It is about the size of a pair of
sun glasses and contains a PCMCIA card that slips into your notebook
slot. It holds 21 images in high resolution mode (480 x 440 - yes almost
square) and 42 a low res. (just more compressed JPGs) Having no LCD
screen it works off normal AA batteries that last for hundred of shots
even with flash. It also has a respectable macro mode. I placed a small
piece of software on it that automatically copies all the images to your
hard drive then erases them. "Processing" my "roll" of 21 shots takes 30
seconds, and I'm back to shooting. It's great for Web pages and my $69
Epson 440 printer (after rebate) will print very respectable photo
quality prints as well. As you can see I love my Nikon coolpix! It's
still available occasionally, at photo shops, on ebay or around the web.
If you have a lap top I highly recommend it!
Most of the shots on my web site were taken with it.
Happy sails,
David
David Ryan wrote:
photographing my adventures in boats; both in the building and
sailing. But unlike most of you, I have no real excuse -- aside from
being a mediocre amateur boat builder, I'm a mediocre professional
photographer as well.
If one were to judge by the photographic record, our dog jumped from
10 pounds to 100 pounds all in the span of one 36 exposure roll of
film. Fearing the same fate for my new daughter, I made it my mission
to find a point and shoot camera that was convenient enough in size
and operation that it would always be on hand at the ready, yet
sufficiently refined that the resulting photos would not mock me for
being too lazy to drag out the "big guns" and do the job right.
At the end of my search, I found the Olympus Stylus Epic DLX. The
camera is about the size of 4 packs of cigs, looks at the world
through a fast, wide lens (38/2.8), delivers satisfying photo on
"auto everything" yet offers a half dozen ways to outthink its little
computer brain, (should you feel the urge,) and delivers all of this
for about the price of a Bolger boat made on the cheap. ($105 from
B&H photo.)
However, that's not why I'm posting about it here. In addition to all
of the above, it's weather proof. Now mind you "weather proof" isn't
"water proof" but weather proof is plenty rugged. Having read the
weather proof specs in the back of the users manual, I would hesitate
to take the camera out on my most reckless adventure in my Teal.
Lil'winnie might not make it back in working order, but I'm pretty
sure the camera would. If conditions that threatened the camera were
encountered, (and I survived,) I'm sure loss of the camera would be
last thing on my mind.
One criticism: To run that microcomputer and auto flash, it uses
those damned expense and damned hard to find specialized batteries.
So look forward to exciting pix of me mixing resin and driving
sheetrock screws!
YIBB,
David Ryan
Minister of Information and Culture
Crumbling Empire Productions
(212) 247-0296
Simplicity Boats (mirror sites - if one doesn't work...)
http://members.tripod.com/simplicityboats/
http://members.xoom.com/simpleboats/
Here's my latest boat:
http://members.tripod.com/simplicityboats/featherwind.html
Quasi esoteric musical instruments
unicornstrings.com
I too went from "semi-professional" photographer in my youth to the
Olympus Stylus, since it fits so nicely into my pocket and my hand.
(doesn't it feel like a little sports car?) I can pull it out of my
pocket, open and shoot all with one smooth motion of one hand. I thought
I'd never find anything better! And in film I haven't, however I
recently went digital!
A couple of years ago Nikon released a tiny digital camera called
the CoolPix 100. It was originally priced in the $400 plus range and
targeted at notebook computer owners. (it eventually was discounted to
$99!) They overestimated the niche. It is about the size of a pair of
sun glasses and contains a PCMCIA card that slips into your notebook
slot. It holds 21 images in high resolution mode (480 x 440 - yes almost
square) and 42 a low res. (just more compressed JPGs) Having no LCD
screen it works off normal AA batteries that last for hundred of shots
even with flash. It also has a respectable macro mode. I placed a small
piece of software on it that automatically copies all the images to your
hard drive then erases them. "Processing" my "roll" of 21 shots takes 30
seconds, and I'm back to shooting. It's great for Web pages and my $69
Epson 440 printer (after rebate) will print very respectable photo
quality prints as well. As you can see I love my Nikon coolpix! It's
still available occasionally, at photo shops, on ebay or around the web.
If you have a lap top I highly recommend it!
Most of the shots on my web site were taken with it.
Happy sails,
David
David Ryan wrote:
>Like most of the rest of you, I have been extremely remiss in
> FBBB --
photographing my adventures in boats; both in the building and
sailing. But unlike most of you, I have no real excuse -- aside from
being a mediocre amateur boat builder, I'm a mediocre professional
photographer as well.
If one were to judge by the photographic record, our dog jumped from
10 pounds to 100 pounds all in the span of one 36 exposure roll of
film. Fearing the same fate for my new daughter, I made it my mission
to find a point and shoot camera that was convenient enough in size
and operation that it would always be on hand at the ready, yet
sufficiently refined that the resulting photos would not mock me for
being too lazy to drag out the "big guns" and do the job right.
At the end of my search, I found the Olympus Stylus Epic DLX. The
camera is about the size of 4 packs of cigs, looks at the world
through a fast, wide lens (38/2.8), delivers satisfying photo on
"auto everything" yet offers a half dozen ways to outthink its little
computer brain, (should you feel the urge,) and delivers all of this
for about the price of a Bolger boat made on the cheap. ($105 from
B&H photo.)
However, that's not why I'm posting about it here. In addition to all
of the above, it's weather proof. Now mind you "weather proof" isn't
"water proof" but weather proof is plenty rugged. Having read the
weather proof specs in the back of the users manual, I would hesitate
to take the camera out on my most reckless adventure in my Teal.
Lil'winnie might not make it back in working order, but I'm pretty
sure the camera would. If conditions that threatened the camera were
encountered, (and I survived,) I'm sure loss of the camera would be
last thing on my mind.
One criticism: To run that microcomputer and auto flash, it uses
those damned expense and damned hard to find specialized batteries.
So look forward to exciting pix of me mixing resin and driving
sheetrock screws!
YIBB,
David Ryan
Minister of Information and Culture
Crumbling Empire Productions
(212) 247-0296
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Quasi esoteric musical instruments
unicornstrings.com
FBBB --
Like most of the rest of you, I have been extremely remiss in
photographing my adventures in boats; both in the building and
sailing. But unlike most of you, I have no real excuse -- aside from
being a mediocre amateur boat builder, I'm a mediocre professional
photographer as well.
If one were to judge by the photographic record, our dog jumped from
10 pounds to 100 pounds all in the span of one 36 exposure roll of
film. Fearing the same fate for my new daughter, I made it my mission
to find a point and shoot camera that was convenient enough in size
and operation that it would always be on hand at the ready, yet
sufficiently refined that the resulting photos would not mock me for
being too lazy to drag out the "big guns" and do the job right.
At the end of my search, I found the Olympus Stylus Epic DLX. The
camera is about the size of 4 packs of cigs, looks at the world
through a fast, wide lens (38/2.8), delivers satisfying photo on
"auto everything" yet offers a half dozen ways to outthink its little
computer brain, (should you feel the urge,) and delivers all of this
for about the price of a Bolger boat made on the cheap. ($105 from
B&H photo.)
However, that's not why I'm posting about it here. In addition to all
of the above, it's weather proof. Now mind you "weather proof" isn't
"water proof" but weather proof is plenty rugged. Having read the
weather proof specs in the back of the users manual, I would hesitate
to take the camera out on my most reckless adventure in my Teal.
Lil'winnie might not make it back in working order, but I'm pretty
sure the camera would. If conditions that threatened the camera were
encountered, (and I survived,) I'm sure loss of the camera would be
last thing on my mind.
One criticism: To run that microcomputer and auto flash, it uses
those damned expense and damned hard to find specialized batteries.
So look forward to exciting pix of me mixing resin and driving
sheetrock screws!
YIBB,
David Ryan
Minister of Information and Culture
Crumbling Empire Productions
(212) 247-0296
Like most of the rest of you, I have been extremely remiss in
photographing my adventures in boats; both in the building and
sailing. But unlike most of you, I have no real excuse -- aside from
being a mediocre amateur boat builder, I'm a mediocre professional
photographer as well.
If one were to judge by the photographic record, our dog jumped from
10 pounds to 100 pounds all in the span of one 36 exposure roll of
film. Fearing the same fate for my new daughter, I made it my mission
to find a point and shoot camera that was convenient enough in size
and operation that it would always be on hand at the ready, yet
sufficiently refined that the resulting photos would not mock me for
being too lazy to drag out the "big guns" and do the job right.
At the end of my search, I found the Olympus Stylus Epic DLX. The
camera is about the size of 4 packs of cigs, looks at the world
through a fast, wide lens (38/2.8), delivers satisfying photo on
"auto everything" yet offers a half dozen ways to outthink its little
computer brain, (should you feel the urge,) and delivers all of this
for about the price of a Bolger boat made on the cheap. ($105 from
B&H photo.)
However, that's not why I'm posting about it here. In addition to all
of the above, it's weather proof. Now mind you "weather proof" isn't
"water proof" but weather proof is plenty rugged. Having read the
weather proof specs in the back of the users manual, I would hesitate
to take the camera out on my most reckless adventure in my Teal.
Lil'winnie might not make it back in working order, but I'm pretty
sure the camera would. If conditions that threatened the camera were
encountered, (and I survived,) I'm sure loss of the camera would be
last thing on my mind.
One criticism: To run that microcomputer and auto flash, it uses
those damned expense and damned hard to find specialized batteries.
So look forward to exciting pix of me mixing resin and driving
sheetrock screws!
YIBB,
David Ryan
Minister of Information and Culture
Crumbling Empire Productions
(212) 247-0296