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A live cam at the Lagoon

Mathias Baden — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:50:39 -0500

A live cam at the Lagoon Park waterfall would be neat, wouldn't it? Or maybe somewhere along the Minnesota River? The Mini-Met? Brandon's office live?

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

Thats just what we

Jason Allen — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:02:52 -0500

Thats just what we need.....let the wacko's that go into these schools and shoot people be able to see what times the kids are in the halls. I don't think so.

I think it’d be cool to

Brandon — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:36:23 -0500

I think it’d be cool to have a live Web cam feed from one of Jordan’s public school hallways. There’s always something going on at the school, even if it’s custodians cleaning the halls late at night. It would be fun to see the students between classes, too.

Jayne you are a 'DOLL' for

bigbobbob — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:38:52 -0500

Jayne you are a 'DOLL' for the detailed answer (and all the typing) you provided. I have Picassa on my computer but didnot like. I don't remember why. I use 'My Pictures'. But with Picassa, keeping the original image is quite an advantage. You are aware, I am sure, that each time a photo file is 'handled' it degrades slightly and does not reproduce the same 'qualities' as the original. The computer - with a mind of its own - simply sluffs off that which the computer does not feel is necessary.
I have an old Kodak 3400 I bought about 6 years ago (2.0 pix) that provides good pictures and some good 8x10s and adequate 'slide shows' on the TV. But the 3400 ain't no Nikon. I have two 125 mb cards and use the highest resolution (that is part of the answer) available on the camera. I flash everything. Rechargable batteries are a pain in the neck, I use 'Energizer' and keep a spare pack in the glove box.
My old HP 822C printer does a fairly good job (even on 8x10) for home scrap book and 'giveways'. My Dell 964 AIO printer is far less satisfactory, for printing B&W or Color. Text on both is very good, but the HP is the better.
Thanks again. The result of your comments, I can better organize my photo files. My 'old' film camera was a Pentax 6x7, that is like carrying around a cement block.

I have to get in on this

Jayne — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:55:59 -0500

I have to get in on this discussion!
I actually had a job in graphic design for a while and the very first thing the boss wanted was to catalog all the images the company owned... prints, positives, negative, transparencies, and digital. I ended up doing an excel spreadsheet that I was the only one that could read - not really effective. (the company was in the trades and I had to learn all about clamps and equipment and be able to tell at a glance what it was)
But the challenge remained as to how to catalog.
I currently only do digital with a Nikon 8700. Big enough for just about anything but not to complicated to stop me from using it.
First thing I do is copy the images on to my computer. I found Picassa to work for me. There are a lot of image programs out there, but Picassa works fine for me - I especially like the straighten feature. Once Picassa has changed the image it backs up the original in a separate file.(if needed I can retrieve that file) If I want, I can open the image in photoshop. The other nice feature is I can create my own 'groups' of images (say black and white or Pete's wedding)and picassa will keep that group for as long as I want and if I want one picture to work with I can open it in photoshop or if I want to burn a cd - burn just that group. After I have messed with the pics - renames - made my groups, changed - I move the entire file to my external harddrive to get it in a safer place and free up space on my computer. Every once in a while I burn off the images for archive - now that I have a dvd burner I am sure I will do it more regular!
As for printing - I am not a fan of home printing because of the cost - when I print I take my cd to Sams or Office Max and make use of the really good printers and get them at a really good price.
As for digital being the rage - I guess I am excited about the format after years of working with my Minolta 35mm - the Hikon gives me a lot more.
Jayne

Digital cameras are the

bigbobbob — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:37:07 -0500

Digital cameras are the 'rage' and provide opportunity and capability to take many, many more pictures. Here is the question....Print at home -- OR--Get professional printing (at store or drug store) and how are the results? I also need a 'professional' filing system so that I can find the picture I want in my computer files. File by Date?--Subject? -- Event?-- or just file randomly using camera applied numbers on each photo. I use, mostly, the latter, a 'so called' shotgun approach!

I'm a fan of Canon, but I

molly — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:07:15 -0500

I'm a fan of Canon, but I agree with above posts if you have Nikon lenses might as well stay Nikon.

The Nikon d80 is a 'handful'

bigbobbob — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:27:00 -0500

The Nikon d80 is a 'handful' of camera and will do anything that you may want (or are able) to do. This is 'professional grade' and would fill the bill for a professionsl portrait photographer. The results will be awesome, enlargable considerably beyond your printers capability.

Various Canon Rebels have

Mathias Baden — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:26:17 -0500

Various Canon Rebels have been my cameras of choice the past 10 years, but outside of work, I'm more of a hobby photographer. It's nice to have the fully automatic options along with fully manual.

To me, the lenses are the important thing, so I can see why you'd want to get a camera that allows you to make use of your old lenses.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

I don't fancy myself a

tphillips — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:26:14 -0600

I don't fancy myself a photographer in any sense of the word. I'm going to take my first digital photography class (at the Learning Annex) next week. Maybe things will improve.

But, I also enjoy taking photos of people who aren't looking, especially on vacation. (Hmmm. Makes me sound like a voyeur or something. I don't think I am.) But, when I look back at albums (ok, stacks) of photos from trips I've taken to Japan, or Italy, or even Chicago, it's not the buildings I enjoy looking at a year later... it's the people who were going about their everyday life and I got a split-second peek into it.

T.Phillips