Fodder from new camera
Sep. 18th, 2004 10:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisThis morning was perfect walking weather. Overcast and cool. And I tried out my new camera.
Originally, I had the idea that I would walk along, snap a few, pop the card out of the camera and into the Treo and email the shots off while I was still walking. Hit a big DOH. I also use the Treo to listen to music while I'm walking. The MP3's live on the card. Pop the card out and you stop the music. Then there was a DOH jr. in that the pictures are quite bigger than the Treo pictures so while batching 10 Treo shots and mailing them is a nothing burger, batching 10 high res pix and mailing at cellphone speed is not too practical. So. I think, on walks, we'll be snapping and then mailing after I get home. This Casio is way easier to get the pictures out of than my Kodak - can get off the card or off the camera directly. Excellent.
And, even though I still don't know how to use this camera, it does a nice job on it's own. And now I can grab some really interesting stuff on my walks - like this one. This shot is from the alley. The alley is really a bus only road that is decorated for many blocks by wonderful wall art. As it happens, the one building with the quote "In nature is the preservation of the world." - Thoreau, is the one that is burned out. Interesting, eh?
Originally, I had the idea that I would walk along, snap a few, pop the card out of the camera and into the Treo and email the shots off while I was still walking. Hit a big DOH. I also use the Treo to listen to music while I'm walking. The MP3's live on the card. Pop the card out and you stop the music. Then there was a DOH jr. in that the pictures are quite bigger than the Treo pictures so while batching 10 Treo shots and mailing them is a nothing burger, batching 10 high res pix and mailing at cellphone speed is not too practical. So. I think, on walks, we'll be snapping and then mailing after I get home. This Casio is way easier to get the pictures out of than my Kodak - can get off the card or off the camera directly. Excellent.
And, even though I still don't know how to use this camera, it does a nice job on it's own. And now I can grab some really interesting stuff on my walks - like this one. This shot is from the alley. The alley is really a bus only road that is decorated for many blocks by wonderful wall art. As it happens, the one building with the quote "In nature is the preservation of the world." - Thoreau, is the one that is burned out. Interesting, eh?
The one thing I can't figure out is how to get the color of my yarn right. I had this problem with the Kodak and I still have it. I can't fix it with the camera or with my software. It's really annoying. This yarn is a little bit burgundy. It's called Autumn Red and it is a really different color than what it looks like here. I've tried in incandescent light and natural light. Grrrrr.
