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Me and cameras go way back. I was never a big time camera owner but at least never took shots of anybodies feet.
Then came the digital computer age.
I didn't even get a computer of any use until after the Y2K thing, but then dove in head first. Can't say it didn't get bumped around a few times but that's ok too
After getting online and reaching the realization that my local dial-up connection reached all around the world, still wondering what practical use could it be I discovered ebay. There I realized, I would need a camera, not an old 610 but one of the new digitizer thangs.
After trying a couple "cheap" $100 ones(that couldn't even get a close-up shot of a quarter) I learned one thing for sure, it needed an optical zoom. Then tried a 3X optical that nailed it, it was a $99 Fuji. I used that camera the next ten or twelve years, making friends and shipping things all over the world.
Of course there was the matter of an imaging program for photo editing. I found the "free" ones that came with the camera were Not much use, except as theirs. Had an MGI PhotoSuite III disc bought at a yard sale for 50 cents or a buck that was outdated even then, but have used it for editing even till now, on window 10.
Back to the cameras. I updated the Fuji(even tho it still worked great) in 2006 with an Xmas sale one from Target, I think a little over a couple hundred bucks. It was a Kodak 620Z I think, and had like 10X optical zoom, used it till it actually wore plumb out and a few months ago got shopping for a replacement. Found the New Kodaks had the same pathetic flaws as the previous 12 year old one and guess what?
Wound up buying another Fuji!
It's a Wmart closeout special for $75(orig $150) has only 5x zoom(optical) but does quite a job of taking decent photos. I've been using it for all the ones posted here
My basic understanding tells me digital zoom is like blowing up a balloon, basically worthless for photos, and that Windows imaging VIEWERS are every bit as useless.
Windows actually used Kodak viewer program until 2K but shucked it in XP, and ever since their imaging and photo viewing has just gone to hell.
Photo Suite III is great for editing but not for full screen viewing(flipping from photo to photo to find a good shot)
My questions here are what is a decent photo viewer for 10, if there is one, and what about videos?
I've also learned my now Fuji does video w/sound.
Are there any (simple) decent programs for working with them?
I learned the advantages of editing photos, it showed only the best parts of a shot and could be used to greatly diminish the file size, which in internet scenarios is also an advantage.
What about the videos, what works well for editing those?
And the really groovy thing about the Fuji XP is I can go 65ft below the water and still get photos, never imagined it would allow me to swim that far down!
Then came the digital computer age.
I didn't even get a computer of any use until after the Y2K thing, but then dove in head first. Can't say it didn't get bumped around a few times but that's ok too
After getting online and reaching the realization that my local dial-up connection reached all around the world, still wondering what practical use could it be I discovered ebay. There I realized, I would need a camera, not an old 610 but one of the new digitizer thangs.
After trying a couple "cheap" $100 ones(that couldn't even get a close-up shot of a quarter) I learned one thing for sure, it needed an optical zoom. Then tried a 3X optical that nailed it, it was a $99 Fuji. I used that camera the next ten or twelve years, making friends and shipping things all over the world.
Of course there was the matter of an imaging program for photo editing. I found the "free" ones that came with the camera were Not much use, except as theirs. Had an MGI PhotoSuite III disc bought at a yard sale for 50 cents or a buck that was outdated even then, but have used it for editing even till now, on window 10.
Back to the cameras. I updated the Fuji(even tho it still worked great) in 2006 with an Xmas sale one from Target, I think a little over a couple hundred bucks. It was a Kodak 620Z I think, and had like 10X optical zoom, used it till it actually wore plumb out and a few months ago got shopping for a replacement. Found the New Kodaks had the same pathetic flaws as the previous 12 year old one and guess what?
Wound up buying another Fuji!
It's a Wmart closeout special for $75(orig $150) has only 5x zoom(optical) but does quite a job of taking decent photos. I've been using it for all the ones posted here
My basic understanding tells me digital zoom is like blowing up a balloon, basically worthless for photos, and that Windows imaging VIEWERS are every bit as useless.
Windows actually used Kodak viewer program until 2K but shucked it in XP, and ever since their imaging and photo viewing has just gone to hell.
Photo Suite III is great for editing but not for full screen viewing(flipping from photo to photo to find a good shot)
My questions here are what is a decent photo viewer for 10, if there is one, and what about videos?
I've also learned my now Fuji does video w/sound.
Are there any (simple) decent programs for working with them?
I learned the advantages of editing photos, it showed only the best parts of a shot and could be used to greatly diminish the file size, which in internet scenarios is also an advantage.
What about the videos, what works well for editing those?
And the really groovy thing about the Fuji XP is I can go 65ft below the water and still get photos, never imagined it would allow me to swim that far down!
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