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A little off topic but none-the-less.

A whole bunch of experienced TR gurus
posting here to the few of us who know just about
nothing of auto mechanics. Heck, the Crypt Car
would have been hauled to "The Crusher"
about a year ago were it not for the kind help
offered to this know nothing mechanic Yours Truly.

Now photos really help those of us who are so
"mechanically challenged" we don't know the names
of the parts of the autos we own and must repair.

Not pointing fingers at anyone, but some nice folks
here don't post photos of their excellent repair efforts
because they don't want to put greasy fingers on their
pricey $$$ digital cameras. (Honestly Aldwyn, I'm not
thinking of you!) a general statement. LOL

Other folks might have budget constraints and cannot
afford a digital camera. I certainly could not afford
a digital if I didn't own it before Crypty all but wiped
out my life savings.

SO!!! Now there is no excuse for any of the mechanical wizzards not to post photos and post plenty of them.
Tinster has found to answer to everyone's needs.
Your neighborhood Walgreens drugstore.

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You have the worst luck ever.

I discovered those in a Walgreen's drugstore just before Christmas, told a friend, & we bought a bunch for stocking stuffers to give to friends & family.

They have some design flaw: the batteries go dead in them in a week or less. Just sitting on the desk, dead, dead, dead, in 10 or less days. We thought that when they were in the little leather case it was mashing a button & draining the battery, but we left a couple out for research & the batteries just die.

They do make exotic, weird-looking short movies, & their optics are so primitive regarding auto exposure control that it's really like using an old Brownie box camera: Make sure the sun's behind, high-contrast items will blow out highlights, etc.
 
All true and still worth $10.
I own two and have used them for
almost 2 years for web only shots..

I keep one in my glove compartment
(along with a few AAA bateries) for
those times when I don't have my "real"
digital with me.

Yup, you must remove the battery after use
or it will go dead.

But HEY! My first digital cost me $1,300.
$ten bucks to get a photo into your computer
is pretty resonable. Flaws and all.

d
 
Dale,


I know I'm very guilty of this. The trouble is I took pics of the sometimes before, and mostly after, and never quite get around to the during. Usually, I'm just tryin to git er done. Lately though it's just too darn cold to go anywhere near the garage. I know excuses, excuses!

When I first started my rebuild someone told me to take lots of photos and I did but all of my pics are in fuzzy 35mm. Then the digital age came along and it is great because you can keep taking them till they come out right. Now all I need to do is start over.

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I bought an $87.99 Wal-Mart display unit about 5 years ago...my friends tell me that a 1.3 mega-pixel camera isn't good enuff..

I say "what's a pixel?"....
 
I bought a Nikon 4 megapixel from Walldemart last year at around $89.00 and it has served me well through many a through the windshield shot. My dad just gave me a memory card for it and now it holds 456 pictures or something like that. I don't know what a megapixel is either just put it in inches or mm for me!
 
By the way, How do you post attachments in the new forum?

And I've always wondered how some of you guys post a picture directly into the body of text?
 
To post a photo:

1. Put your photo on the web at like "photobucket"
or some such site.

2. Right mouse click a Copy of the HTTP/ address of your photo.

3. Start your answer as "New Reply"

4. There is a tool bar on top of the text page.
On the bar are icons
Click on the icon for an image.

A box will open with "http" in it.

5. Delete that "http" and paste your own photo http.

hit submit

d
 
Actually Dale it's even easier than that. Aftr you post to Photobucket .Copy the IMG code and paste where you want it.
 
YankeeTR said:
I bought an $87.99 Wal-Mart display unit about 5 years ago...my friends tell me that a 1.3 mega-pixel camera isn't good enuff..

I say "what's a pixel?"....
Click to expand...

1.3 pixels is great for this purpose. You'll only be displaying them at usually less than 800x600 and only at 72 DPI for posting them on a message board. It's not like you'll be trying to print them off a 'photo quality' 8X10's. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
 
Copying and pasting the IMG code even works in 'quick reply'. Slick and easy. Wish I knew that earlier.

Photobucket is a great hosting site. Very good luck with it so far.
 
Thanks for the tip!

I take several hundred photos every week.
I have my camera set a 1.0 megapixels.

That way I can e-mail them to clients
and they print at 3x5 decently, if needed.

1.3 is just about perfect for internet use.

d
 
Like this?

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Cool!
 
Thanks. My sister in law's boyfriend has a way cool camera. here's a favorite:

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and heres one with Tacoma the Wonder Dog in it. He's my cancer survivor (hence the 3 legs)

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I like this!
 
YankeeTR said:
I say "what's a pixel?"....
Click to expand...

In the simplest terms, the "pixel" is a measure of resolution. The sensor on the digital camera is made up of an array of very tiny sensors. On a 1.3 Mpixel camera there would be 1.3 million tiny sensors. More pixels give more points of information to the picture. Of course 35mm would have 100millions of pixels if we were to try and compare them directly!

Of course other things affect the overall picture like the quality of the lens, the quality / design of the sensor / the lighting,and the electronics which control it all.

Basically the number of pixels is only really important if you are enlarging a picture. If there are not enough pixels relative to the size of the picture, the enlarged picture will look "grainy" My 3.2mpixel camera is fine with enlargements up to about 8"x12" if the picture was taken in good conditions.

As a very big generalization, on the really tiny cameras, no mater how many pixels, the picture will be of a lesser quality than the same number of pixels on a larger format camera, mostly because the larger camera allows a better lens and usually a better sensor.

Now the question of what is "good enough" is of course relative. If the camera is for quickie snapshots then 1.3 is good enough. If you want to have the real possibility of enlarging a picture then this is no wheres near enough. Just to keep things in perspective though, 1024*768 resolution on a computer screen is only 0.78mpixels so for viewing on a computer screen, 1.3 is more than satisfactory.
Yisrael
 
I am glad you have discovered how to post pictures. The TR3 looks great. Best wishes to Tacoma. We have a matching 3-legged cat.
Great idea about the $10 camera Tinster. I must see how much I can pick one up for over here. Great idea to keep in the glove compartment.
 
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