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| Thread ID: 45093 | 2004-05-10 00:10:00 | OT: digital camra on TV (Infomercial) | robsonde (120) | Press F1 |
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| 235434 | 2004-05-10 04:03:00 | "convert" to video with a VCR is not totally silly. Many good quality digital cameras will do that. They come with a video cable and will do a slide show on a TV. Just plug into a VCR (or your DVD video recorder ;-)) and send the tape to grandma who hasn't got a computer. VCRs will be around for a while yet. Music CDs have been around for over 20 years, and there are still people using cassette tapes. MP3 players have been around for a while and there are still people using CDs. :D However, I wouldn't buy a digital camera from a TV advertisement; let alone one of those awful infomercials. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 235435 | 2004-05-10 04:24:00 | >However, I wouldn't buy a digital camera from a TV advertisement; let alone one of those awful infomercials. No, but hundreds, even thousands would... |
promethius (1998) | ||
| 235436 | 2004-05-10 22:34:00 | I saw the advert very early in the morning when I was having trouble sleeping. It had all the usual cliches (heck they must work - otherwise the advertisers would drop them). But I do wonder - perhaps there is a use for this simple cheap device. How many of you remember the old Kodak box camera? Most of my early life in photography centered around this device and looking at the old photographs I am astounded just how good they were. OK not professional but !! As for my old film camera I have never used it at all for the last 5 or 6 years - too darn big and as it got only occasional usage I had to buy new VERY EXPENSIVE batteries practically every time I bought film. My digital is another fairly expensive camera - difficult to learn to use - excellent results - but far beyond anything my wife would want to handle. Now I wonder - is this advertised camera any good? Will it produce results comparable to the old box cameras. Is there anybody out there who has actually bought one of them - and could they tell us just what the results are like? Let's not sneer at the thing until we know more about it. PS I have bought several items from TV commercials the Do IT All seems OK and I could not live without the special hangers for increasing wardrobe space. Vacume bags we used when moving house - but not since. Everything else I bought is rubbish. But that's my secret. |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 235437 | 2004-05-10 22:42:00 | Tell you what, my son is right into his el cheapo camera he got as a gift. Fine, except he wants to develop all the film he takes. I can't say no -- I was there myself many decades ago -- but that adds up to quite a bit of dosh wasted on developing photos that are fuzzy, dark and generally not worth developing. Now if someone would make a $100 digicam for kids -- rugged plastic, cheap lens without zoom, doesn't even need an LCD just an optical viewfinder and a slot for a CF card -- then I'd buy it. It would be well worth it to save on the $9 a roll devleoping costs ..... | Biggles (121) | ||
| 235438 | 2004-05-11 00:00:00 | It is worth remembering that the photographer creates the photo. We are overwhelmed and seduced by technology. But the most basic camera will take a great photo if the person behind it can see the opportunity. There was an exhibition a few years ago by professional photographers using Polaroid instant cameras. The photos were astonishing. No touch-ups - just raw photos. So maybe this joke camera would have a use for some people. Not in my house of course. I totally agree with Rob about the need for a cheap digital camera. We must be getting near that point. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 235439 | 2004-05-11 00:12:00 | Bruce: such things are around. There are "webcams" which are not tied to the computer; there are digital cameras around the $100 mark. Even DSE have one at $99 (except they have stock only at Invercargill, Manukau, and The Palms in Christchurch;-)). They also have the 2MP Diolphin at $149. Have a look on pricespy.co.nz -- there are 1.3 and 2MP at about $110. Even the 300 kP (640x480) cameras make usable pictures, and they are fairly cheap. A while ago I even bought a GameBoy camera. It was $25 on special ( with the magnificent resolution of about 128xsomething B&W). |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 235440 | 2004-05-11 01:02:00 | I know, but most of them aren't designed with the rigours of 5-7 year old photographers in mind. Someone needs to make one properly for kids - rugged, minimal moving bits (like a zoom lens), but with good basic features like a CF card slot and USB port, built-in flash etc. | Biggles (121) | ||
| 235441 | 2004-05-11 05:21:00 | > I know, but most of them aren't designed with the > rigours of 5-7 year old photographers in mind. > Someone needs to make one properly for kids - rugged, > minimal moving bits (like a zoom lens), but with good > basic features like a CF card slot and USB port, > built-in flash etc. Ummm.... Bruce, even the toys I give my 6-9 year old children don't survive the experience. The terms "CF card slot / USB port" and "children" are mutually exclusive. :^o |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 235442 | 2004-05-11 05:35:00 | Exactly. But the film camera has survived? I'd go for a simple one with only internal memory, and perhaps a serial cable which might be more robust than a USB. A $30 one is only a couple of films and processing. (I believe there is a one-use digital camera on the market. :D) | Graham L (2) | ||
| 235443 | 2004-05-11 06:34:00 | From what I remember of the informercial (was on TV4 at the time), it's a 640x480 resolution camera. | somebody (208) | ||
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