Merry Xmas, and who got a new DIGITAL CAMERA?

Chris S. · December 25th, 2005, 01:18 PM

First off, Happy Holly Daze and Telecaster Wishes to everyone! :-)

Second, if you got one of those cool new 5- or 6-megapixel digital cameras as a gift, congrats! They really do take beautiful pictures. :-) And we'd all love to see your Teles and other guits and amps and family and pets and/or anything else you "care to share." :-)

However – you could do your Kindly Webmaster (and Lowly Moderator) a big favor if you're careful when posting photos to try to stick somewhere in the neighborhood of the 500-pixel width limit.

Some of the new cams can deliver <u>uncompressed</u> images that are upwards of 1,800 pixels or more (!) in width and height. And what happens is that if you post HUGE photos without shrinking them, anyone with a slow modem is going to be sitting there for a looonnnngggg time waiting for the image(s) to load. :-(

Anyway, Paul's probably too polite to ask, but I've noticed he's had to edit a couple of posts recently, so I thought I'd ask for him. (And me...) So thanks in advance. ;-)

And NOW let's see those pics! :-) CS

Mark Davis · December 25th, 2005, 01:34 PM

If anyone needs help shrinking down big pics or how to post pics you can always email the pics to me or ask for help.

kickz28 · December 25th, 2005, 01:48 PM

With the money I got for Christmas, I will be buying a digital camera. 5 megapixels!
No worries though, I always edit my images before posting them here!

Joey

andy__woods · December 25th, 2005, 01:52 PM

I got a camera for Christmas, it is only 3.2 megapixels, but I think that will be plenty for me, I hope to get some pics of my guitars and amps up soon! (i'll try to keep myself out of them, :D )

Mur · December 25th, 2005, 03:58 PM

Strickly Hasselblad here (or large format).

lchyi · December 25th, 2005, 04:46 PM

Photo Gadget is a free program that I found off of download.com. Basically it integrates into your Windows shell and all you have to do is right-click on the .jpg or picture file and choose resize. You have a bunch of options and one of them is in the 320 pix range which is great for forums. 640x480 probably isn't bad either, depends on your moderator ;) but you have to rotate it to do 480 wide and 640 long.

Linky Linky, it takes like 20 seconds to install:
http://www.download.com/Photo-Gadget...ml?tag=lst-0-1

Joe-Bob · December 25th, 2005, 08:00 PM

I got one! 5 mega.....whatever. When I figure out how to use it, I'll try to figure out how to post guitar photos.

Don't hold your breath though, I can barely work my cell phone, and I often need help with email attachments.

mellecaster · December 25th, 2005, 09:57 PM

My pile...I gotta get to work on...well it's not Really work

mellecaster · December 25th, 2005, 10:11 PM

My little corner of the world.....

WickedGTR · December 25th, 2005, 10:40 PM

Dude- you are way too organized. Don't you know about the whole creativity/chaos thing? I only work on guitars on a kitchen counters covered with food with a 2 year old climbing up my leg.

It's a wonder that you get anything done in there.

jwsamuel · December 26th, 2005, 12:26 AM

A workshop that clean and organized is just....

well, it's not normal!!

Jim

andy__woods · December 26th, 2005, 12:38 AM

sheesh buddy that is some workshop, how'd you get started doing that kind of thing?

mellecaster · December 26th, 2005, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andy__woods

sheesh buddy that is some workshop, how'd you get started doing that kind of thing?

Just kinda like the Old J. Cash song...One Piece at a time (hehe)

xStonr · December 26th, 2005, 09:57 AM

If anyone is using Photoshop, use it's save for web feature. It will resize your image for web use very easily. Any other questions re: Photoshop, PM me. I'll be glad to help.

jwells393 · December 26th, 2005, 11:28 AM

mellecaster,
Man I wish my workshop was that organized but after living many decades in chaos it's probably never going to happen ........ although I am trying to get a little better.

Resizing pictures:
IrfanView ........ available from www.irfanview.com is a great little free program. Open a picture in IrfanView ......Click the Image menu ....... select .. Resize/Resample. This window will open.

Type ...... 500 ...... Click OK ..... Picture is resized. Under File menu click Save As and save it to your computer. You original picture will not be changed.

chickenpicker · December 26th, 2005, 11:54 AM

I'm looking to buy a new digital camera. From my research, I've narrowed down to the Canon Powershot range - probably an A520.

Does anyone have any experience of these?

All info appreciated.

Caper · December 26th, 2005, 01:40 PM

mellecaster, all I can say is WOW, nice shop dude.

gls500 · December 26th, 2005, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chickenpicker

I'm looking to buy a new digital camera. From my research, I've narrowed down to the Canon Powershot range - probably an A520.

I am a big fan of the Canon digital line, particularly the A and G series. I was a big Nikon guy when I did film, but I've been underwhelmed with their consumer-level digital cameras.

We just bought my sister-in-law the A520. It's basically a smaller version of the previous A85, which was a wonderful camera.

If you can save a little more, check out the A610. The swivel-screen is a really nice feature that I'd hate to ever give up (I have a Canon G3).

chickenpicker · December 26th, 2005, 04:59 PM

Thanks gls500.

Much appreciated.

Joe-Bob · December 26th, 2005, 06:28 PM

I've been trying to post one..............no luck so far.

Dunno what I'm doing wrong.

I read the tutorial thingy and I thought I understood it....guess not.

mellecaster · December 26th, 2005, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jwells393

mellecaster,
Man I wish my workshop was that organized but after living many decades in chaos it's probably never going to happen ........ although I am trying to get a little better.

I wouldn't worry too much....you turn out some nice stuff, from what I've seen....and being real organized, is just a mild form of Mental Illness (hehe)

Dennis68 · December 26th, 2005, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chickenpicker

I'm looking to buy a new digital camera. From my research, I've narrowed down to the Canon Powershot range - probably an A520.

Does anyone have any experience of these?

All info appreciated.

My wife uses an A520 that she received as a birthday gift earlier this year from her brother. It takes nice photos and she seems to like it. I've alwyas been a Nikon fan having onwed many film SLR Nikon cameras over the years. I still haven't stepped up to a DSLR, but I am most impressed with my Nikon Coolpix 4600 which I really like because it's smal enough for me to carry just about anywhere (especially guitar shows

) and the pics it takes are excellent.

Joe-Bob · December 27th, 2005, 05:32 PM

This is one of my first pictures.

eryque · December 27th, 2005, 08:19 PM

Chris, howcome pictures need to be resized manually? There's that neato script that Paul installed that's supposed to shrink the max width to 500 pixels. In fact, a few of the examples in this thread are a little over 500 pixels and they shrunk fine. Is it a bandwidth thing, or does the script not always work?

Dennis68 · December 27th, 2005, 09:00 PM

[quote="jwells393"]Resizing pictures:
IrfanView ........ available from www.irfanview.com is a great little free program. [\quote]

JW,

Thanks for that. I ahd been using the software that came with my camera as well as googles picasa2 none of which handled resizing easily...

Now I have irfanview installed and running on my machine thanks to your post! :)

December 25th, 2005, 01:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
Chris S. Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Near TELE-Town (Wash. DC) Posts: 2,894 7 Photos	Merry Xmas, and who got a new DIGITAL CAMERA? First off, Happy Holly Daze and Telecaster Wishes to everyone! :-) Second, if you got one of those cool new 5- or 6-megapixel digital cameras as a gift, congrats! They really do take beautiful pictures. :-) And we'd all love to see your Teles and other guits and amps and family and pets and/or anything else you "care to share." :-) However – you could do your Kindly Webmaster (and Lowly Moderator) a big favor if you're careful when posting photos to try to stick somewhere in the neighborhood of the 500-pixel width limit. Some of the new cams can deliver <u>uncompressed</u> images that are upwards of 1,800 pixels or more (!) in width and height. And what happens is that if you post HUGE photos without shrinking them, anyone with a slow modem is going to be sitting there for a looonnnngggg time waiting for the image(s) to load. :-( Anyway, Paul's probably too polite to ask, but I've noticed he's had to edit a couple of posts recently, so I thought I'd ask for him. (And me...) So thanks in advance. ;-) And NOW let's see those pics! :-) CS __________________ "I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad. It's depressing." – Tara, from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" "It was born at the junction of form and function." – Bill Kirchen, from "Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods"

December 25th, 2005, 01:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mark Davis Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield Ca. Age: 58 Posts: 12,876	If anyone needs help shrinking down big pics or how to post pics you can always email the pics to me or ask for help. __________________ I'm so blind my seeing eye dog needs glasses.

December 25th, 2005, 01:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
andy__woods Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Michigan Age: 23 Posts: 1,169 60 Photos	i got one! I got a camera for Christmas, it is only 3.2 megapixels, but I think that will be plenty for me, I hope to get some pics of my guitars and amps up soon! (i'll try to keep myself out of them, :D ) __________________ -- Andy "Woods" Crowder --

December 25th, 2005, 03:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mur Tele-Holic Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: California Posts: 772	Strickly Hasselblad here (or large format). __________________ http://www.myspace.com/learstevens

December 25th, 2005, 04:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
lchyi Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 144 3 Photos	Use Photo Gadget, it's easy! Photo Gadget is a free program that I found off of download.com. Basically it integrates into your Windows shell and all you have to do is right-click on the .jpg or picture file and choose resize. You have a bunch of options and one of them is in the 320 pix range which is great for forums. 640x480 probably isn't bad either, depends on your moderator ;) but you have to rotate it to do 480 wide and 640 long. Linky Linky, it takes like 20 seconds to install: http://www.download.com/Photo-Gadget...ml?tag=lst-0-1

December 25th, 2005, 01:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
kickz28 Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Gaspe, Quebec, Canada Age: 23 Posts: 748 1 Photos	With the money I got for Christmas, I will be buying a digital camera. 5 megapixels! No worries though, I always edit my images before posting them here! Joey

December 25th, 2005, 08:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
Joe-Bob Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas Age: 46 Posts: 3,893	I got one! 5 mega.....whatever. When I figure out how to use it, I'll try to figure out how to post guitar photos. Don't hold your breath though, I can barely work my cell phone, and I often need help with email attachments. __________________ Music is the language of God.

December 25th, 2005, 09:57 PM	#8 (permalink)
mellecaster Friend of Leo's Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Maryland Posts: 4,776 17 Photos	Me Did ! My pile...I gotta get to work on...well it's not Really work __________________ I have never owned an Ipod or Blackberry..and doubt that I ever will......

December 25th, 2005, 10:11 PM	#9 (permalink)
mellecaster Friend of Leo's Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Maryland Posts: 4,776 17 Photos	A wee bit more My little corner of the world..... __________________ I have never owned an Ipod or Blackberry..and doubt that I ever will......

December 25th, 2005, 10:40 PM	#10 (permalink)
WickedGTR Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hillbilly Hollywood Posts: 2,127 4 Photos	Dude- you are way too organized. Don't you know about the whole creativity/chaos thing? I only work on guitars on a kitchen counters covered with food with a 2 year old climbing up my leg. It's a wonder that you get anything done in there. __________________ http://www.myspace.com/jameswilsey

December 26th, 2005, 12:26 AM	#11 (permalink)
jwsamuel Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2004 Location: Upper Holland, PA Age: 51 Posts: 2,072	A workshop that clean and organized is just.... well, it's not normal!! Jim

December 26th, 2005, 12:38 AM	#12 (permalink)
andy__woods Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Michigan Age: 23 Posts: 1,169 60 Photos	WOW sheesh buddy that is some workshop, how'd you get started doing that kind of thing? __________________ -- Andy "Woods" Crowder --

December 26th, 2005, 09:57 AM	#14 (permalink)
xStonr Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Down in the Boondocks Posts: 1,344 4 Photos	If anyone is using Photoshop, use it's save for web feature. It will resize your image for web use very easily. Any other questions re: Photoshop, PM me. I'll be glad to help.

December 26th, 2005, 11:28 AM	#15 (permalink)
jwells393 Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 64 Posts: 12,253 101 Photos	mellecaster, Man I wish my workshop was that organized but after living many decades in chaos it's probably never going to happen ........ although I am trying to get a little better. Resizing pictures: IrfanView ........ available from www.irfanview.com is a great little free program. Open a picture in IrfanView ......Click the Image menu ....... select .. Resize/Resample. This window will open. Type ...... 500 ...... Click OK ..... Picture is resized. Under File menu click Save As and save it to your computer. You original picture will not be changed. __________________ Jack's Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" _ Guys - learn to disable the flash on your digital cameras.

December 26th, 2005, 11:54 AM	#16 (permalink)
chickenpicker Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: UK Posts: 3,060 14 Photos	I'm looking to buy a new digital camera. From my research, I've narrowed down to the Canon Powershot range - probably an A520. Does anyone have any experience of these? All info appreciated.

December 26th, 2005, 01:40 PM	#17 (permalink)
Caper Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,169 7 Photos	mellecaster, all I can say is WOW, nice shop dude.

December 26th, 2005, 04:59 PM	#19 (permalink)
chickenpicker Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: UK Posts: 3,060 14 Photos	Thanks gls500. Much appreciated.

December 26th, 2005, 06:28 PM	#20 (permalink)
Joe-Bob Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas Age: 46 Posts: 3,893	I've been trying to post one..............no luck so far. Dunno what I'm doing wrong. I read the tutorial thingy and I thought I understood it....guess not. __________________ Music is the language of God.

December 27th, 2005, 05:32 PM	#23 (permalink)
Joe-Bob Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas Age: 46 Posts: 3,893	OK, I think I got it... This is one of my first pictures. __________________ Music is the language of God.

December 27th, 2005, 08:19 PM	#24 (permalink)
eryque Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: albany, ny [not chicago] Posts: 7,127 44 Photos	Chris, howcome pictures need to be resized manually? There's that neato script that Paul installed that's supposed to shrink the max width to 500 pixels. In fact, a few of the examples in this thread are a little over 500 pixels and they shrunk fine. Is it a bandwidth thing, or does the script not always work? __________________ my blog: eryque.blogspot.com Updated 9.17.08! Subscribe_____________________

December 27th, 2005, 09:00 PM	#25 (permalink)
Dennis68 Tele-Holic Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hudson Valley Posts: 757	[quote="jwells393"]Resizing pictures: IrfanView ........ available from www.irfanview.com is a great little free program. [\quote] JW, Thanks for that. I ahd been using the software that came with my camera as well as googles picasa2 none of which handled resizing easily... Now I have irfanview installed and running on my machine thanks to your post! :) __________________ -Dennis