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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / February 2004Lousy time for dead batteries
This is the one thing I really hate about digital cameras - the batteries die at the worse time. Tonight, Buster wanted to go outside. He sat and stared at the door, meowed at me to let him out, and leaned towards the door when I picked him up. There followed the usual "we are trying to adopt you as an indoor cat" pep talk, which always fails. He just gives me another insistent "meowt", and stares at the door. Heavy sigh! So I open the door, and let him out. He stares at the concrete outside, and looks mournfully up at me. There is no food for the outdoor cats yet. Heavy sigh! Normally, I take Buster into the kitchen, and show him the two full bowls, either of which he could nibble at. Sometimes he eats his fill, then goes back to the door. Other times, he just goes back to the door. Either way, he always wants to eat from the "outdoor cats" bowl. So I grab a scoop of food, and put it outside. He proceeds to eat. I tell him to hurry back, and that we will let him back in when he's ready. Of course, being a good cat slave, I go to the window from time to time to see if he's ready. He's not. He's meatloafing under our next door neighbor's window, and watching one of the local raccoons eat the outdoor cat food. Buster doesn't appear to be upset - just watchful. I get the camera, thinking "This will be a great picture - Buster watching as the raccon eats...", but it is not to be. I hurry and plug the camera into the wall, hoping to get a shot that way, but the raccoon wanders off. Drat! As I unplug the camera, and start to wander off, I see more motion outside. The raccoon has left, and a teenage (or thereabouts) possum is taking his turn at the food bowl. Buster watches. I struggle to plug the camera back in. The possum sees me, and waddles off. Well phooey! I start unplugging, and plan to recharge the batteries as soon as I get the camera put away. I can only stand, with my jaw dropped, and the camera cord in hand. An armadillo has now wandered up, eats a mouthful or two, then wanders away. I can only wonder - does Buster want out so he can call in the starving wildlife? Is he their guardian protector? When I opened the door a crack to tell the raccoon that he is a pretty raccoon, he first looked at Buster, before looking at me. I swear Buster nodded at him... Oh well, if Buster wants to be generous with the cat food, that's fine by me. But I bet the birds don't fall for even a bit of it (grin). Hugs and Purrs, Mark > This is the one thing I really hate about digital cameras - the > batteries die at the worse time. [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > Hugs and Purrs, > Mark What an amazing story! Buster must be something else. Joy ROTFL!! >When I opened the door a crack to tell the raccoon that he is a pretty >raccoon, he first looked at Buster, before looking at me. I swear [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >Hugs and Purrs, >Mark Oh, double drat. I'd love to have seen that picture. My garage rescues I had one winter shared their food with an opposum. Sherry Wow, that's so cool! Mark is a cat whisperer and Buster is a wildlife whisperer! Too bad about your batteries. -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > This is the one thing I really hate about digital cameras - the > batteries die at the worse time. [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > Hugs and Purrs, > Mark Great story! Too bad about the batteries though. Best wishes,  SignaturePolonca & Soncek > This is the one thing I really hate about digital cameras - the > batteries die at the worse time. <snip > This is the one thing I really hate about digital cameras - the > batteries die at the worse time. Not if you keep them in the charger, handy! > I can only wonder - does Buster want out so he can call in the > starving wildlife? Is he their guardian protector? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Hugs and Purrs, > Mark Great story! Thanks for sharing :) Next time, keep the battery charged! Jill > > This is the one thing I really hate about digital cameras - the > > batteries die at the worse time. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Jill I have several sets of batteries for my camera, and I keep a spare, charged set close to the camera. Joy > This is the one thing I really hate about digital cameras - the > batteries die at the worse time. ...> > I can only wonder - does Buster want out so he can call in the > starving wildlife? Is he their guardian protector? ..> > Hugs and Purrs, > Mark Great story. I've been thinking to get a digital camera. Too bad about the batteries, but I'm sure I'll get one, anyway, when finances allow. Annie >This is the one thing I really hate about digital cameras - the >batteries die at the worse time. [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] >Hugs and Purrs, >Mark Not knowing anything about the cameras, I am wondering which kind works the best ? > Not knowing anything about the cameras, I am wondering which kind > works the best ? It depends on what you want and what you can afford. SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > Not knowing anything about the cameras, I am wondering which kind > works the best ? It depends on a lot of things. Most people who have a digital camera will recommend the kind they have. For instance, I love my Olympus D-360L. It was a gift, so I have no idea what it cost. As I understand it, there are two (or possibly more) types of digital cameras. One puts the photos onto a floppy disk, which you download to your computer. The other kind can be plugged directly into the camera for downloading. That's the type I have, and it's so simple! I keep the cable plugged into the back of the computer all the time, so when I want to download a photo or photos, I just plug the other end into the camera and it's ready to go. Within each type, there is quite a range of cameras. Some have zoom lenses, and I think some will take photos with a higher resolution (theoretically better quality) than others. There are lots of reasons why I prefer digital over a film-using camera, but since you are already interested in digital, I won't bother to list them. I would make a couple of recommendations. For best results - and a better chance of getting the photos you want, when you want them - invest in at least two sets of rechargeable batteries and a battery charger. Keep at least one set of batteries charged at all times. Also, if your camera uses SmartMedia, as mine does, invest in some extra cards. The one that came with my camera will hold 32 photos, but you can get ones that will literally hold hundreds of photos. If you're going on a trip, this is a great advantage. I've probably already said more than you want to read, but if you have any questions feel free to e-mail me. Joy If you don't mind, what brand/model dig cam do you have, Yoj? : > Not knowing anything about the cameras, I am wondering which kind : > works the best ? [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] : : Joy It's an Olympus D-360L. -- Joy Life is what happens to you while you are planning to do something else. > If you don't mind, what brand/model dig cam do you have, Yoj? > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > : > : Joy >It's an Olympus D-360L. > >-- >Joy I love my Olympus. It's probably older than yours; it's a 2020Z; takes pics and also 10-second "videos". Sherry > As I understand it, there are two (or possibly more) types of digital > cameras. One puts the photos onto a floppy disk, which you download to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > want to download a photo or photos, I just plug the other end into the > camera and it's ready to go. The kind that put the pictures on a floppy disk are already obsolete. I don't think you can buy that type anymore. There is a Sony that put the pictures on a mini CD, but I don't think that concept really caught on either. They all mainly use some type of small storage media card now. Like Smart Media, flash card, etc. My Olympus C-750 Ultra Zoom (which I looooove and would recommend to anyone) uses the XD card, it's fairly new and very tiny. My card is 128 MB and holds 250 pictures at a resolution of 1600 x 1200, less at higher resolutions. You get the pictures off the camera by plugging your camera into your computer through the USB port. Or you can purchase a card reader where you take the card out of the camera and put it into the reader which is connected to your computer. For comparisons between cameras and consumer type reports, check out http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/Digital_cameras/4502-6501_16-0.html?tag=ont-cam &qt=&sort=asc&orderby=-7relDte -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > For comparisons between cameras and consumer type reports, check out > http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/Digital_cameras/4502-6501_16-0.html?tag=ont-cam > &qt=&sort=asc&orderby=-7relDte Very good info from Britta. We have a Fuji Finepix S602Z and we love it. It can use both CF and SM cards and it also takes video. For samples of the picture quality, check out Tom's website (all pictures for the past year have been taken with the digital camera), click on the Daily Muse section: http://soulofthegarden.com SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> Not knowing anything about the cameras, I am wondering which kind >> works the best ? [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > >Joy Thanks, Joy, I appreciate your answer. Note that SmartMedia is dead. It hasn't gone above 128MB of RAM and manufacturers are moving away from it. I'd recommend a camera that uses CompactFlash; it's the most bang for the buck memory card format around. -Z > Also, if your camera uses SmartMedia, as mine does, invest in some extra > cards. The one that came with my camera will hold 32 photos, but you > can get ones that will literally hold hundreds of photos. If you're > going on a trip, this is a great advantage. >Not knowing anything about the cameras, I am wondering which kind >works the best ? Well, I'm probably the last person to try to give advice on digital cameras - but I will anyhow ;-) I don't have one, but have been thinking about getting one, and someone awhile back posted this link: http://www.imaging-resource.com/IMCOMP/COMPS01.HTM Guess the thing to remember is that you get what you pay for. No reason to shell out big bucks if all you want is a simple point and shoot, but if you are more into picture taking you can get one that can do just about anything. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >.You all have given me things to think about and I thank you. > >Not knowing anything about the cameras, I am wondering which kind > >works the best ? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > shoot, but if you are more into picture taking you can get one that > can do just about anything. Interestingly, i just boughtmy second digital camera last night, *without* reading this thread :-) The reason why I bought another was because my old one just wasn't doing what I wanted it to do. Sure, it took photos, and they turned out OK on the computer screen (ihave about 1000 photos, mostly of Shmogg & Fluff which I'm not complaining about). But I was nearly in tears when I tried to get prints from some of my wedding shots - the colours were dull, the picture looked washed out and slighly out of focus, and I couldn't enlarge any of the of the photos without them being noticably pixely. With the bub on the way, I want a camera that does the *same job* as a cheap, point and shoot *film* camera, rather than one that takes poor quality shots. I wasn't after anything super fancy, but picked myself up a 2.2 megapixel Kodak digital for AU$350 (which included a 128 mb card). This one has the options of night shooting (the other camera, despite having a flash, was crap at night shots), 'close up' shots and 'landscape' shots, and can take up to 15 seconds of video with sound. It will do for the next few years at least. it also takes only 2 AA batteries unlike the previous one that took 4, and if I buy the docking port (which I will eventually) it automatically re-charges the batteries rather than spending a small fortune on alkali batteries. (old camera would take about 20 flash photos before standard Alkali batteries needed changing) Yowie > Interestingly, i just boughtmy second digital camera last night, *without* > reading this thread :-) [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Yowie If your camera uses AA batteries, why not just buy the new Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) batteries? They are rechargeable and last way longer than the regular "Duracells". You can get them in various strengths, I think 2100 mAh is the highest. Our camera takes 4 AA's and with 4 of these in there I can take over 100 pictures before having to recharge. You can get a little charger that will charge them up in about 2 hours. A charger that comes with 4 of these batteries is about $40-50 around here (Canadian $ which is about the same as Australian now...waaaaah!) -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album >Interestingly, i just boughtmy second digital camera last night, *without* >reading this thread :-) [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >Yowie When I read your post, I had to wonder if maybe your printer just wasn't up to printing good quality pix - maybe because of the antique dor matrix monstrousity sitting on my desk. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > >Interestingly, i just boughtmy second digital camera last night, *without* > >reading this thread :-) [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > wasn't up to printing good quality pix - maybe because of the antique > dor matrix monstrousity sitting on my desk. I don'thave a working printer, believe it or not. If I need a document printed out, I send it to work and print it out on their laser printer (shhhhh) and for photos, considering that I don't actually need to print that many, I tend to e-mail them to a postal service, and pay 80c (inc p&h) for a standard size picture. While that seems atrocious for a 'roll' of 24 shots, as I could easily get 24 shot film processed for less than $9, considering my skills as a phtographer (or more preciesely, my complete lack thereof), I generally only produce one photo out of fifty that I'd be happy to develop. So instead of paying $18 to get 2 good shots and an 22 lousy shots, I keep the lousy shots on CD and pay $1.60 to get the good shots printed proffesionally. Thats far more economical, and allows me to "play" with my camera without thinking about how much its going to cost to develop my experiments. Yowie > This is the one thing I really hate about digital cameras - the > batteries die at the worse time. Also the data stick doesn't warn you it's getting full! You can check the "menu" of course, but I wasn't sure what to look for. Consequently, a good third of the pictures I took in Vienna this past December just aren't there. (I could have sworn I'd looked at a couple of the now missing ones, but when I went to download them to my computer, they weren't there, and the indicator shows I had taken 67 of the allowed 67 pictures.) Grrrr!!!! Thing that frosts me, I had actually bought another memory stick so I'd be sure to have enough space for as many pictures as I wanted to take, but didn't know the original one was full! > > This is the one thing I really hate about digital cameras - the > > batteries die at the worse time. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > another memory stick so I'd be sure to have enough space for as many > pictures as I wanted to take, but didn't know the original one was full! That sounds really odd to me, Evelyn. What type of camera do you have? My camera and the one I had before that and other cameras that I've looked at, all count down how many pictures are remaining in the corner of the screen. So I always know how many shots I have left on the card. I'm sorry that you lost pictures though. Purrs. -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > That sounds really odd to me, Evelyn. What type of camera do you have? My > camera and the one I had before that and other cameras that I've looked at, > all count down how many pictures are remaining in the corner of the screen. > So I always know how many shots I have left on the card. > I'm sorry that you lost pictures though. Purrs. It's a Sony DSC-P71. It may have just been my inability to understand the instructions (I HATE having gadgets more intelligent than I!) but unless you push the right buttons at some point, the little icons that show the amount of battery power and picture space left don't show up in the "display" window. I have an old-fashioned "point and shoot" type film camera, but I always have too many unused frames left over (and put off developing the other rolls until I use that one up), and a digital seemed more conveneint thatn hauling rolls of film around Europe (with my luggage space at a premium) so I opted for a digital. (It's nice to be able to transfer the pictures to my computer, and to edit and print them out at will, but I guess it has its drawbacks, too.) > -- > Britta > Check out pictures of Vino at: > http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > > That sounds really odd to me, Evelyn. What type of camera do you have? My > > camera and the one I had before that and other cameras that I've looked at, [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > be able to transfer the pictures to my computer, and to edit and print > them out at will, but I guess it has its drawbacks, too.) Hmmm, there must be some way to set the camera up so that all the icons stay up on the screen permanently. I hear you about the instructions, they are usually badly translated from Japanese or something, making them particularly difficult to understand. But it might be worth your while to try to figure it out before your next trip. Or maybe take your camera in to a Sony store and ask them? Good luck! -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album what an interesting area you must live in Mark all I've ever seen round here is the odd possum and the beautiful cuckaburras and white cockatoos. Jean P. > This is the one thing I really hate about digital cameras - the > batteries die at the worse time. [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > Hugs and Purrs, > Mark |
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