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I do not expect you understand why I prefer a floppy camera, since you do
not understand the nature of my business. I admit a CD camera will replace >the floppy camera, but the cost is way too high.
I need removable media to give pictures to people, and for onscreen images, >the floppy cameras work great.
You do not understand that I do not work in the print industry, and for
me on-screen is sufficient enough.
What would you recommend? I was thinking of Sony. I'd like a camera with a floppy disk, so I can easily hand people pictures while on the road, without any special cables or software.
I have seen some prints with the floppy camera and they look okay, and I hear they also have the capability to use memory sticks. What do you recommend?
The only problem I see, is that many of my Mac customers do not have floppy disk drives. Which will make it difficult for me to take pictures and hand them a disk.
My wife has a Mavica which saves to floppies, and it works very well for
us. We do just as you -- take a person's photo and give them the
disk. Since floppies are basically free, it's a nice gesture with no cost
to us.
Most Mac users still have a floppy drive. We did give a disk to one Mac
user without a drive for it, but he said he could give it to a PC owner
he
knew and get the image. Don't let that be a bother to you.
I do not expect you understand why I prefer a floppy camera
Also maybe you should purchase a laptop for your business. Then you
could offer your customers any media they want. ie. cd, floppy, zip,
etc or even LAN it to them.
Way too much hassle. man just give them a floppy.
Most Mac users still have a floppy drive. We did give a disk to one Mac >user without a drive for it, but he said he could give it to a PC owner
he
knew and get the image. Don't let that be a bother to you.
I bet many of them do. Jwolf can you tell us? Jwolf says the USB floppy disk
drives sell well, and I may tend to believe him. I do see many of them still being sold in stores. Apparantly many Mac users still use them.
Way too much hassle. man just give them a floppy.
What would you recommend? I was thinking of Sony. I'd like a camera with a >floppy disk, so I can easily hand people pictures while on the road, without >any special cables or software.
I do not expect you understand why I prefer a floppy camera, since you do not >understand the nature of my business. I admit a CD camera will replace the >floppy camera, but the cost is way too high.
Louise and I travel a lot and run into other vacationers. If we strike up a conversation or they do us a favor, we can take their photo, show them the result on the LCD, ask if they like it, take another photo or two, then
give them the floppy. Of course they don't have a computer on them, but
it's a gift in the hand right then, not a promise to email it when we get home a couple of weeks later. And of course getting their email address, writing it down, remembering to send it, remembering where we put their
email address, and so on, are all eliminated.
What would you recommend? I was thinking of Sony. I'd like a camera with a floppy disk, so I can easily hand people pictures while on the road, without any special cables or software.
I have seen some prints with the floppy camera and they look okay, and I hear they also have the capability to use memory sticks. What do you recommend?
The only problem I see, is that many of my Mac customers do not have floppy disk drives. Which will make it difficult for me to take pictures and hand them a disk.
I'd like the CD burning camera, but the cost is way too high, so I have to settle on the floppy camera at least for know. I am not in the print business,
just sometimes we need to print photos using our high end color laser printers.
Louise and I travel a lot and run into other vacationers. If we strike up
a conversation or they do us a favor, we can take their photo, show them the >result on the LCD, ask if they like it, take another photo or two, then
give them the floppy.
I have a Konica KD-400Z and I love it. 4 megapixels, and it uses
memory sticks. I wouldn't want a camera that used floppies - those
cameras are WAY too bulky. Besides, floppies can't hold that many
pictures anyway.
But for some uses they are very useful. They can fit 4-6 good pictures, which
print okay for standard use. But if you sell on Ebay, update websites, and need a quick no brainer way to give people pictures, nothing beats the floppy camera. The problem with other cameras, is that when I am on the road, I cannot easily hand a co-worker a disk with images.
GDB <glenn@uvic.ca> writes:--- Synchronet 3.18b-Win32 NewsLink 1.113
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Files that small I can e-mail, but of course I get your point about
handing an image over on the spot to someone. But unless they have a
floppy equipped computer on them, I don't see why you'd care. By the
time they get to their computer the e-mail would hav arrived anyway . . .
Hi, Glenn,
Louise and I travel a lot and run into other vacationers. If we strike up a conversation or they do us a favor, we can take their photo, show them the result on the LCD, ask if they like it, take another photo or two, then
give them the floppy. Of course they don't have a computer on them, but
it's a gift in the hand right then, not a promise to email it when we get home a couple of weeks later. And of course getting their email address, writing it down, remembering to send it, remembering where we put their
email address, and so on, are all eliminated.
I've lost track of how many people (not just the recipients, but people who see what's going on) tell us "what a nice idea!"
Of course, people who have locked themselves into a position of not wanting
a floppy-based camera will never see the advantages, but that's okay,
hon. You've made your decision, and I can live with that.
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