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    Image of kosai kosai
    12/11/09

    In reply to LumaLoop: Wear (and Shoot) Your Camera Like an Assault Rifle
    Luma Loop, making pickpockets lives easier since 2009.
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    12/11/09

    In reply to LumaLoop: Wear (and Shoot) Your Camera Like an Assault Rifle
    Mil Spec AR-15 weapon sling. Please note the "untrustworthy" plastic connectors...
    [www.militarymorons.com]
    There are many kinds of plastic.
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    12/11/09

    In reply to LumaLoop: Wear (and Shoot) Your Camera Like an Assault Rifle
    $60?? I now have more than enough info to make this for about $2. Less if I use some old straps and connectors I have lying around.
    It's a good idea. I have been using a neck strap and a single point of connection like in the video for a while now. I made it myself, works great. I can detach the camera in seconds and still have a wrist strap just in case.
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    12/11/09

    In reply to The Exemode Keychain Camera Has a Loveable Crappiness About It
    A bit cheaper and they'd be a blast to do things like tie to your dog's collar for a while, or stick on a kite or balloon.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/11/09

    In reply to The Exemode Keychain Camera Has a Loveable Crappiness About It
    I could buy a shitty *real* camera for that much, or someone's used nice one.
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    Image of dimsum4u dimsum4u
    12/11/09

    In reply to LumaLoop: Wear (and Shoot) Your Camera Like an Assault Rifle
    Seems cool. I'm not a photographer so don't know the real benefit to it. But I kind of think instead of the backpack style clips. They should use something else like maybe a caribeaner (totally spelled wrong.) The plastic clips seem to easy to pop off. Just a thought. 60$ does seem like quite a bit for that little strap though.
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    Image of Navin R Johnson Navin R Johnson
    12/11/09

    In reply to The Exemode Keychain Camera Has a Loveable Crappiness About It
    /are you sure you didn't mess up the decimal place? $6.50? Yes. $65...No.
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    Image of thechansen thechansen
    12/11/09

    In reply to LumaLoop: Wear (and Shoot) Your Camera Like an Assault Rifle
    Ahhh, the awkward man-boob splitting strap. But yeah this is hardly new, or worth while for the price.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/11/09

    In reply to LumaLoop: Wear (and Shoot) Your Camera Like an Assault Rifle
    "You talking to me?" *whips out floppy disk*
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/11/09

    In reply to LumaLoop: Wear (and Shoot) Your Camera Like an Assault Rifle
    If you already spent $1,300 or more on your DSLR, eh, why the heck not.
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    Image of madog madog
    12/11/09

    In reply to The Best Point and Shoot Cameras for Every Purpose
    Anyone have any recommendations for a low end (cheapish) digital camera that takes quick pictures?

    Useless information/rant follows if you're bored (all I have is free time at the moment):

    My mom has one that is ready to snap photos just a few seconds after it's turned on, but requires nearly 15 seconds to take another. I borrowed that one because my wife's camera takes 10-15 seconds to power up, and also takes too long in between photos (I have gone through different modes and settings). Then, my camcorder takes decent photos as quickly as you can take them, but there is no flash and it's something I don't want to always carry with me.

    I never realized how slow they were until I tried taking spur-of-the-moment pictures of my baby ("I formed babby").

    I hate this need for splash screen startups, or automatic picture review after one is taken (I also don't like how people, especially my wife, feel they need to review every single photo immediately after. You were just there!), and know I don't need a 30 megapixel camera with three displays and YouTube, Facebook, or other built-in fad support.
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    Image of madog madog
    12/11/09

    @madog: They may not literally take 10-15 seconds, but when you're trying to take pictures of a babys smile or something, 7 seconds can feel like an eternity; and the moment may be gone by then.

    I also don't know anything about cameras so I don't know if they specifically rate that or have categories for a digital camera that works as fast as one from 15 years ago that took pics as fast as you could wind the film.

    Any information about it would be greatly appreciated!
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    Image of FigNinja FigNinja
    12/11/09

    @madog: This site has really good reviews:

    [www.dpreview.com]

    They often give list how long all those things take for a given camera. The forums are really helpful, too.
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    Image of che-che che-che
    12/11/09

    @madog: i bought the kodak easy share m1033 for like 130 bucks if not less.

    really good for snapshots and keeping in your pocket. i like it. i keep it in my car. has a good battery life. if i need it i got a usb car adapter so it will charge on the drive to the event. it holds up pretty good. takes good photos.

    is that cheap enough.
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    12/11/09

    @madog: oh! and it does start up fairly quickly around 3 seconds. and if you are taking regular snapshots, no long exposure and all that bull. its pretty instant.
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    Image of LatimerAnaxibia LatimerAnaxibia
    12/11/09

    @madog: There are a couple options but specifically I'd look at the Canon SD 1200 IS. It's got the digic IV processor, a fast lens, and it runs around $150 right now. Not too fancy in the spec department (3x zoom range, 10mp, SD movie ability) but it's a solid little camera.
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    Image of Gene Gene
    12/11/09

    @madog: Second the Canon SD1200. I'm sure others are good too, but Canon's always made very snappy compacts.
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    Image of madog madog
    12/12/09

    @Gene @LatimerAnaxibia @che-che @FigNinja: Thanks for the info guys! I appreciate it. I'll definitely check out that site/forum and that Canon/Kodak. And yes, while $30 for one would be awesome, I'd expect to pay around $150 for a decent one these days.

    With all of the different models out there with bonus novelty features and smile recognition and volume knobs that go to 11, it can be confusing to find a decent, simple camera that does what it's supposed to well.

    (tried to promote all replies in case this multi-reply doesn't work as I'd imagine it to. Hopefully others find this useful too!)
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    Image of podspawn podspawn
    12/12/09

    @madog: Canon A1100. On sale for $129 if you look around. Amazing photos. I bought 10 for a photo class I teach to school kids and I've been blown away by the results.
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    Image of TonyWonder TonyWonder
    12/11/09

    In reply to The Best Point and Shoot Cameras for Every Purpose
    These descriptions sound like something Rod Roddy would say while running down the items on the Showcase Showdown..."all this and more could be yours on the Price Is Right!"
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    Image of John_001 John_001
    12/11/09

    @TonyWonder: That man's voice is cemented in my childhood memories. Much like Robert Stack... Both passed away. R.I.P.
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    Image of TonyWonder TonyWonder
    12/11/09

    @John_001: same... remember his insane outfits? and how red in the face he use to get? Lets hope he's doing tons of blow off strippers asses in heaven... thats what he deserves
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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    12/08/09

    In reply to Buy 200GB of Google Storage, Get a Free Eye-Fi Card
    I don't trust on online storage...
    But the eye-fi is tempting.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/08/09

    In reply to Buy 200GB of Google Storage, Get a Free Eye-Fi Card
    Hell of a better deal than MobileMe. Heh.
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    Image of madog madog
    12/08/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Edited semi angry post about usefulness of MobileMe for people like me. Reeeeeeetracted cause it wasn't necessary and was mainly referring to it against the usefulness of the card, and not the storage space combo as a whole (which is still different, but still more useful together than the card itself).
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    Image of Curves Curves
    12/08/09

    In reply to Buy 200GB of Google Storage, Get a Free Eye-Fi Card
    I will soon be stashing stuff all over the net in free storage so I can move into a new computer and then redownload it all back onto the new one. I know that isnt efficient, but its free. :)
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    Image of ninjamurf ninjamurf
    12/08/09

    @Curves: What are you using? I've got one of the free Dropbox accounts and it's pretty awesome but I only have 2GB of space. I was stoked when I heard about Goggle dropping their prices on storage before I found out it's just used as an add on to gmail and picasa accounts. Have you looked into any of the other services? How do they stack up?
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    12/08/09

    @ninjamurf: I have limited free storage at Google, MSN and Yahoo, all of which I keep e mail accounts at, as well as a pay photo site that can store a lot of pics, and a lot of them are still on the card in the camera. I am re-thinking this, though, and considering a portable hard drive, since I am finding myself on the move a lot more lately between 2 or 3 work computers and 2 or 3 at home. I have never had any problems with the on line storage though, and have a lot of "stuff" stashed here and there.
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    Image of madog madog
    12/08/09

    @Curves: A portable USB harddrive would be worth the time and effort saved without one. Otherwise you'd have to worry about connection speeds and constant Internet access too.
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    12/08/09

    @madog: Or even a couple of cheap flash drives.
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