FINALLY found my camera!!! AND SOMETHING FUNNY!!!

[UncleMeat777]

I was really seriously looking at the Powershot G2 or the Coolpix5000... but I found something better, for less.

I ended up with the Minolta Dimage 5.

3.3 MP, 7x Optical zoom and tons more. And the HUGE selling point, you can add standard 49mm lenses so I got a set of close up lenses and now I have an insane macro function.

Oh, and outside the camera shop was parked the FUNNIEST thing... dig this:

ftp://www.jayratkowski.com/shiznit/pics/cars/eclipse/

[MX100]

ahaha~
i liek driving around town with my bro to take pics of nice or dumb cars a lot~
i got one with a GMC Jimmy with a SPoon sticker on the back~
wtf is that~?

that eclipse is pretty funny too=)

o and gd choice on teh camera~ Minolta is pretty good i gota the DiMageX one the small one~ it's pretty good too~

[COZMO6476]

simply amazing! how could anyone feel cool driving that piece of work? looks like a pontiac emblem on the hood scoop. oh so creative.

[primera man]

Originally posted by UncleMeat777


Oh, and outside the camera shop was parked the FUNNIEST thing... dig this:

ftp://www.jayratkowski.com/shiznit/pics/cars/eclipse/

What the hell goes on in some peoples minds

I hope you waited outside for him and then gave him a good smack around the ears for driving it

[mentel]

picture link is b roked

[bri g]

I like how the rocket launcher tips beside his plates are bigger than his actual exhaust tip Did you use your digital cam for those Unclemeat? those are pretty good pics. I'm looking for a good digital camera myself any suggestions for the budget conscious? not the cheap 1.1 megapixels though

[daggerlee]

Looks like he took two different sets of rim and welded them together!!

[turbos86]

How could someone do this to a new car.

I wish I have a digi came

[Forhod]

Haha... the car is realy cool with the exhast pipe

For a digital camera, I think I prefer Cannon

[Jay!]

ROFL!!!

Go post that eclipse in the off topic forum. They'll get a big kick out of it...

[UncleMeat777]

I was looking at the Cannon Powershot G2, Nikon CoolPix5000, Minolta Dimage 5

I took the Minolta over the rest because:

A) it cost about $150 less than the G2, $200 less than the Nikon
B) it has a 7x optical zoom, the others have 3 (has a 14x digital)
C) it will accept standard 49mm lenses, the others need adapters and special lenses only made for the camera
D) the human eye can only see something like 3-3.5MP anyways, so what's the point of having more (it's like recording music on a 24 bit studio when it's going to get compressed to a 16bit CD)
E) it just looked cooler

Side by side, aside from the zoom, the Canon and the Minolta are pretty close in quality and the all important macro mode. The Nikon was a little better for macro, however, when you add a #4 close up lens ($12), Neither camera can touch the Minolta.

Examples?

EDIT - got out a tripod and redid the pics

Pics are done in Standard quality mode (economy, standard, fine, super fine, RAW)

Here's just a normal picture... just to give you an idea.
http://www.jayratkowski.com/pics/far.JPG

Here's macro with a no. 4 lens
http://www.jayratkowski.com/pics/close.JPG

I just have to work on holding the camera more steady. :-P

[mentel]

Originally posted by UncleMeat777
I was really seriously looking at the Powershot G2 or the Coolpix5000... but I found something better, for less.

I ended up with the Minolta Dimage 5.

3.3 MP, 7x Optical zoom and tons more. And the HUGE selling point, you can add standard 49mm lenses so I got a set of close up lenses and now I have an insane macro function.

Oh, and outside the camera shop was parked the FUNNIEST thing... dig this:

ftp://www.jayratkowski.com/shiznit/pics/cars/eclipse/

I WANT TO SEEE THE FUCKING PICTURE, FIX THE LINK!

[boingo82]

Originally posted by mentel

I WANT TO SEEE THE FUCKING PICTURE, FIX THE LINK!

The link is fine. You're the only one here who hasn't been able to see the pics. Click the link, and then right-click on the links to JPGs and select Save to Disk. Then look at 'em in Photoshop. And settle the heck down.

[mentel]

Originally posted by boingo82


The link is fine. You're the only one here who hasn't been able to see the pics. Click the link, and then right-click on the links to JPGs and select Save to Disk. Then look at 'em in Photoshop. And settle the heck down.

sorry bad day so far, my car is wrecked and im fairly upaset, btw the link i click doesnt work 1 bit!.........it said it cannot find it.........i get nothi ng

[UncleMeat777]

Either your browser/ISP setup somehow doesn't support FTPs or the FTP just had too many people logged in.

Take a deep breath, sip back a beer, and go here:

http://www.jayraktowski.com/pics/eclipsecollage.jpg