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Title: Trying out the new camera Post by John_D FSO on 05/24/11 at 21:08:07 Got a little Kodak Easyshare, because I wanted something I could tuck in my pocket without feeling like I was packin' a brick or something. Took it with me riding this afternoon. Left the house around 3pm, with nice clear 70° skies. Figured I take a quick jaunt around the backroads, and hour or so. Headed north and east toward Battleground Lake. Got there and decided to head up toward Yacolt and Amboy and enjoy the scenery: http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt347/redneck72102/100_0001.jpg Went a little farther, and caught a glimpse of Mount St. Helens in the distance: http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt347/redneck72102/100_0008.jpg Decided to see how far that way I could go before I started getting chilly. Not too bad yet: http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt347/redneck72102/100_0012.jpg Got up NE of the Ape Cave area, and it DEFINITELY started getting chilly! http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt347/redneck72102/100_0013.jpg http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt347/redneck72102/100_0014.jpg Didn't get all the way to Lava Canyon, as the road was closed due to being buried under snow! And it figures, this is the one time I didn't have a spare hoodie in the saddlebag. ::) Did snap a couple more pics on the way down though: http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt347/redneck72102/100_0020.jpg http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt347/redneck72102/100_0022.jpg All in all, a pretty good little jaunt, even if it lasted 3 or 4 hours longer than I'd planned. Ain't that the way it usually goes though? :D |
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Title: Re: Trying out the new camera Post by Serowbot on 05/24/11 at 21:53:19 Nice jaunt,... with nice pics... Camera's doin' pretty good for ya'... ;)... |
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Title: Re: Trying out the new camera Post by Skid Mark on 05/24/11 at 22:50:16 Pics look great. So does the bike. Both do justice to the scenery. |
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Title: Re: Trying out the new camera Post by babyhog on 05/25/11 at 05:38:26 Nice crisp, clear, pics John. You always get such elegant shots! I prefer Olympus cameras, but certainly don't see any problem with those pics. Cameras have come a long way, haven't they! And you started at 70°, then into snow?? Holy cow! Nice ride, thanks for sharing. |
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Title: Re: Trying out the new camera Post by Boofer on 05/25/11 at 06:46:13 John, You have some great scenery. Cameras vary, but the digitals improve every 6 months, seems like. Give this a try for a week or so. ALWAYS shoot with the flash on. The Mt St Helens pic is a good example. The "fill flash" would bring out the bike and the mountain wouldn't even notice. ;) |
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Title: Re: Trying out the new camera Post by ohio thumper on 05/25/11 at 09:17:53 thems some great looking pics. wish i had that kind of scenery around here. keep postin them pics |
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Title: Re: Trying out the new camera Post by John_D FSO on 05/25/11 at 15:01:24 Thanks everyone! Babyhog, that's the reason I love digital cameras: you can take a ton of pics, and surely a few of them will be good! ;D The main reason I went with the Kodak was mainly because it had decent resolution (pretty much all of 'em do these days), a reasonable optical zoom (5x), and was on sale for $85 (the main selling point! ;D)! For the real good pics, for me anyway, I've got a Fuji that does pretty good, with an awesome zoom. I've actually had pretty good luck on the outdoor shots with that leaving the flash off. Seems to get more even light betweent the foreground and background objects. And of course the "auto-fix" feature from the photo program doesn't ever hurt either! :D |
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Title: Re: Trying out the new camera Post by Boofer on 05/25/11 at 21:06:19 We have a couple of Fuji's around here. Underrated for the features and a great price. Not complaining about your great pics. You make me want to get out and show some of Ms. I just can't always get stuff put on here. Thanks again for the great shots. :) |
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Title: Re: Trying out the new camera Post by kimchris1 on 05/25/11 at 21:52:35 John, nice pics man.. Is that the Kodak Easy Share C190 you have? If so we have the same camera. I got mine for Christmas and it goes on every ride with me. I love the pics it takes as well as the other features. Now if I can just figure out how to work them all.. ;D ;D ;D I haven't been in that area in years. Thanks for those great pics. We did go up to St. Helen's from this side couple years ago.. I think it is about time for another visit.. Thanks again for the pics.. 8-) kim |
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Title: Re: Trying out the new camera Post by stinger on 05/26/11 at 00:53:05 John, I live in Portland. Maybe sometime we could take a ride together. Greg D (the guy who wrote the instructional CD on the main page) and his wife Julie could go also. You can take the pics! |
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Title: Re: Trying out the new camera Post by stinger on 05/26/11 at 00:54:32 Maybe even KimChris would like to go! That would be 5 from this site. |
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Title: Re: Trying out the new camera Post by John_D FSO on 05/26/11 at 05:05:04 Kim, it says it's an EasyShare M552, not sure where that puts it in the lineup. First camera I've had that didn't take AA batteries, so I'll have to remember to keep it charged. Can't just throw some spares in when it runs dead! :P Keeps it smaller though. When the weather gets a little more reliable, and the roads are all melted off up there, I want to go in from the north side, down that road to Spirit Lake, and maybe on down through Cougar. That's what I love about this bike, I've hit 170 miles on a tank of gas, so not constantly looking for the next station! ;D And they're a little far between on some of those roads. Stinger, that'd be cool to get a few of the area folks together, put some faces with some names. Not sure if I'd be able to make it, I work weekends, but with a little advance notice, I could probably wrangle some time off. |
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Title: Re: Trying out the new camera Post by babyhog on 05/26/11 at 05:43:57 My husband found an Easy Share docking station/printer in one of their buildings after a tennant had moved out, so he brought it home. I was able to hook it up to the computer and print pics, which it printed nicely, but I don't have a camera to hook up to it. I did just buy a new Olympus 12 megapixel at work for $99. Its a tiny thing and real basic, but we had a dinosaur that needed replaced. Haven't taken many pictures with it yet, but so far, so good. Next time I get to ride to work, I'll take some pics with it for comparison. It also has 30fps video capability, which I was surprised to see. Hmmm, wonder if I can figure out a way to mount that to my handlebars. LOL |
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Title: Re: Trying out the new camera Post by arteacher on 05/26/11 at 07:12:38 322436352C2B24312A37747C7275450 wrote:
Me too. BTW John-D FSO, you solved a problem for me. I smoke a pipe (tobacco ;D) and was looking for a place to carry it on the bike, along with a few small odds and ends. I tried a fork bag, but undoing the buckles was a pain that I thought I would have to live with, until I saw your windshield bag mounted on your sissy bar. I bought some longer bolts and some washer's to space it out 1/4", drilled a couple of holes in a windshield bag and mounted it on my sissy bar. Looks good works good. Thanks for the idea. |
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Title: Re: Trying out the new camera Post by kimchris1 on 05/26/11 at 09:58:24 John, your camera sounds very simialar. Mine takes video yet haven't perfected that yet.. Stinger and John, sounds like it would be a blast to meet and ride around the Mtn together. Count me in. I am flexible on time and days for now. :) kim |
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Title: Re: Trying out the new camera Post by John_D FSO on 05/26/11 at 15:47:45 404B4B424E41405A5B2F0 wrote:
Me too. BTW John-D FSO, you solved a problem for me. I smoke a pipe (tobacco ;D) and was looking for a place to carry it on the bike, along with a few small odds and ends. I tried a fork bag, but undoing the buckles was a pain that I thought I would have to live with, until I saw your windshield bag mounted on your sissy bar. I bought some longer bolts and some washer's to space it out 1/4", drilled a couple of holes in a windshield bag and mounted it on my sissy bar. Looks good works good. Thanks for the idea.[/quote] Glad to have helped out. :D I had it on the bars until I put the windshield on, but didn't want it scuffing up the shield. I keep thinking about building some kinda bracket to bolt it to the shield but haven't got around to it yet. Right now it's just strapped on, not bolted. I've found that those little velcro straps they sell at computer stores for bundling up wiring work awesome for this kinda stuff. And if you need longer ones, you can just string a bunch together. I just fed a couple behind the sissy bar pad and then cinched it back down. If I ever get some big luggage for the rack though, it'll have to move. I like it for small tools, flashlights, padlock for the helmet, etc. because like you said, you don't have to mess with buckles and stuff. And Kim, glad to see you're in. We'll have to work something out when the weather start playing nice. Well, nicer at any rate. We could all meet up somewhere along I-5. Looks to be about 3 good highways to check out. I've been along 503 from Woodland up to the mountain, and 504 looks cool too. Or could take highway 12 over to Randle and then south. I know gas stops need to be a little closer together for the Savages, but there's gas in Cougar, and the map says there should be in Randle, so that shouldn't be a problem. Plus, I could throw a small gas can on my luggage rack for emergencies. Cool, this is starting to peak my interest! :D |
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Title: Re: Trying out the new camera Post by babyhog on 05/26/11 at 17:07:25 John you may have just solved my problem too. I bought a sissy bar bag, one of those tall ones, and I haven't been able to attach securely to my backrest. But I think Velcro might be the answer. It came with a couple of those slip type buckles, you insert one end, pull tight and fold the flap down, but when I snug it up, I can't re-tighten the screws holding the backrest pad to its frame. I even made a couple of straps with heavy duty snaps, but they aren't strong enough to hold. I think Velcro just might be the ticket! Thank you! |
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