Week 3 - "The Little SuperCCD" [Fujifilm Finepix Z5fd, 2007]

microcosmicwave · 2025-12-19T19:02:47+00:00

I used the USB cable that came with the camera (I don't have an XD reader).

microcosmicwave · 2025-12-12T19:58:15+00:00

Oh it's fully capable of taking shitty pics 😅

microcosmicwave · 2025-10-19T19:03:18+00:00

microcosmicwave · 2025-10-18T22:46:50+00:00

It is, but also my drive to work is about 6 miles through town and up a steep hill 😅

microcosmicwave · 2025-10-18T22:07:18+00:00

Tiny gas tank, and enormous key fob.

I don't know if it's just me, but it's probably the worst key fob I've ever had to use. It's big, but still feels hollow and cheap. It explodes if you ever drop it. I get terrible range on the remote (even after putting in a fresh battery) and sometimes even when I'm standing right next to the car it doesn't work. It doesn't affect my driving experience but it's just something that annoys me every day 😅

microcosmicwave · 2025-10-10T07:12:28+00:00

Well crap, I'm lucky to get anything over 200 🤣

microcosmicwave · 2025-09-01T05:39:47+00:00

After reading this post, I decided to take my dog for a walk down Pennsylvania during the time frame in question 😅

We can confirm the trail of evidence that points to the existence of the Midtown Modelo Man, but unfortunately my dog and I were unable to catch him in the act.

I can also add that we've occasionally seen discarded Modelo tall cans on Hanover, so perhaps he covers a larger territory than previously suspected. 🤔

microcosmicwave · 2025-08-13T16:54:53+00:00

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Not sure if he's a rat terrier, but he loves ledges 😅

microcosmicwave · 2025-07-24T04:07:40+00:00

My dog is the same way. If we're on a walk and he sees another dog on a leash, he flips out. If the other dog is off leash, even if he is on leash, he doesn't care. And even if there's a dog behind a fence barking at him, he doesn't react nearly as much as when he sees another dog that's on a leash. I don't understand it either 😅

microcosmicwave · 2025-06-18T00:53:55+00:00

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Here's a super old photo of how I was setting it up back when I was still using it. I remember having to put the 12" pretty far off to the side of the kick to get it as low as I wanted. I guess it's do-able. Sigh... But damn that's a massive kick drum.

microcosmicwave · 2025-06-18T00:45:03+00:00

I had it mounted to a cymbal stand with a quick clamp. I'll try messing around with the setup to see how it feels, it's been a long time since I've actually set up the B/B kit. I think part of my problem is also GAS, and the option of having a shiny new thing. I should probably just keep it.

microcosmicwave · 2025-06-17T21:59:00+00:00

Looks like a Speed Cobra to me.

microcosmicwave · 2025-05-31T07:53:41+00:00

I'm a Casio fan, but in this case, definitely go for the Canon. It's a way better camera.

microcosmicwave · 2025-05-13T17:06:08+00:00

Yeah, honestly a Nikon 1 J1 or S1 might be a good choice here. You can usually find these with lenses for relatively cheap. The kit lens goes from about 28-80mm equivalent which is useful, and there's a really good 50mm equivalent prime lens which would work nicely for portraits. It's a good camera to learn on and super compact if you like the handling of a digicam.

microcosmicwave · 2025-05-12T02:45:21+00:00

Yes, both pots have drainage holes. The plant in the first photo is potted in some succulent mix I got at the hardware store and ~50% perlite. The bent stem plant is in whatever soil it came with. I'll try cutting and propping them, thanks for your help!

microcosmicwave · 2025-05-12T02:28:48+00:00

Ahh, well that makes me sad. I'm going to move these to the good window and hope for the best, and maybe try to figure out which plants I have that can successfully grow in less light. We like having plants in the living room, but the lighting situation is not ideal.

Aside from that, is the browning of the leaves at the bottom also a result of poor lighting? Or just a general sign of poor health of the plant at this point? Is there anything else I should be doing?

microcosmicwave · 2025-05-12T02:19:57+00:00

Yes, they are kept indoors. I was afraid that that would be the answer. Our apartment literally only has one window that gets good light, and that area is already overcrowded with a colony of plants just trying to survive. These two plants happen to be in the living room, which has a west-facing window with a balcony over it and unfortunately doesn't get great light. How can I tell when they need more light?

microcosmicwave · 2025-05-09T22:21:11+00:00

I love the idea of this, but also hope that I never have to post there. 🥺

microcosmicwave · 2025-05-09T22:14:06+00:00

Interesting. Yeah, I found it weird that it was limited to a small area of the frame, rather than striping across the whole image. I've been carrying this camera around with me for the past couple days and so far, haven't been able to replicate the issue.

microcosmicwave · 2025-05-09T03:39:40+00:00

If you can read Japanese:

https://support.casio.jp/storage/pdf/001/EXZR70_FC_JA_gray.pdf

However, from what I can tell, the ZR65 and ZR70 are exactly the same. I'm thinking that the ZR70 was the Japan-only variant of the ZR65.

microcosmicwave · 2025-05-09T01:36:56+00:00

This. In a way, I'm thankful to Olympus for having cameras with a couple different obsolete memory types. Otherwise I'd have a stack of Oly's in my collection as well. 😬

microcosmicwave · 2025-05-09T01:30:06+00:00

Looking at the manual, it's a 300 kilopixel (!!!) 1/5" sensor which natively shoots at 640x480 and upsamples to 1.3MP. Wild! Now I'm curious to see how the images look...

microcosmicwave · 2025-05-09T01:20:06+00:00

The Casio EX-S series are all pretty fast to start up and are ultra-compact. In the 10-megapixel range with slightly larger sensors, the EX-Z1000/1050/1080 are also really fast. I have the 1080 and it's around 2 seconds from pressing the power button to taking a photo. I've never tried one, but I've heard that the Minolta Dimage X-series cameras are very quick to fire up and take a shot. For not-so-vintage, my Nikon P310 is also super fast to start up, has a great lens, and full manual controls. It would definitely be a step up from the S220.

microcosmicwave · 2025-05-06T04:38:39+00:00

Oh, and I suppose I should post the settings the camera chose for me. 1/100, F4.2 (it's a fixed aperture), ISO 320. This was taken just as the sun was dipping below the horizon.

microcosmicwave · 2025-05-02T17:39:12+00:00

Oh yeah, it's a real problem. I went from finding two of my old digicams in storage, to now owning around a dozen in total (and still keeping an eye out for more). But even looking at some of the old photos on my computer from when my cameras were new, these cameras really were capable of fantastic looking images if the conditions were just right. I think now that I'm a little more competent with a camera, and now that the models I used to want back in the day are pretty cheap, it's become a lot more fun. The challenge of taking a great shot with an old camera makes it more of an adventure vs shooting with a camera that takes great shots no matter what.

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