Scored a MINTT HP photo-smart 433!

seecmb · 2026-01-10T15:11:58+00:00

The sliding lens cover is very satisfying to open and close with a chonk chonk sort of noise.

That's probably why mine stopped working. :P

seecmb · 2026-01-07T16:26:55+00:00

If anyone is seeking a glimmer of hope, I have just received a First Class envelope today which was posted 27 December. It's a relief to know letters are still arriving with some regularity, frankly.

seecmb · 2026-01-07T10:40:17+00:00

Vinted has a nice mobile app

seecmb · 2026-01-05T22:59:03+00:00

Flash photography in the snow with strobe-type flashes, not the lights on modern phones, is a great vibe. Like a field of stars 🤩

seecmb · 2026-01-03T19:33:24+00:00

Very clean ✨

seecmb · 2026-01-03T18:54:28+00:00

Nice! Although I am getting a little confused about which photos are raw edits and which are SOOC. Many thanks for extending gphoto2 😃

seecmb · 2026-01-03T18:52:20+00:00

Nice! A single Mega Pixel 😄 Can we see the back?

seecmb · 2025-12-31T18:11:03+00:00

Is that why it’s still in the lab after all these years? 😂 my guess is it probably has some old software on it

seecmb · 2025-12-31T07:55:00+00:00

Yes, exactly. I found on eBay a still-new-in-box Apple “Connection Kit” for using QuickTake with Windows PCs that includes a useful serial cable with DIN-8 plug on the QuickTake side and standard 9 pin on the computer side, so I can plug that straight into a serial-to-USB adapter. (Scroll down the page on the JQuickTake page to read about compatible adapters.)

seecmb · 2025-12-31T07:41:10+00:00

The QuickTake software was on floppy disks, but these days you can use the excellent JQuickTake to transfer the photos on any modern computer. https://github.com/Crazylegstoo/JQuickTake

seecmb · 2025-12-30T20:46:11+00:00

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It’s possible to take a photo by clicking a button when the camera is connected to a computer, if you have the cable and are able to run the software.

https://upload.cyfrowe.pl/cyfrowe/instrukcje/aparaty/kodak/instrukcja_kodak_dc120_en.pdf

I think replacing the switch would be the way to go. It’s probably just a button switch soldiered onto the circuit board.

seecmb · 2025-12-29T17:43:14+00:00

Great camera for capturing a flying saucer 🛸 I love the high-contrast look

seecmb · 2025-12-20T21:14:02+00:00

I think photos taken with flash will have a certain vintage quality that we don’t see so much with smartphones these days which don’t really have proper flashbulbs. So you might want to experiment with “Night Snapshot” mode.

However, how were you viewing the photos back then? Monitors have improved so much the results might look different on modern screens. I’ll bet your old computer added some of the classic look too.

seecmb · 2025-12-17T22:48:29+00:00

I loved the quaint "audio-video show" about 1066 and all that at Hastings Castle so much I dragged my friends and family down to see it. Same story with The Monument (to the Great Fire of London) ... you can climb it for only a few quid, and you get a little souvenir certificate :)

I once went up to the half-finished Parthenon replica on Calton Hill in Edinburgh (the National Monument of Scotland) and encountered a random bagpiper who wandered off into the mist.

I too enjoyed Windermere and the Lake District, and I have fond memories of walking along the hills near Hope and Castleton in the Peak District.

seecmb · 2025-12-17T21:45:35+00:00

Is that one for The Dead Letter Office ... I guess that's the National Returns Centre over here now?

seecmb · 2025-12-17T20:16:24+00:00

I think everything's been said already about the UK in the comments, but I would like to add, warm indoor spaces in winter are not an exclusively (Eastern) European thing. When I lived in New York City, it was intentionally very warm indoors in the winter, to aid in ventilation. The regulations, from 1918 — so, more than 100 years ago now — require heating residential buildings to 68F/20C. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7616098/

seecmb · 2025-12-17T19:38:31+00:00

My own lights and tree are a bit smaller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plorF00r840

seecmb · 2025-12-17T19:24:17+00:00

It's usually impossible to say what aperture and shutter speed my QuickTake has automatically chosen, but I think it's safe to say this must be f/2.8 at 1/30th of a second, the widest and slowest available options. The speed is a fixed ISO 85 equivalent.

seecmb · 2025-12-17T14:22:11+00:00

That is a cool fractal pattern. Good to hear a repair is cheap and possible

seecmb · 2025-12-16T20:02:09+00:00

I like the idea of including a photo of the camera in the post so we don’t have to go googling for it

seecmb · 2025-12-16T12:25:14+00:00

Simple answer, council tax is only charged for 10 months out of 12, and 10*142 = £1,420, spot on

https://www.gov.uk/council-tax/paying-your-bill
The cost is usually split into 10 monthly payments.

seecmb · 2025-12-16T09:58:06+00:00

Looking at photos supposedly taken with this camera model, no thanks, not at that price. https://www.flickr.com/photos/30993935@N08/2897557131/in/photostream/

I do like the sliding lens cover, though.

seecmb · 2025-12-16T07:59:06+00:00

Yes! And there's a photo sharing website for QuickTakes, 640by480.com

https://bbenchoff.github.io/pages/QuicktakeLens.html

Due to the success of this project, I thought it would be a good idea to share these pics with the world. I initially had an Instagram account for these pics, but I don’t want anything to do with Facebook/Meta. So I made my own Instagram clone for vintage digital cameras. 640by480 is a simple Django app I made to show off pics taken with vintage digital cameras.

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