Fun With my Pentax s4i Camera again WARNING many photos
earlwbollinger
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These are pics using the super tiny Pentax Optio s4i 4megapixel camera with it's built in SuperMacro option.
After finishing my camera photo stand, I took some more Coin pics, and they turned out pretty good.
The camera stand was for my Sony Mavica CD250, but the Pentax looks to work on it very nicely too.
But I think I'll need to make a camera mount extension to move the camera farther out on the stand though, it is so small that the coin cases tend to run up against
the vertical post.
I still need to see about changing the ambient lighting some, it looks to be a bit too bright yet. But the default lighting options they have in the camera worked quite well.
In my case the Incandescent lighting option seems to be the most natural looking coin pics.
I have a florescent bulb in the desk light, but it seems to emulate a incandescent light bulb with a slight yellowish tinge to it.
Thanks for looking
(edited to fixed error in camera model number)
After finishing my camera photo stand, I took some more Coin pics, and they turned out pretty good.
The camera stand was for my Sony Mavica CD250, but the Pentax looks to work on it very nicely too.
But I think I'll need to make a camera mount extension to move the camera farther out on the stand though, it is so small that the coin cases tend to run up against
the vertical post.
I still need to see about changing the ambient lighting some, it looks to be a bit too bright yet. But the default lighting options they have in the camera worked quite well.
In my case the Incandescent lighting option seems to be the most natural looking coin pics.
I have a florescent bulb in the desk light, but it seems to emulate a incandescent light bulb with a slight yellowish tinge to it.
Thanks for looking
(edited to fixed error in camera model number)
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Al
I am not sure of your question. the Optio s4r comes with a little 3.7v Lithium Ion Rechargable battery. it uses a little charger stand for recharging.
You plug stick the camera in the stand and it recharcges the battery. It seems to run for a incredibly long time off the battery too, I charged it yesterday, and I've taken
around 100 pics since then,with it including messing around with the settings and stuff, copying pics to the computer, and it still doesn't appear to need charging yet. All this with the LCD panel still lit up all the time too.
My son has a HP model 635 camera that uses AA Alkaline batteries, and it sucks them dry in 15-20 minutes with the LCD panel on.
Thanks all for the compliments. I am really impressed with the state of the art capabilities in these new digital cameras.
I can't find a s4r on their website. The one I am looking at is the s40, and it is virtually the same as the s4i except it uses standard batteries.
I need the camera for long backpacking trips so I have no ability to recharge.
Could you verify you are using a s4r and not a s4i. And if it is a s4r could you link me somewhere on the web to the specifications so I can compare to the s40. Thanks.
I don't know what I was thinking earlier.
Pentax Link
Walmart link
Nice pics, but why is Old Honest Abe so ticked off looking?
<< <i>Nice pics, but why is Old Honest Abe so ticked off looking? >>
The pix are awesome!
and now that you mention it, ole Abe does look a bit perterbed, doesnt he. interesting how that happens.....
I guess he's upset at being so beat up coming out of a bank roll of pennies.
I think the mint puts all the coins in a large tumbler now to give them that rustic appearance.