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    Zoom the display to 5x or 10x, and you'll...

    Zoom the display to 5x or 10x, and you'll probably see the moire. If not, shoot a test scene and check it.
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    I do check the forum almost daily, but don't have...

    I do check the forum almost daily, but don't have very much of value to add, not counting my snide comments... ;)

    I used to frequent the Guess-the-Movie game, but that has completely petered out -...
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    I've never got a third-party app to work that way...

    I've never got a third-party app to work that way - wet or dry... ;)
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    Or, you can focus somewhere else, not on the...

    Or, you can focus somewhere else, not on the subject wearing the clothes... ;)

    Seriously, moire is a problem with some fabrics, and there's not much you can do about it.

    Years ago, a news...
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    Somewhere above the clouds and haze? ;)

    Somewhere above the clouds and haze? ;)
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    Which almost never needs to be taken out of its...

    Which almost never needs to be taken out of its shrinkwrap... ;)
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    Yeah. I wouldn't drop my Android phone in a heap...

    Yeah. I wouldn't drop my Android phone in a heap of dung, either... ;)
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    I have an Android phone. The browser quits...

    I have an Android phone. The browser quits several times a day with a "Sorry, the Browser has stopped" message. Google quality?
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    Apple doesn't ever force me to register - in...

    Apple doesn't ever force me to register - in fact, I haven't... ;)
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    No need to. I just follow the rules, I don't...

    No need to. I just follow the rules, I don't ditch the AVCHD helper files. ;)
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    No - believe it or not, that panorama, manually...

    No - believe it or not, that panorama, manually stitched from 7 frames, is shot with my first digital camera, a Canon Elph/Ixus of year 2000 vintage, only 2 megapixels. I too like the colors of the...
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    First of all, I didn't say that, as your quote...

    First of all, I didn't say that, as your quote may purport to indicate.

    I've never found the Macs horribly expensive, even though they do cost a bit more than PCs with comparable specs. I've...
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    Not much. But this does, even though it is a...

    Not much. But this does, even though it is a couple of years old:

    http://statspotting.com/mac-vs-pc-apple-rules-in-customer-satisfaction-index/

    Here's a quote I found:

    Why Buy A Mac?

    For...
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    I'm also irritated that google wishes to unify my...

    I'm also irritated that google wishes to unify my several youtube accounts, using my real name, they want my phone number (which I won't give them), etc. Too big, dictatorial tendencies clearly...
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    Could the problem be that you happen to have a...

    Could the problem be that you happen to have a Chinese cell number? Are they perchance more suspicious about them?
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    No, any hard disk can die, any component can...

    No, any hard disk can die, any component can fail. It just happened to be the most cheaply built Mac I ever owned... ;)

    The fact that all your lappies have survived proves nothing, nor does my one...
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    It's obliquely mentioned in that Wikipedia...

    It's obliquely mentioned in that Wikipedia article I linked to, but I guess you didn't read it. Here's a quote: "Apple did this to reduce production costs, in addition to using more industry standard...
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    The sun moves 15° over the sky in one hour.



    I once shot a whole day on 16 mm Kodachrome from the water tower in Hanko, my "summer town"*; I set the exposure for normal daylight sun, and got a...
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    I once had an interviewee with a corduroy jacket...

    I once had an interviewee with a corduroy jacket - dang, a lot of moire. I masked the area, ditched most of the saturation, and blurred the color... still not good, but had to do. Fortunately,...
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    My father wrote his last novel (his 8th) last...

    My father wrote his last novel (his 8th) last year, on my old Mac PowerBook 170 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerbook_170), manufactured in 1991. Most users who write and use spreadsheets, but use...
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    Al, even though the shutter isn't open (unless in...

    Al, even though the shutter isn't open (unless in Live View), there is a slight risk of burning the insides of the camera (viewfinder, sides of mirror box etc.) during a timelapse, especially if you...
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    Bob: So, if you take the card out of the Sony and...

    Bob: So, if you take the card out of the Sony and look at the files they are indeed still split?

    It's the camera that combines the split files, and not the PC computer. Then I assume it will work...
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    Bob: So, if you take the card out of the Sony and...

    Bob: So, if you take the card out of the Sony and look at the files they are indeed still split?

    It's the camera that combines the split files, and not the PC computer. Then I assume it will work...
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    Me too! I even built my own TRS-80 compatible...

    Me too! I even built my own TRS-80 compatible "luggable", the "Jankeborne":

    http://www.sparetimelabs.com/animato/animato/transferseu/3003s.html
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    Says the Apple hater. Corroborated by his sig in...

    Says the Apple hater. Corroborated by his sig in every post.
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