CHPMustang
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• Plano, TX, USA |
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 Posted:11/30/2004 18:32 |
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I'm still taking shots with my ol Olympus 1.3 mp 
I'm leaning towards the Coolpix or the Digital Rebel currently.
Bill
2002 Excursion XLT-P 4x4 7.3L Powerstroke Diesel
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• Toronto, XX, Canada |
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• Registered on 1/19/2004 |
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Posted:11/30/2004 20:50 |
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Mark,
Welcome to the site.....nice looking truck.
Cheers
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E. Long
 
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• Atlanta, GA, USA |
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Posted:12/1/2004 23:35 |
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| Quote: | I'm still taking shots with my ol Olympus 1.3 mp
I'm leaning towards the Coolpix or the Digital Rebel currently. |
I've got a several-year-old FujiFilm digital camera with this really innovative feature called digital zoom. 
CHP, go with an optical-zoom camera if/when you do decide on one. Digital zoom is worthless. What I end up doing to "zoom" is walking closer or further away from the object in the view finder. It looks very professional at car shows when I'm snapping pics! 
-Eric
'67 Galaxie 500 - 390 FE, .030" over, FE to AOD adapter, disc brake conversion. The Daily Driver.
'00 Excursion - 7.3L PSD, LANDYOT Gen-II Radius Rods, Factory Tech Valve Body, 200K+ miles and going |
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CHPMustang
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• Plano, TX, USA |
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Posted:12/2/2004 15:29 |
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That's one reason why I'm looking at the Digital Rebel SLR type,just like an old school 35mm but stores the pics on a memory card 
Being able to use different lenses and macros I think picture quality will be on the more positive side.
Bill
2002 Excursion XLT-P 4x4 7.3L Powerstroke Diesel
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Mark Rychel
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• Chesterland, OH, USA |
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• Registered on 3/10/2003 |
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Posted:12/2/2004 21:43 |
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I also have a fuji s2pro digital slr, One thing you have to remember is that a 50 mm lens for a 35 mm camera becomes a 75mm lens on most digital slrs (Kodak is the exception). This means that you need extreme wide angles to do many full length car or truck shots.
The reason is, that the ccd capturing the image is smaller than a 35 mm negative.
Good wide angles for digital ie: 16mm (which is like a 24 mm 35 lens) are pretty pricey.
Mark
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CHPMustang
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• Plano, TX, USA |
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Posted:12/3/2004 11:06 |
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Yeah I been looking at different wide angle lenses and such as I'll be getting into railfanning abit more this year,trains are just abit longer than the Excursion but not by much 
Bill
2002 Excursion XLT-P 4x4 7.3L Powerstroke Diesel
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walt bowman
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• minneapolis, MN, USA |
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• Registered on 12/21/2004 |
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Posted:12/21/2004 17:15 |
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Just a heads up, all 05 Powerstrokes have the block heater. What many don't have is the heater cord, it's only supplied in certain cold weather states. You only need to purchase the cord, it's about $10 I'm told. Also, from what I have read you can find your block heater above / behind your starter motor. For more info, check thedieselstop.com and do a search on block heaters / heater cords. |
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CHPMustang
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• Plano, TX, USA |
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Posted:12/21/2004 18:32 |
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Isn't that something else? Block heater is installed but the cord must be purchased separately,gotta be one of those cost savings measures by ford just like deleting the glovebox light and underhood liner 
Bill
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