Couple sweet pictures (DSL beware, 56k DIAF)

Post by **bitWISE** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:54 pm

My step brother just got a Canon Digital Rebel to go with his regular Rebel and damn is this thing sweet. I just washed my car so I figured I would get some shots of it. Looks like I should have dried it off first

. I'm linking these pics because they are roughly 3mb each.

Passenger side form the front
http://perfunction.com/images/cars/ecli ... G_0019.JPG

Driver side from rear
http://perfunction.com/images/cars/ecli ... G_0023.JPG

Shift plate...thought it looked like a neat shot
http://perfunction.com/images/cars/ecli ... G_0034.JPG

I think I'm going to have to get her detailed and then take some more shots.

Post by **andyman** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:56 pm

Damn now I want a digital rebel...those are some nice pictures!!!

Post by **bitWISE** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:58 pm

Yeah and I don't even know what I'm doing. All I did was point the camera and click. The shifter required me to turn off the flash but thats about as advanced as I got.

Cost him $1000 after getting the accesory kit and a 1gb CompactFlash at Best Buy.

Post by **PhoeniX** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 11:01 pm

Nice pics

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 11:01 pm

ncie pics man

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 11:15 pm

Learn to resize your pics, its useless to post full res images since they don't fit completely on anyone's monitor.

Post by **bitWISE** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 11:18 pm

ToxicBug wrote:Learn to resize your pics, its useless to post full res images since they don't fit completely on anyone's monitor.

I had to upload the pictures to my FTP because our LAN was acting weird and wouldn't let me copy them from his computer to mine. Besides, these are raw images that came out of the camera so its a better representation of what you would get without Photoshop.

Post by **inphlict** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 11:19 pm

You need to capture the whole car and I can see you in the reflections.

Post by **bitWISE** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 11:21 pm

inphlict wrote:You need to capture the whole car and I can see you in the reflections.

I had to wash it on the side of a hill so the shot looks really awkward

http://perfunction.com/images/cars/ecli ... G_0021.JPG

Post by **bitWISE** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:47 am

Wallpaper I made (happy toxic bug?)

[lvlshot]http://www.perfunction.com/images/cars/eclipse/wallpaper1280.jpg[/lvlshot]

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:53 am

Looks cool, but only noobs use 1280x1024. 1280x960 is where its at.

Post by **bitWISE** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:59 am

You missing out on 64 pixels :P

It fits my 19" perfectly and I'm still running at 85hz refresh.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:14 am

Thing is your monitor's aspect ratio is 4:3 and not 5:4. So every picture you see is taller than its supposed to be.

Post by **Bdw3** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:23 am

ToxicBug wrote:Looks cool, but only noobs use 1280x1024. 1280x960 is where its at.

ew

Post by **Scourge** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:35 am

ToxicBug wrote:Looks cool, but only noobs use 1280x1024. 1280x960 is where its at.

Not true in all cases. If I set my res to 1280x960 I get black borders on the left and right sides of my monitor. It will not stretch out to fit the screen either.

edit: For reference, this is my monitor.

http://www.microtekusa.com/c893.html

Post by **Grudge** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 8:35 am

ToxicBug wrote:Looks cool, but only noobs use 1280x1024. 1280x960 is where its at.

Bullshit, all 17" TFT's are native 1280x1024 for example.

Post by **U4EA** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 8:40 am

1280x1024 isn't 4:3 though. Those TFTs could have 5:4 ratio, or possible be showing negligibly distored imagery.

edit: Judging by scourge34's post, it would seem likely that they have 5:4 ratio as he gets black strips with the resolution at 1280x960

Post by **glossy** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 9:48 am

lookin' good

Post by **Grudge** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:25 am

who cares about the ratio?

Post by **U4EA** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:34 am

The ratio determines whether the picture gets distorted or "windowed" on a non 4:3 screen, innit? 1280x960 is a 4:3 resolution, 1280x1024 is 5:4

Post by **Grudge** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:50 am

What I'm trying to say is that the ratio isn't interesting - it's the proper resolution that counts. The standard is 1280x1024 nowadays, 1280x960 was only used on old CRT's years ago.

Better make stuff 1280x1024 anyways, if you want it @ 1280x960 you can just crop it. It's hard to do the opposite.

Post by **MKJ** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:51 am

CRT is still where its at :A

Post by **Grudge** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:52 am

If you work with print, yes, if you don't, no.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:19 pm

So your TFT is 5:4 but my CRT is 4:3, therefore using a resolution with a different ratio will cause a distorted picture, like I've mentionned above.

Post by **Grudge** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:34 pm

Grudge wrote:Better make stuff 1280x1024 anyways, if you want it @ 1280x960 you can just crop it. It's hard to do the opposite.