My new addition!

[chessie]

I decided to reward myself with a new digital camera and bought a Canon G1 with an IBM micro-drive for storage. I can't wait to chase some trains tongue.gif

Harold

[CP&E 3207]

well that's an advantage for all of us too, better pics and still for free. http://www.trainboard.com/smiles/082.gif (dang I love these)

[chessie]

O.K.... here's my first shot: (downsized significantly from its original 11x14" size):

http://www.trainweb.org/ncrail/images/NS7080.jpg

It was shot ~ 9AM this morning; f 8.0 @ 1/100 sec. I think I'll get the hang of it soon. tongue.gif

Harold

[CP&E 3207]

that ain't half-bad !! I like that one! :D

[Hytec]

That's great Harold - Keep 'em, coming, even if they are of those funny looking horses :D
Hank

[rush2ny]

;) Cool pic Chessie. For some reason my digital pics get a bit distorted when I upload them to my server. Oh well, Here are two of my latest, enjoy!

Russ/NYC
The Hoffman Valley Railroad (http://users5.50megs.com/rush2ny/hvrrpage.html)
http://hometown.aol.com/rush2ny/new.jpg
http://hometown.aol.com/rush2ny/new2.jpg

[chessie]

Russ,
Nice photos! What roads are they? They look like ex-CR locos.
I have not noticed any visible distortion of loss of clarity when uploading my digital pics... of course, I ahve come a long way from my first ones, that were in the 300+ kb range :eek:

Harold

[7600EM_1]

Chessie, and others,
I love the shots of the old high nose geeps!!!! I just wish it were possible to get shots like that of the high noses but of the B&O!!!!!! :D Sadly thats not going to happen, But its the thought that counts!!!! :D :D

[CP&E 3207]

the top locomotive looks like a LongIsland RailRoad unit of some kind.

The other pic (I'm guessing) has 2 GP38(w/o Dynamics) and the back of a GP15

[Hytec]

In the "green" photo, could the 1/2 loco on the right be the back-end of a small (and old) GE unit, perhaps a U-18 or U-23? I'm looking at the step in the roof line that was common on smaller U-Boats. :confused:
Hank

[chessie]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by 7600EM_1:
Chessie, and others,
I love the shots of the old high nose geeps!!!! I just wish it were possible to get shots like that of the high noses but of the B&O!!!!!! :D Sadly thats not going to happen, But its the thought that counts!!!! :D :D<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I have a lot of high nosed Southern Railroad diesel pictures. I was waiting for Charlie to open the Southern forum this summer before I posted them ;)

Harold

[Harron]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Hank Coolidge:
In the "green" photo, could the 1/2 loco on the right be the back-end of a small (and old) GE unit, perhaps a U-18 or U-23? I'm looking at the step in the roof line that was common on smaller U-Boats. :confused:
Hank<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hank, this particular step is common to EMD Tunnelmotors (SD40T-2 or SD45T-2) and GP15(-1 or T) series locomotives as well. The grilles near the walkway are a dead giveaway that this is a GP15 series diesel.

[ 21 March 2001: Message edited by: Harron ]

[John Barnhill]

I know this is starting to get off topic but the 1/2 engine seems to be too short in height to me to be a GP15. Could it possibly be an MP15AC :confused: :D

[rush2ny]

Wow! You guys are good. Yes, the "1/2" loco is an mp15ac and yes they are ex-LIRR units. Below is a better pic of the MP-unit:

Russ/NYC
The Hoffman Valley Railroad (http://users5.50megs.com/rush2ny/hvrrpage.html)
http://hometown.aol.com/rush2ny/mp15.jpg

[John Barnhill]

Not to gloat ;) but (bowing)thank you, thank you :D Great pics by the way. Early on I thought all the pics taken by a digital camera came out kinda blurry but these look great.
:cool: :D

[ 21 March 2001: Message edited by: John Barnhill ]

[Gats]

Congratulation on the new railfanning addition! smile.gif

I've had a quick look through the review on Steve's Digicams (http://www.steves-digicams.com/) and the review is a great one. A very impressive piece of equipment and IBM Micro-Drive compatible to boot!

For those interested - Canon G1 (http://www.steves-digicams.com/g1.html) digital camera review.

Gary.

[chessie]

Gary,
Thanks for the message. I am enjoying the camera so far, but I have a long way to go before I get really comfortable with all of its features. I did shoot 166 pictures this past weekend at one of my kid's birthday party (with the micro-drive in; it showed 201 remaining in large quality mode (2056x1540 medium compression)). It uploads them to the PC very, very fast which is also nice. Overall, it is very easy to use and quite flexible. One thing I did notice is that shooting on the micro-drive is not as "fast" as using the CompactFlash card; it does take longer to "write" the image... but I guess there has to be a tradeoff somewhere tongue.gif

Harold

[Gats]

Add to that your maximum image size being bigger than a 1.3 or 2.1 megapixel camera's is.
It is a trade off, unfortunately. Speed for size. I did note it has three image sizes to choose from with three compression ratios too?
I wasn't aware of the MicroDrive being noticably slower than a CF card but I do like the idea of a 340M or 1G card in there. smile.gif
What speed does the MD spin at?

Gary.

[chessie]

Gary,
Yes the G1 will shoot 3 different images sizes AND 3 different compressions. In the large image, small compression, the pics are ~1.5-2.0 mb; in the large image, medium compression (what I have been shooting), they are typically around 1mb. I have not tried shooting in the CRW (RAW) format, but it does seem like an interesting proposition: to be able to edit white balance, etc. after you have shot the picture as well.

As far as the micro-drive being slower, that is my inital perception based on my limited play time with the camera. It spins at 4500 RPM. Again, in my "default" image saving settings, I think it shows ~368 images "left" when the drive is "empty". It came with a 16 mb flash card (which I have not used) and I saved my 64 mb card from my Kodak, (which I have been using) holds ~68 images.
The detail on the pictures is unbelievable! For example, look at this picture that I had posted in a thread for the Conrail forum:
http://www.trainweb.org/ncrail/images/NS5445.jpg
It is highly reduced (~68k) from its original image. On the original, unedited image,you can very clearly make out all of the minute lettering on the engine, such as the sublettering and class underneath the cab number! I have a 19" monitor at home, and unedited images are too large for the screen. If you want to see the "unedited" version, let me know and I will try and post it on one of my sites.
Another nice thing is that the original image file (viewed through the Canon software) has all of the picture data captured: date, time, ISO speed, shutter speed, apeture, focal length, etc. You can even add notes and comments!
If you look at the photos I posted in the Norfolk Southern (topics= Greensboro and My Surprise), there is no doubt that I could not have gotten many of these with my old digital, especially the ones taken on the overcast rainy day. I was able to control the metering, and apeture values. In fact, sone of them (the slightly blurred ones) were shot at F8.0 but 1/15~1/30 second handheld!
All in all, I have been very pleased with it so far. I am sure that the more I use it and become familiar with all of its features, the more I will like it!

Harold