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John, I went to Steve's Digicams and looked at the pictures of the Minolta Z1...what a tricky looking machine. I'll bet people do a double take when they see it. Steve's has a photo of the day feature and there are many pictures taken with older Olympus and Sony and other digital cameras...

Jon, Too late, I already purchased the Nikon Coolpix 5700. I love that tilting, rotating LCD display. Try one in a Circuit City store, you'll soon see the advantages. I forgot to mention we also have an older Minolta 8mm video camera and a 35mm "Talker." My wife used that "Talker" from...

Sorry I missed this thread before. I love talking cameras so better late than never. Bought my first 35mm camera(Minolta XE-7) in 1976 because I had to write a magazine article on a radio controlled boat for RC Modeler. I shot one roll of color film to make sure I could take a decent...

Shamus, I hear you bud... Now Nikon has their 8700 out which is 8 megapixel and they've added a choice of 12 quick scene options. My wife has those scenes on her Nikon 4300 and it works like a charm. I'm still content with my 5700 though. Since I don't print pictures larger than 8" X...

Goatee, I used to write magazine articles on Radio Control model airplanes and had to take notes on multiple pictures of 300 or more models. Carrying a couple of cameras and spare film didn't give me much room for a notebook. Walking around an airport all day was tiring and with the...

Jon, Hold on....... I made sure my 256mb flash card was empty and then ran through the various settings to see how much I had in the tank. Number of shots in each IMAGE "QUALITY" will vary depending on what you choose for IMAGE "SIZE," QUALITY....SHOTS..........FORMAT.. BASIC...

Thanks Shamus, I have RAW on my Nikon but it does so well in the fine setting that I very seldom have to touch up anything. I've taken all kinds of macro shots and haven't used the tripod yet. RAW sounds interesting although when I switch to that setting I see I only have 19 exposures...

Jon...this is all very interesting. Sooooo...If I convert a jpeg to a gif I will experience a loss of color and then when I convert it back to a jpeg again it will have less color and less detail. I noticed that my original pictures are much sharper than what I get after superimposing and...

Here's another GIF on JPEG composite.

OK, what about a GIF file? I play a lot with GIF's and find this thread very informative. I took a picture of my Mazda Protoge-5 and inserted it into Microsoft Powerpoint. Then I took pictures of a couple of my diecast trucks and converted them to GIF's so I could make the background...

Excellent info. I didn't know about JPEG's losing quality on each save. Guess I'll start taking pictues in the TIFF format. RAW is too much trouble.

Marc, This is an old thread by now, don't know how I missed it. It's never too late to compliment someone on a great job. Nice going, beautiful work.

Andrew, Thanks for the compliment. I use a HP 722C printer. The printer is only as good as the picture you are printing. The main thing you need is a fairly good camera and use as much depth of field as you can get. Use the largest number on your lens like f16 or f32 for the greatest...

Jon, Does the blank message mean you have nothing to say to me? LOL

I was playing around with an idea for a showroom window that needed lettering. If you use the clear plastic sheets for overhead projectors you and make some pretty decent windows. This window was made using Apollo brand "Transparency Film for Inkjet Printers." This has probably been...

Shamus, Your ability to tie together imagination, modelling skill and artistic photography is truly amazing. I think you are the new John Allen. Thanks for posting all you wonderful pictures and showing us what can be done. Your "Waddling Duck" has sparked me to try something similar.

I just found a weight (4.5oz) for the latest Lifelike FA-2. Lifelike did an earlier FA-2 with a plastic frame and no flywheels but it is a good runner. Their new one has a metal Split-Frame chassis and has excellent detailing. From what I've read about it they are a very nice loco. I...

Do you really think the Intermountain FT is heavier than similar locos? I don't have a postal scale but when just hefting them in my hand my Lifelike Alco FA-1 and FA-2 locos feel at least as heavy and maybe even a little heavier than the Intermountain FT-A. I wonder if anyone knows the...

Shamus, Your "Waddling Duck" is a beauty. I would love to build something like this but I'm afraid it would be a "Terrible Turkey."

About three weeks ago I posted pictures of the Intermountain FT A/B locos in the newly released ERIE livery. I finally got to put theme on the test track last night. The first thing that jumped out at me was the headlight. The light is a bright white, instead of the customary yellow...