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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution

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From "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.cellular-phone-tech
Subject Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution
Date Mon, 24 Apr 2017 01:07:23 +0100
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On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 01:03:49 +0100,  wrote:

> On 2017-04-23 23:48:07 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
> <imvalid@somewear.com> said:
>
>> On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 22:34:32 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/23/17, 1:20 PM, in article op.yy5z4eafjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
>>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 20:20:37 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 4/23/17, 11:56 AM, in article op.yy5v8qebjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
>>>>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Here's an example taken with the same Fuji model by someone else.
>>>>>>>> Download the "original size" and view it at 1:1, and note it has
>>>>>>>> nowhere near enough detail to be as good as your monitor can show.
>>>>>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/7726760@N08/2615523533/sizes/o/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Find me an example which does....
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I wouldn't know about that particular Fujifilm camera, but here is an
>>>>>>> uncropped 3264 x 4896 JPEG taken with an X-E2.
>>>>>>> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/ho4tzfi4k2w15dg/_DSF4091.jpg>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> That I would say is a genuine 16MP camera.  The predecessor to the one I
>>>>>> have admitted it used interpolation.  I had that model too.  The s1000fd
>>>>>> claims to be a genuine 10MP camera, but isn't.  I guess in the future I look
>>>>>> at example shots before buying.  Maybe Fuji learned their lesson.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I am FAR from an expert in camera tech, but MP is only one aspect of what
>>>>> impacts the final look of an image. Heck, if you view mostly on screen MP
>>>>> means little (except for how much you can zoom).
>>>>>
>>>> It may not be the CCD, it may be the lens (which I doubt as Fuji are supposed
>>>> to make good lenses), but the fact remains that the output is what I'd get
>>>> from a genuine 2.5MP camera.  If I reduce the size of the image by 50% (as in
>>>> 25% area - to 2.5MP), then increase it again to 10MP, the result is almost
>>>> identical.  Therefore there was no more data than a 2.5MP image.
>>>
>>> The lens matters, the sensitivity, the processing done by the camera (or if
>>> it offers RAW), and a lot more I am sure I am clueless about.
>>
>> What matters to me is I paid for a 10MP camera and I get a 2.5MP
>> output.  I will never buy Fuji again.  Canon did not let me down, I
>> will go with them in the future.
>
> Then you will miss out on some of the best new cameras currently
> available. The Fujifilm X series cameras (X-Pro2, X-T2, X-T20, X100F,
> X-E2) are a far cry from your now discontinued, 10 year old, s1000fd
> bridge camera, with its small 1/2.3" sensor.
>
> If you are ever camera shopping you should at least take a look at what
> Fujifilm has to offer these days. I made the change from a Nikon DSLR
> system to a Fujifilm mirrorless X-system and I am quite happy with my
> X-E2 and X-T2.

Fair enough, maybe they've improved.  I'll look at output samples on camera review sites and consider any manufacturer.

-- 
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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-21 13:01 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 10:13 -0400
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-21 15:21 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 10:32 -0400
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-21 15:35 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 10:40 -0400
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-21 15:46 +0100
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                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 11:28 -0400
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                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 11:41 -0400
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                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-23 20:11 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-23 15:16 -0400
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                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-23 15:05 -0400
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                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-23 21:20 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-23 16:34 -0400
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                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-24 01:04 +0100
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                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-24 01:07 +0100
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