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

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On Sat, 29 Apr 2017 20:15:46 +0100, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <op.yzg0gnqvjs98qf@red.lan>, James Wilkinson Sword
> <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 29 Apr 2017 19:43:26 +0100, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> > In article <op.yzgy73x3js98qf@red.lan>, James Wilkinson Sword
>> > <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> >> >> >> >> I mean professional quality low ASA
>> >> >> >> >> >> film on a camera with a good lens.
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > doesn't matter.
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> Maybe not nowadays, digital improves all the time.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > digital has been better than film for well over a decade.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I'd have rated a professional film camera at about 6MP.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > 6 mp cameras were common over a decade ago.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Depends how much you pay.  Over a decade ago a 6MP digital would cost
>> >> >> many many times more than a film camera.
>> >> >
>> >> > nonsense,
>> >>
>> >> I paid £3000 for my 6MP digital Canon about then.
>> >
>> > there were cheaper options.
>> >
>> > i paid us$400 for a nikon 6mp camera in 2006.
>>
>> I think I bought mine in 2003.  And it had a 15-30mm and a 50-500mm lens.
>
> you can't include the prices for the lenses, particularly special
> purpose ones such as those.

A camera doesn't work without lenses.

> in 2003, a 6mp camera could be had for as little as us$1000 or so.
> there were more expensive models that had the same (or similar) sensor.
>
> and as i said, price isn't the issue.

And a 35mm camera was way less than that.

>> >> >> It would appear from an example given elsewhere that modern Fujis don't
>> >> >> lie.
>> >> >
>> >> > none do.
>> >> >
>> >> >> Mine certainly does.  It is only capable of half of what it says on the
>> >> >> tin.
>> >> >> At least it's predecessor admitted it interpolated.
>> >> >
>> >> > it didn't.
>> >>
>> >> I've already proved it did.
>> >
>> > all you proved is that you haven't a clue what you're talking about.
>>
>> I showed you an image taken with my model of camera which was worth 2.5MP,
>> not 10.  If you think it's ok to state it's a 10MP camera, because the CCD
>> can make 10MP, but the lens can't, then you're an idiot.  Like people who
>> sell cars that have so many horsepower, but if you try to use it, you just spin
>> the wheels.
>
> what you think it's worth is not what defines how many pixels the
> camera has, and a shitty lens does not change the specs of the camera
> either.

So you're stupid enough to read the numbers and not look at the output? Fuji must love you.

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-29 19:26 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-29 14:29 -0400
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-29 19:34 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-29 14:43 -0400
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-29 20:01 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-29 15:15 -0400
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-29 20:21 +0100
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-29 20:01 +0100

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