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

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 2017-04-29 19:26 +0100
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Message-ID <op.yzgyt4m2js98qf@red.lan> (permalink)
References (15 earlier) <210420171013465413%nospam@nospam.invalid> <op.yy1t5dmejs98qf@red.lan> <210420171032312950%nospam@nospam.invalid> <op.yy1usmdyjs98qf@red.lan> <210420171040573298%nospam@nospam.invalid>

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On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 15:40:57 +0100, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <op.yy1usmdyjs98qf@red.lan>, James Wilkinson Sword
> <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>
>> >> >> >> > As for making prints look just like those from a 35mm camera, that
>> >> >> >> > sort of degradation is easily done with software.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I take it you didn't have a professional SLR 35mm camera.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > film is worse than digital in every metric.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > digital can be downgraded to look like film if the user wants, but
>> >> >> > that
>> >> >> > would be stupid if quality is the goal.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Decent film is as good as digital.
>> >> >
>> >> > definitely not.
>> >> >
>> >> >> 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.  Mind you the running costs were significantly lower.

> it also depends on the film too.

Agreed.  400ASA sucked.

>> Don't ever get a Fuji digital camera, they LIE about the MP.
>
> no they don't.
>
> the only company that lies about the number of megapixels is sigma.
>
>> Canon gives you what it says on the tin.
>
> as does nikon, sony and everyone else.
>
> the only exception is sigma.

Only used their lenses, which are excellent.

It would appear from an example given elsewhere that modern Fujis don't lie.  Mine certainly does.  It is only capable of half of what it says on the tin.  At least it's predecessor admitted it interpolated.

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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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