di
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posted on August 18, 2001 01:03:19 PM
My sony mavica digital pictures are not coming out nearly as crisp as they used to. I'm wondering if its my floppy disks that have been used over and over again. Has anybody here had this problem before? Thanks.
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Eventer
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posted on August 18, 2001 01:11:20 PM
Are you just "deleting" the pictures from your diskettes after you are finished or reformatting the diskettes?
I've found just deleting the pics isn't enough. You need to occasionally reformat the disk to clear everything.
BTW, if you look under "hidden files" when you delete, you'll see there's more than just the jpg files associated w/each picture, be sure and get them as well.
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skeetypete
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posted on August 18, 2001 01:26:09 PM
you definetly need to do a full format often, at least every other time you want to clean one, imnsho
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toke
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posted on August 18, 2001 01:42:37 PM
I'm wondering...is there a limit to the number of times you can do a full reformat on a disk, without degrading it in some way?
BTW...if you do a full reformat on a disk, you remove all those hidden files, as well.
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di
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posted on August 18, 2001 01:44:26 PM
Thanks so much for the help. How do you remove the hidden files? I can't even see them!! Thanks
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toke
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posted on August 18, 2001 02:10:40 PM
Go to My Computer > floppy drive (usually A) > folder options > Show all files
Then go to Edit > select all (this highlights all the files on your floppy)
Then go to File > delete
Ta da!
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paintpower
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posted on August 18, 2001 02:14:45 PM
Also, there are 2 different types of formatting when you right click the floppy drive and select Format. Which is the best to use with digital cameras?
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toke
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posted on August 18, 2001 02:14:54 PM
For a full reformat (the way to go)
Go to My Computer > right click on your floppy drive > format > full
You don't need to look at your hidden files to do this...
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Microbes
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posted on August 18, 2001 02:55:55 PM
All the info on formating the disks is very good, and will recover some (sometimes a lot) of space, but the pictures are digital, and while a floppy with a bunch of hidden pictures won't hold as many pictures, it has nothing to do with picture quality. I would check the settings on the camera and make sure your not shooting at a low res, and check and make sure the lense is clean.
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toke
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posted on August 18, 2001 03:11:18 PM
microbes...
Here's what confuses me. If, as all the techs say, computer monitors will only show a maximum of 72 dpi...what's the point of high resolution for auction pics? Seems to me, you get a big file size (slow-loading) with nothing to show for it in your pics. Am I misunderstanding something?
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Microbes
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posted on August 18, 2001 03:24:24 PM
Past a certain point, I see little advantage, except it tends to inlarge the picture, without making it fuzzy as it would be if you used editing software to inlarge the picture. But 320 X 200 isn't high enough in my opinion.
(I don't know what model camera any of you have, I have the FD-85, and 640 X 480 is as low as it goes, and it takes decent pictures at that res. For a few items, I have "bumped" it up a notch.)
But I really don't think the problem di is having is related to the disk.
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toke
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posted on August 18, 2001 03:28:11 PM
microbes...
So you're saying a computer monitor will show a higher resolution than 72 dpi?
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Microbes
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posted on August 18, 2001 03:40:17 PM
No, but a 640 X 480 image will take up so much space on the monitor, a 1024 X 768 image will show the object larger, without making the picture fuzzy by resizing it in editing software.
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Eventer
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posted on August 18, 2001 03:43:33 PM
Sorry if I got some good and confused. Been that kind of day around here.
I meant, if you are deleting the pictures rather than formatting your disk, to be sure and delete the hidden ones as well.
Obviously when you reformat, you get everything. 
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toke
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posted on August 18, 2001 03:45:27 PM
But don't you get a giant file size? What would the KB be on an image that size?
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Microbes
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posted on August 18, 2001 04:01:34 PM
I don't know right off the top of my head, but yes, file size gets big that way.
But to take pictures of coins, jewlery, and items like that, it's the way to go. I get best results with coins (I don't sell coins on eBay, but I've seen so many BAD picures of coins, I played around to see what it took to do good pictures) to scan them at very high res, then crop them so they show as about half the screen.
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toke
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posted on August 18, 2001 04:12:23 PM
Oh, okay...I see where you're going. I generally take several pictures and stitch them together into one...so I need to keep my file size within reason. I try for under 50kb for my stitched combo pics. I have a book up now with a gazillion pics stitched...upwards of 100kb, but that's unusual. You certainly need tons of detail with coins, jewelry and such.
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