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One more nail in the optical viewfinder coffin
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One more nail in the optical viewfinder coffin
On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:28:44 -0400, John A. wrote:
On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:24:07 -0700, John Navas wrote: On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:33:04 +0900, Miles Bader wrote in : nospam writes: Broaden your horizons -- many of the better ones (e.g., ThinkPads) are not sold in stores. keyboards are a very subjective thing, and not finding one in a store to test makes it a bit difficult to see if its satisfactory. and if the thinkpad is so wonderful, why don't stores carry it? Dunno what the GP is talking about, since thinkpads seem to be sold in stores around here. [and they are very very nice physically, tho they generally seem to have been getting worse since Lenevo took over] Lenovo has of course been building them since well before the buyout, which included the people who designed and supported them, and I'd personally say the T6x, T400 and T500 are better than earlier T-series machines. Haven't looked at them lately. Do they still have the classic mid-keyboard nipple-mouse? (I much prefer those over the touch pads.) The one I have as a loaner has both. -- Mike Russell - http://www.curvemeister.com |
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One more nail in the optical viewfinder coffin
John A. wrote:
discussion about Lenovo laptops Haven't looked at them lately. Do they still have the classic mid-keyboard nipple-mouse? (I much prefer those over the touch pads.) It would seem so. The current Thinkpad models all seem to have both a touchpad and a nipple-mouse. http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:expandcategory?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087¤t-category-id=8FA114A7D9FF4F38AE8E19B36EC665A7 I quite like the little joystick as well, but the touchpad has "mouse" buttons and a scroll-wheel. |
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One more nail in the optical viewfinder coffin
Miles Bader wrote:
(Ray Fischer) writes: Using the techniques developed for HDR LCDs -- instead of using a single backlight, backlighting is provided by a very low resolution grid of individually modulatable LEDs -- it's possible to have perfect blacks (no light emitted) on an LCD. That's good for video where brightness tends to be similar in large blocks, but less useful for photographs that tend to have sharp contrast boundaries. No, actually it works well in all cases (see my other followup), due to the clever signal processing and properties of the human eye. Bull****. -- Ray Fischer |
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One more nail in the optical viewfinder coffin
Bob Larter writes:
Using the techniques developed for HDR LCDs -- instead of using a single backlight, backlighting is provided by a very low resolution grid of individually modulatable LEDs -- it's possible to have perfect blacks (no light emitted) on an LCD. Yes, that's true in theory. But - by necessity - LED backlighting is only in blocks, rather than per pixel, so your shadows are likely to be blotchy. (Imagine JPEG artifacting, only bigger!) Argh, well, see my other responses about this... -Miles -- Bacchus, n. A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk. |
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One more nail in the optical viewfinder coffin
On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:31:49 -0700, John Navas
wrote: On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:28:44 -0400, John A. wrote in : On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:24:07 -0700, John Navas Lenovo has of course been building them since well before the buyout, which included the people who designed and supported them, and I'd personally say the T6x, T400 and T500 are better than earlier T-series machines. Haven't looked at them lately. Do they still have the classic mid-keyboard nipple-mouse? (I much prefer those over the touch pads.) Both trackpoint and touchpad, together or selectable, the best of both worlds. In my opinion, the worst of any world. I plug in a mouse with my laptop. Can't stand to be dicking around with a touch pad. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |
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One more nail in the optical viewfinder coffin
On 2009-10-26 10:11:15 -0700, tony cooper said:
On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:31:49 -0700, John Navas wrote: On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:28:44 -0400, John A. wrote in : On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:24:07 -0700, John Navas Lenovo has of course been building them since well before the buyout, which included the people who designed and supported them, and I'd personally say the T6x, T400 and T500 are better than earlier T-series machines. Haven't looked at them lately. Do they still have the classic mid-keyboard nipple-mouse? (I much prefer those over the touch pads.) Both trackpoint and touchpad, together or selectable, the best of both worlds. In my opinion, the worst of any world. I plug in a mouse with my laptop. Can't stand to be dicking around with a touch pad. Agreed. At home I use a Logitech Trackman Wheel with my Macbook Pro. http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mi...s/166&cl=us,en When travelling I pack a Kensington Bluetooth Mouse. http://us.kensington.com/html/12635.html -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Trackballs (was: One more nail in the optical viewfinder coffin)
"Savageduck" wrote: On 2009-10-26 10:11:15 -0700, tony cooper said: In my opinion, the worst of any world. I plug in a mouse with my laptop. Can't stand to be dicking around with a touch pad. Agreed. At home I use a Logitech Trackman Wheel with my Macbook Pro. http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mi...s/166&cl=us,en Looks good. Probably better than "GORONE RETURNS!" (Gorone means "lazy afternoon nap") Which is a tad fiddly. http://www.sigma-apo.co.jp/front/products/detail/SGM2 But don't miss "GORONE RETURNS, THE MOVIE!" http://www.sigma-apo.co.jp/gorone/english/index.html -- David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan |
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Trackballs (was: One more nail in the optical viewfinder coffin)
On 2009-10-26 13:07:19 -0700, "David J. Littleboy" said:
"Savageduck" wrote: On 2009-10-26 10:11:15 -0700, tony cooper said: In my opinion, the worst of any world. I plug in a mouse with my laptop. Can't stand to be dicking around with a touch pad. Agreed. At home I use a Logitech Trackman Wheel with my Macbook Pro. http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mi...s/166&cl=us,en Looks good. Probably better than "GORONE RETURNS!" (Gorone means "lazy afternoon nap") Which is a tad fiddly. http://www.sigma-apo.co.jp/front/products/detail/SGM2 But don't miss "GORONE RETURNS, THE MOVIE!" http://www.sigma-apo.co.jp/gorone/english/index.html "GORONE GIRL?" Talk about different commercial cultures. I'll stick with the Trackman. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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