Glad it's working for you, and hope you're feeling better. I found myself reading that manual while picturing myself trying to write a manual in English, when it was a second language I wasn't very good at. ;-) I've been reading (and writing) tech stuff for longer than I care to admit, the 5050 manual was still quite a challenge for me.
BTW: Try some "Macro Mode" stuff with it, it's great! Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 9:39 PM > To: Pentax Discussion Malling List > Subject: OT-Interesting fact about my ebay purchased Oly C-5050 > > > I have been a bit under the weather the past week and have not > done anything more about learning to use the digicam until today. > The seller said that the IR remote control never worked since day > one. Reading the manual I turned on the remote sensor, set the > camera on the ottoman in front of my chair, pointed the remote at > it, and voilà a perfectly exposed and focused jpeg of my crotch <grin>. > > See what I mean about how complicated these robocams are. You > have to read the reference manual, and be able to understand what > they are saying between the lines, just to use simple features. > However I can not complain too much, his BIN would have been lots > higher if he knew the remote actually worked. > > Anyway any one who reads the 300 page reference manual closely, > and 3 or 4 books on digital photography ought to be able to use > this simple consumer digital camera every bit as well as they > could a super complicated manually operated professional one. > > GRIN! > > -- > > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > ----------------------------------- > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.16/50 - Release Date: 7/15/2005 >
