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Wait, did the Dutch Calvinists remember to pack my rig?

Dude, the camera's the other way.

Bud Light and others may be cheap shitty beer, but dammit it's our cheap shitty beer!

Whoah man. The colors you see from up here.........Whoah.

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Would you have that as a bumper sticker on your car?

It's a tshirt on tshirt hell . com I believe

Yup, and it's always good for a laugh when going to the club.

Oh look trees. It's ok, I took the Fukidol pill.

If you're doing a solo jump or a hop n' pop then you may be able to get away with it. The things to consider are the shirt getting loose and interfering with your handles on deployment and in an emergency. The other issue is if you're jumping with others, your movement will be completely different than while wearing a jumpsuit. I've found it harder to maneuver and get stable initially. I'm sure with practice you could do it but the first few times it will be pretty ungraceful and potentially dangerous for the other jumpers. Plus your tracks will suck on breakoff. All that fabric in your jumpsuit that makes you hot also catches air and allows for better control. Also, unless you're 100% confident in your landing skills, you could end up like myself and take some skin off you knees/legs/arms with a botched landing. Some things to consider. I'd say if you insist on jumping in shorts & a tshirt, start with hop n' pops and then do solos.

For the record, I have an all black jumpsuit and even during 100+ degree weather I suck it up and wear the damm thing.

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600 dpi will yield good results.

Unless you're cropping in or enlarging for a billboard, in practice 300 dpi is the highest resolution you need. Anything higher you're just wasting space on your hard drive. The print shop will probably be printing around 225dpi.

You're correct. I got the numbers all kind of screwed up in my head and was thinking gravure. My bad. Typical lpi for offset printing is 133 lpi so minimum scan resolution should be 266 dpi. Scan at 300 dpi and you should be fine.

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A little more info would help I guess....I am going to scan 40 replica SuperBowl tickets and then send them to the photo print shop....

Ok, a few questions.
Are you scanning individual tickets and then assembling them into a larger image or is the print shop doing it?

Do you know how the print shop is producting the final design? Is it a single print or multiple prints?

I'm guessing the replica SuperBowl tickets are printed already. Correct?

One thing to consider is that when you scan an already printed image you should use the descreen filter if available. This will help to take out the screen pattern that is done with offset printed images. Eg: magazines.

If the print shop is producing the image via offset printing then you will need to scan at a resolution 2x the lpi they print at which is typically 133lpi. Therefore 266 dpi is ideal. However if you are wanting the tickets to be printed at a larger size than they originally are, you will need to make sure you scan at the appropriate magnification. Don't scan and then enlarge the image afterwards. Do it while scanning. Find out what file formats the print shop accepts. An uncompressed TIFF file is best for most print shops unless they specify otherwards. Hope this helps.

When you say reprinting I'm guessing your mean either from a destkop inkjet printer or reprinting in a magazine. For either one a jpeg scanned at 600 dpi will yield good results. Don't apply any compression to the jpeg.

Edit: Was thinking of another print method. 300 dpi is fine.

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cool beans.

You must be bored today.

Yup. Somebody do something to entertain me.

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Need anything else?

yeah, more which one is better than which? Apparently they are all somewhat close enough it doesn't really matter, brand wise.

Is SDHC faster?

Ok, first verify that your camera can support SDHC. If if can that that's the standard to use for 1+ GB flash cards. Next look at the class rating of the card. Class 6 is the fastest. The class rating defines the minimum write speed. Next look at the speed rating. This defines the maximum write speed. The higher the number eg 150x the better.

Hmmmm, tastes like turtle.

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Once you've got the right format, I tend to think that storage is storage and if one brand is much more expensive than another then you're probably paying for the name.

For the most part this is true. The only reason to really pay a premium for flash memory is the cards that can write at faster speeds. The faster the write speed, the faster the camera can take another picture. So if you've got a camera capable of very fast burst mode writing, you'll want a fast flash card.

Ok basically the Panasonic cameras use SD or SDHC memory cards which is a specific form factor for flash memory.

The SDHC is a high capacity version of the original SD format.

MiniSD is essentially using the SD flash memory technology but in a smaller size. Typically for cellphones as you mentioned. Some of the MiniSD cards will come with an adapter allowing them to be used in regular SD sized slots such as your digital camera, but more typically for use in cardreaders for your computer.

USB SD cards are basically a SD flash memory card that can be folded and then inserted into a USB slot on your computer. The computer can then read the card directly without the use of a separate memory card reader.

Need anything else?

Screw it, just get this camera:

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What kind of memory does your camera support?

Yes.


errrrrr ummmmmmmmm well i know for sure the flash kind

Ok, what kind/brand/model is your camera?

Your camera probably only supports one flash memory format. Stick with whatever it supports. As far as brands go, SanDisk is good. If you find something cheaper you can use that too.

What kind of memory does your camera support?

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When I get mine:

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Awesome show, season 1 was terrific. I've been counting the days this week till season 2.

If you like Burn, you'll probably like In Plain Sight also, totally different premise (US Marshall running WitSec versus burned spy) but alot of other similarities, main lead character with smarts, attitude, and flaws and the occasional voice-over narration.

I'm gonna disagree with that. In Plain Sight just doesn't have the slickness or fun factor that Burn Notice does. Plus the stories just seem uninspired to me. I'd be surprised if the show makes it to a second season.

Not in the face! Not in the face!

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Do you know how to play/sing Stairway to Heaven?

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