10 Nov
2003
10 Nov
'03
2:41 p.m.
Hi Chuck, I borrowed one of the paper's big digital cameras and made a set of Mars exposures that I thought would make everybody fall over in astonishment. With these cameras you can look through the eyepiece and focus just like a normal SLR. After I took them, the views on the tiny screen looked great. But when I saw them under normal lightning conditions, their many flaws showed up. I bought a webcam for less than $100, which isn't as good as the Phillips I keep hearing about, and it did a far better job. Thanks, Joe