4 Hours Ago I had Junk and Now I have

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n9yty
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Re: 4 Hours Ago I had Junk and Now I have

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I'm encouraged by your post - everyone seems like the A590 is the divine camera for this application. I don't know, at 8MP, and at the price (even for refurbed), It seemed to me that the A490 [edit: I got A480's not A490's] was a far better price-value deal. 10MP - I picked up a pair for $65/ea over at Buy.com. They haven't arrived, and I haven't even started construction on a rig yet, but I hope that they prove a good fit for the purpose.
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Post by daniel_reetz »

we're all interested in replacing the A590 as the camera of choice, so please let us know your experiences. $65 each is a steal.
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Platen was a complete disaster lol.

Anyways the reason I am using the A590, well to be honest is because I already had one and everyone else is using it lol.
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Post by daniel_reetz »

I moved your thread to Hardware, since it is a build thread. Cheers.
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Thank You,

Sunday is going to be fun day.....

Well the problem is summer school is starting to become more intense so my time for this project is becoming limited. I really do not want this project go into the "Fail" pile because of my lack of time. I start fall semester very soon which will give me no time for this project so this Sunday will be the only day I will be able to complete this project. So this is going to be intense....

So here is the last couple of bits that i bought. I no longer have a budget for anything because fall my tuition has increased and money is TIGHT so hopefully i can finish this before it become a junk pile and ebay listings.

Here is another Camera and Tripod
Camera had lense error i managed to take it apart clean it and runs like new. ($38.25 ebay Camera $11.90 Tripod)
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This one was a epic fail!!! The 7in screens are a DVD player and a Monitor so the DVD player has no Input!! and it only came with a Car adapter. I had a UPS with a busted battery, so I managed to find another 12v lead battery which is the wrong size and hooked it up and then using alligator clips i plug it into the car adapter. Screens worked. ($56.99 Ebay)
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Hmm... sorry guys this project will be on hold here are some random photos of the project and my junk drawers.

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Re: 4 Hours Ago I had Junk and Now I have

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the empty cd canister looks like these photos are straight outta 2001. :ugeek: Best of luck on your fall semester
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univurshul wrote:the empty cd canister looks like these photos are straight outta 2001. :ugeek: Best of luck on your fall semester
Thank you, as you can see I never throw away anything!! lol
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