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Hi, I’m coming to Oz in March and I’m thinking of buying a digital camera to take with me. Only I am intending to backpack so I wont have a laptop or anything. Will I be able to upload the pictures from a digital camera to a website in an internet cafe? any help would be great. Tommy
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you should if you bring a USB cable and your camera is USB compatible and if the PCs in the cafes will run WinXP
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi, > I’m coming to Oz in March and I’m thinking of buying a digital camera to > take with me. Only I am intending to backpack so I wont have a laptop or > anything. Will I be able to upload the pictures from a digital camera to a > website in an internet cafe? > any help would be great. > Tommy
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Many internet cafes won’t allow this for fear of viruses. Better to buy a few extra cards (they aren’t terribly expensive any more). – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> you should if you bring a USB cable and your camera is USB compatible and if > the PCs in the cafes will run WinXP > Hi, > I’m coming to Oz in March and I’m thinking of buying a digital camera to > take with me. Only I am intending to backpack so I wont have a laptop or > anything. Will I be able to upload the pictures from a digital camera to a > website in an internet cafe? > any help would be great. > Tommy
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viruses from digi cameras? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Many internet cafes won’t allow this for fear of viruses. Better to buy a > few extra cards (they aren’t terribly expensive any more). on > you should if you bring a USB cable and your camera is USB compatible and if > the PCs in the cafes will run WinXP >> Hi, >> I’m coming to Oz in March and I’m thinking of buying a digital camera to >> take with me. Only I am intending to backpack so I wont have a laptop or >> anything. Will I be able to upload the pictures from a digital camera to a >> website in an internet cafe? >> any help would be great. >> Tommy
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> viruses from digi cameras?
uploads in general.
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Buy a few extra cards … hmm, I filled two 512 Mb cards in two weeks in Italy, so for two months in Australia that means 4 Gigs worth of cards, nope I think it’s better to buy a portable hard drive, which I’m going to do. Richard wrote in – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Many internet cafes won’t allow this for fear of viruses. Better to > buy a few extra cards (they aren’t terribly expensive any more). > you should if you bring a USB cable and your camera is USB compatible > and if the PCs in the cafes will run WinXP >> Hi, >> I’m coming to Oz in March and I’m thinking of buying a digital >> camera to take with me. Only I am intending to backpack so I wont >> have a laptop or anything. Will I be able to upload the pictures >> from a digital camera to a website in an internet cafe? >> any help would be great. >> Tommy
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over at Walgreen’s there are machines that accept cards and printout pics for nominal fee … its on every corner here
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Buy a few extra cards … hmm, I filled two 512 Mb cards in two weeks in > Italy, so for two months in Australia that means 4 Gigs worth of cards, > nope I think it’s better to buy a portable hard drive, which I’m going to > do. > Richard > wrote in > Many internet cafes won’t allow this for fear of viruses. Better to > buy a few extra cards (they aren’t terribly expensive any more). >> you should if you bring a USB cable and your camera is USB compatible >> and if the PCs in the cafes will run WinXP >>> Hi, >>> I’m coming to Oz in March and I’m thinking of buying a digital >>> camera to take with me. Only I am intending to backpack so I wont >>> have a laptop or anything. Will I be able to upload the pictures >>> from a digital camera to a website in an internet cafe? >>> any help would be great. >>> Tommy
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What about finding a place that will let you just move the photos from the memory card to a CD, as I would rather wait til I get home to print the photos. Sharon Canada
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> over at Walgreen’s there are machines that accept cards and printout pics > for nominal fee … its on every corner here > Buy a few extra cards … hmm, I filled two 512 Mb cards in two weeks in > Italy, so for two months in Australia that means 4 Gigs worth of cards, > nope I think it’s better to buy a portable hard drive, which I’m going to > do. > Richard > wrote in > > Many internet cafes won’t allow this for fear of viruses. Better to > > buy a few extra cards (they aren’t terribly expensive any more). > >> you should if you bring a USB cable and your camera is USB compatible > >> and if the PCs in the cafes will run WinXP > >>> Hi, > >>> I’m coming to Oz in March and I’m thinking of buying a digital > >>> camera to take with me. Only I am intending to backpack so I wont > >>> have a laptop or anything. Will I be able to upload the pictures > >>> from a digital camera to a website in an internet cafe? > >>> any help would be great. > >>> Tommy
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that i don’t know, but if you carry a USB cable with you there will most likely be a hotel PC that for a small will allow you to e-mail out your photos … just make sure that whatever e-mail account you are gonna consolidate your photos in (at the other end) has enough storage to accommodate the entire trip … – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> What about finding a place that will let you just move the photos from the > memory card to a CD, as I would rather wait til I get home to print the > photos. > Sharon > Canada > over at Walgreen’s there are machines that accept cards and printout pics > for nominal fee … its on every corner here > > Buy a few extra cards … hmm, I filled two 512 Mb cards in two weeks in > > Italy, so for two months in Australia that means 4 Gigs worth of cards, > > nope I think it’s better to buy a portable hard drive, which I’m going > to > > do. > > Richard > > wrote in > > > Many internet cafes won’t allow this for fear of viruses. Better to > > > buy a few extra cards (they aren’t terribly expensive any more). > > >> you should if you bring a USB cable and your camera is USB compatible > > >> and if the PCs in the cafes will run WinXP > > >>> Hi, > > >>> I’m coming to Oz in March and I’m thinking of buying a digital > > >>> camera to take with me. Only I am intending to backpack so I wont > > >>> have a laptop or anything. Will I be able to upload the pictures > > >>> from a digital camera to a website in an internet cafe? > > >>> any help would be great. > > >>> Tommy
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On my last trip I took about 45 to 50 Mb of pics *per day*, and I don’t think I would find an internet cafe that would allow me to dump that much online – every single day of my trip. Much better, I think, is to bring along a handy portable drive and dump them all on it, to print up at my leisure when I get home. I’m still printing up the Italian photos, and that was last September. Richard – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> that i don’t know, but if you carry a USB cable with you there will > most likely be a hotel PC that for a small will allow you to e-mail > out your photos … just make sure that whatever e-mail account you > are gonna consolidate your photos in (at the other end) has enough > storage to accommodate the entire trip … wrote in > What about finding a place that will let you just move the photos > from the memory card to a CD, as I would rather wait til I get home > to print the photos. > Sharon > Canada > > over at Walgreen’s there are machines that accept cards and > > printout > pics > > for nominal fee … its on every corner here > > > Buy a few extra cards … hmm, I filled two 512 Mb cards in two > > > weeks > in > > > Italy, so for two months in Australia that means 4 Gigs worth of > cards, > > > nope I think it’s better to buy a portable hard drive, which I’m > > > going > to > > > do. > > > Richard > > > Raffi Balmanoukian in
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > > ca: > > > > Many internet cafes won’t allow this for fear of viruses. > > > > Better to buy a few extra cards (they aren’t terribly expensive > > > > any more). > > > >> you should if you bring a USB cable and your camera is USB > compatible > > > >> and if the PCs in the cafes will run WinXP > > > >>> Hi, > > > >>> I’m coming to Oz in March and I’m thinking of buying a > > > >>> digital camera to take with me. Only I am intending to > > > >>> backpack so I wont have a laptop or anything. Will I be able > > > >>> to upload the pictures from a digital camera to a website in > > > >>> an internet cafe? any help would be great. > > > >>> Tommy
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Most will happily do it for you (about $5); some will allow you to do it for yourself. Big W (a department store like Walmart) and K Mart each have ‘do it yourself’ printing machines which take all memory cards! Most photo processors also handle digital media – but are often more expensive than other facilities.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi, > I’m coming to Oz in March and I’m thinking of buying a digital camera to > take with me. Only I am intending to backpack so I wont have a laptop or > anything. Will I be able to upload the pictures from a digital camera to a > website in an internet cafe? > any help would be great. > Tommy
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> Most will happily do it for you (about $5); some will allow you to do it for > yourself. > Big W (a department store like Walmart) and K Mart each have ‘do it > yourself’ printing machines which take all memory cards! Most photo > processors also handle digital media – but are often more expensive than > other facilities.
Many labs will print direct from your digital media, and some will put your photos on cd…. I’ve never actually asked, but presumably some will copy your photos from digital media to cd, for a price. Dave Campbell.
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> Buy a few extra cards … hmm, I filled two 512 Mb cards in two weeks in > Italy, so for two months in Australia that means 4 Gigs worth of cards, > nope I think it’s better to buy a portable hard drive, which I’m going to > do.
There are also dedicated CD (re)writers which read camera cards and write CDs, i.e. without the use of a computer. One such device is the "Disc Steno CP100" from Apacer. Costs about AUD 340 in our country (The Netherlands). Details at: http://www.apacer.com/apacer_english/product_html/disc_stone_cp100.asp I still would have doubts about such a device, because you never know *for sure* that your pictures made it correctly to the CD(s). So I’d rather use a PC or some service which does the work for you and shows the result (from CD).
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> viruses from digi cameras?
To a PC, most cameras look like a disk, i.e. they can’t tell the difference between a ‘flopp’, CD, ZIP disk, etc. and a camera.
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> Buy a few extra cards … hmm, I filled two 512 Mb cards in two weeks in > Italy, so for two months in Australia that means 4 Gigs worth of cards, > nope I think it’s better to buy a portable hard drive, which I’m going to > do. > Richard
I’d be even MORE inclined against that – you plug your hard drive into an internet cafe’s computer (remember, the OP wasn’t taking a laptop), it can get infected with godknowswhat, which then gets on your home ‘puter. I shoot with a 5.4 MP with maximum resolution but small size – the files work out to around 1 meg each, which I then crop, tweak and blow up on my home computer – they produce lovely 8 x 10s with nary graininess or digitization. The key is resolution more than size – so for your 1024 MB in cards, it would be roughly 1000 photos, or 71 photos per day. The way I shoot, that would be around the same as shooting 5 or 6 rolls of 36, since you can edit, delete, etc. as you go along with digital. I carry 8 x 256 MB cards, shoot like mad, and have yet to run out of space.
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wrote in – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Buy a few extra cards … hmm, I filled two 512 Mb cards in two weeks > in Italy, so for two months in Australia that means 4 Gigs worth of > cards, nope I think it’s better to buy a portable hard drive, which > I’m going to do. > Richard > I’d be even MORE inclined against that – you plug your hard drive into > an internet cafe’s computer (remember, the OP wasn’t taking a laptop), > it can get infected with godknowswhat, which then gets on your home > ‘puter. > I shoot with a 5.4 MP with maximum resolution but small size – the > files work out to around 1 meg each, which I then crop, tweak and blow > up on my home computer – they produce lovely 8 x 10s with nary > graininess or digitization. The key is resolution more than size – so > for your 1024 MB in cards, it would be roughly 1000 photos, or 71 > photos per day. The way I shoot, that would be around the same as > shooting 5 or 6 rolls of 36, since you can edit, delete, etc. as you > go along with digital. I carry 8 x 256 MB cards, shoot like mad, and > have yet to run out of space.
‘inclined against’ … what? You are apparently assuming I’m going to dump the contents of my portable hard drive into an internet cafe’s computer. Why? The point is to store all my photos on the portable hard drive til I get back home, then transfer them to my own computer. No worries about viruses that way. I also shoot with a 5 mp camera (Canon G5) with max resolution and largest size – the files are quite large as you can imagine. I get about 200 images per 512 Mb card. These make fantastic prints btw. (Just bought an Epson i900 and can attest to the quality.) As for the rate of shooting, I can shoot 70 photos in about two-three hours, never mind a whole day. With a 20 Gig portable hard drive I don’t worry about the number of shots. When the 512 memory card is full, it’s transferred to the portable hard drive, emptied and so on. I’ve got two 512 Mb cards, might get another one before I leave, but resist getting anything larger. I don’t like the idea of having a half dozen or more memory cards loaded with images, waiting to get home. Having done some ‘test shooting’ in Italy, I find that I will probably come home with a full 20 gig portable hard drive. Richard
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > wrote in >> Buy a few extra cards … hmm, I filled two 512 Mb cards in two weeks >> in Italy, so for two months in Australia that means 4 Gigs worth of >> cards, nope I think it’s better to buy a portable hard drive, which >> I’m going to do. >> Richard > I’d be even MORE inclined against that – you plug your hard drive into > an internet cafe’s computer (remember, the OP wasn’t taking a laptop), > it can get infected with godknowswhat, which then gets on your home > ‘puter. > I shoot with a 5.4 MP with maximum resolution but small size – the > files work out to around 1 meg each, which I then crop, tweak and blow > up on my home computer – they produce lovely 8 x 10s with nary > graininess or digitization. The key is resolution more than size – so > for your 1024 MB in cards, it would be roughly 1000 photos, or 71 > photos per day. The way I shoot, that would be around the same as > shooting 5 or 6 rolls of 36, since you can edit, delete, etc. as you > go along with digital. I carry 8 x 256 MB cards, shoot like mad, and > have yet to run out of space. > ‘inclined against’ … what? You are apparently assuming I’m going to > dump the contents of my portable hard drive into an internet cafe’s > computer. Why? The point is to store all my photos on the portable hard > drive til I get back home, then transfer them to my own computer. No > worries about viruses that way.
nooooo……you hook up your portable hard drive to a public computer, who knows what kind of crap it will catch while you are transferring your shots.
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Most photo shops in Australia will have the facility to burn your photos from your card to a cd. Post the CD home. Julie – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> What about finding a place that will let you just move the photos from the > memory card to a CD, as I would rather wait til I get home to print the > photos. > Sharon > Canada > over at Walgreen’s there are machines that accept cards and printout pics > for nominal fee … its on every corner here > > Buy a few extra cards … hmm, I filled two 512 Mb cards in two weeks in > > Italy, so for two months in Australia that means 4 Gigs worth of cards, > > nope I think it’s better to buy a portable hard drive, which I’m going > to > > do. > > Richard > > wrote in > > > Many internet cafes won’t allow this for fear of viruses. Better to > > > buy a few extra cards (they aren’t terribly expensive any more). > > >> you should if you bring a USB cable and your camera is USB compatible > > >> and if the PCs in the cafes will run WinXP > > >>> Hi, > > >>> I’m coming to Oz in March and I’m thinking of buying a digital > > >>> camera to take with me. Only I am intending to backpack so I wont > > >>> have a laptop or anything. Will I be able to upload the pictures > > >>> from a digital camera to a website in an internet cafe? > > >>> any help would be great. > > >>> Tommy
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Wd had no difficulty sending pictures home from Internet Cafes or pubic libraries
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi, > I’m coming to Oz in March and I’m thinking of buying a digital camera to > take with me. Only I am intending to backpack so I wont have a laptop or > anything. Will I be able to upload the pictures from a digital camera to a > website in an internet cafe? > any help would be great. > Tommy
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And trust the post 
I’ve been listening to 3AW for the past hour, and the many listeners who have horror stories about the Australian Post. If that sounds negative, if you mail enough CDs home (a long trip can create a lot of CDs) there’s a good chance at least one might not make it. Richard – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Most photo shops in Australia will have the facility to burn your > photos from your card to a cd. Post the CD home. > Julie
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The mail service in Australia is excellent!!! (3AW is another matter – talkback radio – hillbilly heaven!)
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> And trust the post I’ve been listening to 3AW for the past hour, and > the many listeners who have horror stories about the Australian Post. > If that sounds negative, if you mail enough CDs home (a long trip can > create a lot of CDs) there’s a good chance at least one might not make it. > Richard > Most photo shops in Australia will have the facility to burn your > photos from your card to a cd. Post the CD home. > Julie
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> The mail service in Australia is excellent!!! (3AW is another matter – > talkback radio – hillbilly heaven!)
You don’t work for them (post office) do you The hillbilly stuff is usually on at a different time, Ross Stevenson and John Burns don’t play any on their show. As far as I can understand most of Australia seems to be stuck in the 60s and even 50s when it comes to music. As with all phone-in shows there is a tendency to concentrate on the troubles – whatever the topic. Yesterday it was the horrors of the post office delivery system. Richard
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Do you, or anybody else, have some URLs for Oz web radio stations that you like (or URLs of lists of …)? I have found some, but the lists are often rather meaningless because they do not give much detail about the stations. Often they only give the name of the station (‘call sign’), the location/city/etc., and, if you’re lucky, a vague ‘format’ description (i.e. news, easy listening, etc.). FWIW, I like the outback, Aussie country songs and news, but not mostly news or mostly talk. The URLs I have are: Radio Locator (Australia pages) http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/nation?ccode=au&go.x=14&go.y=4 CrHear.com http://www.crhear.com/ Saturday Night Country http://www.abc.net.au/snc/ I also have this URL, http://www.web-radio.fm/in_a.cfm , but that does not work right now, which might be a problem with my ISP. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> The mail service in Australia is excellent!!! (3AW is another matter – > talkback radio – hillbilly heaven!) > You don’t work for them (post office) do you > The hillbilly stuff is usually on at a different time, Ross Stevenson and > John Burns don’t play any on their show. > As far as I can understand most of Australia seems to be stuck in the 60s > and even 50s when it comes to music. As with all phone-in shows there is a > tendency to concentrate on the troubles – whatever the topic. Yesterday it > was the horrors of the post office delivery system. > Richard
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Frank Slootweg schreef: > Do you, or anybody else, have some URLs for Oz web radio stations > that you like (or URLs of lists of …)?
I would love to know too. Thanks Frank for your links. — gwendolen
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Do you, or anybody else, have some URLs for Oz web radio stations > that > you like (or URLs of lists of …)? > I have found some, but the lists are often rather meaningless > because > they do not give much detail about the stations. Often they only give > the name of the station (‘call sign’), the location/city/etc., and, if > you’re lucky, a vague ‘format’ description (i.e. news, easy listening, > etc.). > FWIW, I like the outback, Aussie country songs and news, but not > mostly news or mostly talk. > The URLs I have are: > Radio Locator (Australia pages) > http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/nation?ccode=au&go.x=14&go.y=4 > CrHear.com http://www.crhear.com/ > Saturday Night Country http://www.abc.net.au/snc/ > I also have this URL, http://www.web-radio.fm/in_a.cfm , but that does > not work right now, which might be a problem with my ISP.
The link you give above (http://www.web-radio.fm/in_a.cfm) lists all the stations available, I believe. If you can’t get connected by clicking on any particular link, try Google to get the station directly. You can also try www.xxx.com.au, for example 2UE (Sydney) is www.2ue.com.au; 3AW would be www.3aw.com.au, and so on. There might be a problem finding just the kind of station you want, depending on your taste. I particularly like the guys on 3AW from 1.30 ET to 4.30 ET (my local time) but you’ll have to shop around. Lots play music, the kind I personally can’t listen to. One, in Adelaide, is a university station that has lots of unusual stuff, including once a lecture by Noam Chomsky… Richard