Re: The Up-side-down Camera
- From: "Shari Weir" <shariweir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 11:26:10 -0500
I used to use the upside down camera much more than I do these days. I never
had a typewriter lens, but I periodically had to do forms on the typewriter
at work. I'm sure my method wasn't as fast as having a real typewriter lens,
but it worked. By putting the camera in the upside down position, I could
read print pretty close to the typing area. Through trial and error, I
learned how many lines and spaces I needed to adjust a paper to type in the
right place after being able to read an item with the optacon. I don't use a
typewriter much anymore, but figuring out how to use the optacon with forms
was invaluable at the time. And still, there are those occasions when the
feature comes in handy today for other things.
Shari
----- Original Message -----
From: "Catherine Thomas" <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 9:42 AM
Subject: The Up-side-down Camera
> Some listers might not know about this obscure feature of the Optacon.
> Anyone who ever changed the camera for one of the special lenses probably
> knows that the camera can be put back two different ways. One of the ways
> causes the print to read up-side-down. What you may not have realized was
> that this is deliberate. If you have the camera in the up-side-down
> position and turn over a can so that the print is also up-side-down
> visually, sometimes it's easier to read because you can reach it better.
> This feature is not necessarily all that helpful but it's fun to
> experiment.
> NOTE: If anyone has never separated the camera before, don't do it without
> either reading the owner's manual or asking for instructions. There are a
> couple of tiny pins that you wouldn't want to accidentally break.
> Catherine
>
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