Re: The Up-side-down Camera
- From: "Nancy Karstens" <nankar40@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 21:16:46 -0500
That reminds me of another incident from my training days. We had a class
that consisted of several blind students and 3 or 4 sighted trainees. One
day, while I was struggling to figure out some word or other, I heard a roar
of laughter from the room where the sighted folks were gathered.
My instructor told me that they had just been shown the upside down camera
feature. So, I insisted that she show me. It was a little disorienting to
have the letters coming at me from the opposite direction.
Since then, I've used it occasionally on cans.
Thanks,
Nancy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Bassler" <HBassler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: The Up-side-down Camera
> Catherine,
> I used to get annoyed when my wife & kids said they could not read the
> captions or labels on the back of my stereo because there was no room back
> there for their heads & it was too dark.
> Well, my Optacon lens was much smaller than their heads & had its own
> light
> & read the labels nicely, except they were upside down.
> No problem, I simply twisted the plug on the camera connection & it turned
> the image right side up!
> Thanks for reminding me of that great feature.
> Harry Bassler
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Catherine Thomas" <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 10:42 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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>> braille@xxxxxxxxx /
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