[rollei_list] Re: O.T. Handy Digital Uses

Hi: Brilliant!  Don't hesitate, please, to post more of your ideas of uses to 
which the digital camera can be put to.

Regards, John Saldanha
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Don Williams 
  To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 4:49 AM
  Subject: [rollei_list] O.T. Handy Digital Uses


  These little pocket digital cameras have more applications than just taking 
pictures for showing someone else.

  Ever own a car that was so low you couldn't get a look under it?  Just take 
one of these little pocket digitals and set it for close or very-close focusing 
(usually the symbol is a flower) and hold it under the car pointing it towards 
your shock or universal joint, and take pictures until you get one that shows 
the problem, or that you don't have a problem.

  Need to get the ID from your new HVAC System but it's in a place you can't 
see?  Just let the camera record it for you, and print the best shot.

  Do you have a leak under your new Jet tub or did you just splash water onto 
the floor?  I actually found a leak in the manufacturers flex piping that 
couldn't be seen but the camera could, from the back angle.  The manufacturer, 
who is local, came out and replaced the pipe on the spot.

  Did you ever have your grass sprayed with red, yellow, and green paint to 
show where the phone, power, cable, and other utilities were buried, but you 
knew the paint would wash away soon?  Just take a few digital shots of the 
paint, from various angles with nice landmarks in the frame (fence posts, 
pedestals, etc.) and you will know where it's safe to plant large trees without 
having 3-4 utility companies come out once more.

  Do you have standing water in your yard for a couple of days after the rain, 
but the builder says it's impossible?  Take a few digital shots the next few 
days and since they are date-stamped, he has no argument.

  Forgot the connector layout on the back of your PC tower and it's now so 
packed in with junk that you can't move it or get your head back there?  Take 
some close-up digital shots, one will surely work out for you.

  Have a fancy new Venetian blind built into a glass door, in which the 
aluminum slats expand and bind at the ends when the sun hits the door?  Take 
some digital pictures of it when it's binding and show it to the vendor later.  
I got mine replaced-  Took 2 months to convince the builder that could actually 
happen but the digital shots showed through the blind and included the back 
yard.  Took 20 minutes for the vendor to replace the glass blind insert.

  Want to prove that the sub-contractor didn't install the stove anti-tip 
bracket, or another sub didn't install the gas log tie-down screws.  Just put 
that little bugger in there (under the stove with the bottom drawer out) or in 
the fireplace, and you can prove your contention.  

  I know this is off topic, and I have more examples, but you get the idea.

  Regards,

  DAW

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