I will quite often use the camera in this mode, especially when reading labels on equipment. The other time is when I want to read labels on the back of a piece of equipment and can't pull it out and trurn it around. I have found it a good skill to learn. It beats the heck out of sighted friends who have to go through all kinds of contortions to view and read labels while things are in a rack. <grin> =46inally there are times where it just isn't possible to get the camera over what you want to read in the normal way. J. R. ---------------------------------------- J. R. Westmoreland PacifiCorp I/T Telecom Network Support Phone: (801) 220-4784 Email: jr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx =20 -----Original Message----- =46rom: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Catherine Thomas Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 8:43 AM To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ -Catherine Thomas braille@xxxxxxxxx / ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. =20 Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- This email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone = else, unless expressly approved by the sender or an authorized addressee, i= s= unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distributio= n= or any action omitted or taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be= = unlawful. If you believe that you have received this email in error, please= = contact the sender, delete this e-mail and destroy all copies. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.