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 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > -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. > > 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. > > 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.