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use your camera as a pdaLet's say you're on vacation and need to take some info with you-- an address, a map, or several paragraphs of info. Maybe too much to write down, but not enough to hunt down a printer (a futile effort in many hotels). Why not take a pic and let your camera hold the info?

My camera (shown in the gallery), a Casio Exilim Z60, happens to have a Text mode for capturing printed and on-screen text. But most any camera will work provided the following:
  • Macro setting is mandatory. Zoom won't do, as usually you can't hold the camera steady enough.
  • Flash: macro usually means turn it off, and computer screens will look blank with it reflecting
  • Make sure autofocus isn't squirrelly.
  • The bigger the LCD screen on the back of your camera, and the easier to navigate or zoom into a pic, the better your results.

Be aware that this is a completely improvised method. In theory, you could carry a small (32 MB) memory card around just for grabbing info vs. memory shots. But I find it's just less fuss to grab some info at the hotel and just scan back on the camera until I find it. Usually this info isn't needed all night. It helps that my Casio has a calendar too, which adds to the faux-PDA concept. Amaze your friends by pretending you can access Google Maps on your camera!

Using your camera as a PDA(click thumbnails to view gallery)

My ExilimSet to macrotake a picread on the go



  • DeeJay

    This is a smart idea.
    I use it with my camera, too.
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    DeeJay
    http://deejay.blog.hr

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