Re: How to make money fast (in science fiction)

In rec.arts.sf.science Chuk Goodin <cgoodin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> We went through that with a camera,too -- our old one even took like 2 
> seconds to take a picture. It was like going back to the 1800s or 
> something: "Okay, everyone hold still...keep holding still...okay, don't

> move..." And forget trying to catch your kid sliding into home plate or 
> jumping off the diving board.

I think that this is more a matter of cameras getting cheaper, and thus 
the low end of the spectrum extending beyond where it used to be, than 
cameras actually getting slower.

My el-cheapo pocket-sized digital camera suffers from the problem you 
describe, and it's very annoying. My multi-hundred-dollar digital SLR 
takes pictures as fast as it can autofocus, and if the focus is already 
close then it's basically instant.

-- 
Michael Ash
Rogue Amoeba Software