Dec. 8th, 2003

Tread Marks

Dec. 8th, 2003 08:45 pm
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I've been having fun with a budget level program ($9.99) which I found at CompUSA and have also seen at Electronics Boutique. It's called Tread Marks and it's a tank combat game. [ www.treadmarks.com ]. There's a downloadable demo game there. It can be networked too. You can go in with individual or team battles on various landscapes. All explosion craters and tank tracks remain on the field of play after they are made. If you dig a deep enough hole, you hit the water table. There are various weapons ranging from the standard 120mm cannon to a nuke. Weirder weapons include a gun that shoots pure evil incarnate and a "Flower Power" Nuke that generates matter, creating a new hill if you fire it. Tanks can be either steel treaded or "liquid" hovercraft. There are quite a few models, but I see no performance differences in the various types. From reading the web site, it looks like you may be able to create your own terrain and banners.

Not a bad little program for ten bucks.

Cameras

Dec. 8th, 2003 09:31 pm
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I have an older camera, a Canon AE-1 35mm to be exact.
I got the Canon f1.4 50mm lens (instead of the 1.8) when I bought the camera so that I could stop it down for model work.
I got a Canon 35mm-105mm f3.5 telephoto/macro lens after that and a Type B Canon 2x Extender.
I also have a Canon A2 power winder. There's also an Asahi Pentax prismatic viewfinder extender and some macro extender lenses for the 50mm lens.

I don't use it though. I haven't shot a roll of film for several years.

I have also got a Minolta DiMAGE S304 3.3 megapixel digital which I do use.

Unfortunately I had a chance to use the new Canon Rebel Digital SLR, a beautiful 6.6 megapixel camera.

I'm wondering if I would take enough pictures to justify selling off what I have and getting the Rebel.
If I do sell off the 35mm SLR, should I break up the components or sell it as a set? Trade it in or go e-bay (the prices there are all over the map on this stuff, but the 2x extender and the 35-105 lens seem to be hot items).

Based on e-bay prices, I'd get about $250 for the S304, $70 for the AE1 body, $40 for the f1.4, $200 for the 35-105, $90 for the extender and $50 for the power winder. Total for the 35mm stuff about
$450 if I'm lucky.

*sigh* I dunno.

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