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Please let me link to your picture or webcam site.

Hello all,

As some here already know, I have a website partially devoted to all things Colombian with one page that specifically puts as many resources as possible for people to use. Many have written to me about seeing more pictures from Colombia as well as linking to others' experiences.

Some of you have very nice websites and/or picture sites that I would like to link to with a small foto and description as I already have with Goosekirk and Tinto for example. I only have four folks linked to and I know there are many more.

Also, there seems to be a real shortage of webcams in Colombia so if you know of any, please let me know so I can link them too. Or, if you have your own webcam at home and are willing to link, let me know.

Last, if you have any suggestions as to what else I could post that would help people, let me know. Thank you and keep up the spirit and please feel free to link to me from your site as well. :)

Here is the page:

http://www.acblessing.com/Colombia.htm

-Alex

By ACBlessing on Jan 22, 2005, 17:32 in Friendly Talkzone.

Neonovo says on Jan 22, 2005, 22:39:

Alex, here is my contribution... Bienvenido a mi página Colombiana donde comparto mis experiencias durante mis días de socioturismo en Colombia, y los individuos, las familias, los personajes, y los lugares que lo hacen realidad. Están en su casa.
The best trip in Colombia...is what I call a sociotour. That's easier for me to do, because I have family and friends, since that's where I'm from. Make a Colombian friend in the USA, then go see the family, wherever they live.
PAZ

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ACBlessing says on Jan 23, 2005, 11:21:

Neonovo, Great pictures and thank you for the info. I have put a link to your site from mine along with a sample photo. Thank you again. Here is the link:

http://www.acblessing.com/Colombia_resources.htm#Personal%20sites

Alex Blessing, Spokane, WA USA
alex at acblessing.com
www.acblessing.com

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YEP says on Jan 23, 2005, 11:24:

What about contributing to some kind of pictureguide
I'm sure if it was subject/place-oriented it would result in many square eyes ;-)

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ACBlessing says on Jan 23, 2005, 11:27:

Yep That's a good idea. Kinda break up the photo galleries into geographical areas? For now, I don't have enough content, only five folks so far and of those five, they have been all around Colombia so it would be hard to categorize them so far. Maybe if I get some more links. Is that what you were thinking?

Alex Blessing, Spokane, WA USA
alex at acblessing.com
www.acblessing.com

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ACBlessing says on Jan 23, 2005, 11:53:

Oops, bad link Sorry Neonovo, didn't link right but I fixed it now.

Alex Blessing, Spokane, WA USA
alex at acblessing.com
www.acblessing.com

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YEP says on Jan 23, 2005, 11:57:

Well I just bought 2 x 512 SD RAMS for my digital camera

So when I get down there I'll basicly shoot my ass of and burn to CD when they're full and then I'll start all over again ;-)

Oh ... I will buy a big nasty domain where I can throw the Photo's worthy of display. OK I can make a photo-junkyard too with the "not so good ones" and the last part will probably stay on the CD's.

Now which reminds me: Should I bring some CD's myself just to be sure that I have some at my hands or would an old drive in an USB box be smart having around.

What's the price on media down there !!

Other suggestions !!

TIA

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ACBlessing says on Jan 23, 2005, 12:17:

You got it Since my GF and my family wanted prints, I took a Canon Elph APS camera along with my digital camera. I have a pair of 1Gb sticks too which come in handy for shooting everything and sorting later. The point is with the APS film, I took them into Fotojapon and some other place at the mall (Salitre) and got prints AND CDs back. I gave away the prints and kept the CDs. And for every roll of film developed, they give you a new roll. I never ran out of film and processing them in Colombia was a lot cheaper than here. Oh, my laptop has a burner in it so I just brought a couple extra CDs with me...that's a LOT of foto capacity.

Alex Blessing, Spokane, WA USA
alex at acblessing.com
www.acblessing.com

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kernow62 says on Jan 23, 2005, 12:31:

I had about 4 Gbs of cards with me and because I only used my 2 MP camera it was more than enough. Will Photo Japon or similar burn a CD from memory cards, if so what type? Mine uses old time SmartMedia, but I have a PCMCIA adapter and a USB adapter that I could bring along, but I think the latter needs USBMS driver loaded into the host PC. In the UK there is a neat unit that will accept any 9.5mm laptop drive and is a standalone card reader that reads all current formats except PCMCIA. I think if you get it shipped to the US it is about $100.

A.C. thanks for the link to my site, I am almost finished with it and will be adding a page of links also, of course with a reciprocal link to yours.

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Jan 23, 2005, 12:36:

I had a Fuji digital camera and Foto Japon took the SmartMedia cards and burnt the images on a CD mini-disk. No problema.

It might be a problem several years down the road since I think SmartMedia has become obsolete, but there are probably a lot of devices floating around now that still use it.

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ACBlessing says on Jan 23, 2005, 12:44:

Cool! Thank you Kernow and please let me know your link as soon as possible because I'm flying out to San Diego tomorrow morn. If you want, I can link it today and you can finish up later. (I need your link still).

As per cameras, I'm just going to take my APS camera next time and have prints and CDs made at the same time. I just don't want to take so much electronic junk with me every time. Besides, I like having the prints made at foto japon instead of from my printer which is more expensive. The first few times I went, I took my Nikon F4 and have about 1500 actual prints that I'll probably never get around to scanning in.

Alex Blessing, Spokane, WA USA
alex at acblessing.com
www.acblessing.com

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YEP says on Jan 23, 2005, 17:26:

Well I don't plan on carrying to many extra idle pounds/kilos
with me as that would be annoying. And honestly I see enough computers daily. But of course I'll bring a few "rescue" CD's if I encounter people in deep shit on my way (have proven to come in handy before) ;-)

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Neonovo says on Jan 23, 2005, 19:11:

I got a Panasonic Lumix with 512 Secure Dig card After being throughly disappointed with a very small (fits in a shirt pocket) 3MG Vivatar 3815, I decided no more mediocre pxs for me, technically speaking. As for content, you decide...
This Lumix has a Leica 12X lens, feels like the real-deal with fStops, shutter speed, etc... and can be had under $600.
I just can't see hauling bags & bags of equimpent 'round

Paz

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