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Olympus 8mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital ED Fisheye PRO Lens

09/06/2017 03:56:40 PM · #1

I've just bought an alternate method of connecting to the internet. It's so slow it's almost unusable though.

Olympus 8mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital ED Fisheye PRO Lens

09/05/2017 12:40:00 PM · #2

Well that was pretty stupid. It didn't take long to figure out how to get a photo onto my kindle. I just uploaded this one without any problems:

I wish my other internet problems were as easy to solve.

Olympus 8mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital ED Fisheye PRO Lens

09/03/2017 11:09:10 AM · #3

Still waiting for my connection to be fixed so I'm still using my kindle. Nothing to enter today but I wish I could get my photos onto the kindle if I need to do this again.

Until this week I didn't realize how easy it was to find free WiFi, so at least I've learnt something from this experience.

vawendy

Sony Alpha 1

Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

09/03/2017 09:40:41 AM · #4

Originally posted by GinaRothfels:

I'm sitting in a coffee shop right now. I came here specially to submit my entry for free study using their free wifi because my landline and internet connection haven't been working for two days.

I sure hope it was worth the effort.

Hope I'll be back online soon.

You know when you're an addict when... :)

Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f1.8 ZA

09/02/2017 07:40:45 PM · #5

It worked for me from my desktop.

It worked for me from my iPhone.

2mccs

Sony Alpha a7 II

09/02/2017 07:32:33 PM · #6

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by salmiakki:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

nowadays, if you enter an oversize picture DPC seems to automatically resize and compress as needed. It's not something I've seen happen myself, but I certainly have anecdotal evidence that this works. It probably wouldn't optimize IQ, but it would certainly be handy in a pinch.
ETA: I just tried if by uploading to the Extended FS a full-size, 6.2 Mb JPG image, and the challenge accepted it and resized it to 1200 and under 700kb, so it does work :-)

Interesting, because I wasn't able to do that last time I tried, which was I think the July FS.

(Throws hands up in air!) Sometimes I have NO idea what's going on in this weird 'n wonky place. Like rumors of white-whale sightings, I have periodically seen people saying they could do this. So I tried it myself and I could... On the other hand, other folks (like you) say they can't :-( I'm sure there's a rational explanation for this, but....

All I can suggest is that folks who may want to resort to this tactic should try it first, like NOW, to see if it works for them, then hold it in reserve until they need, assuming it does :-)

That is interesting to know since I thought for sure I had entered a couple of challenges straight from my camera roll without resizing and then the last couple of times it didn't work so I wondered if I had imagined it. In the future I will try to enter without resizing and if it doesn't work I will continue to use "Big Photo".

Message edited by author 2017-09-02 19:33:33.

salmiakki

Sony Alpha a7R III

Sony Sonnar T* 35mm F2.8 ZA

09/02/2017 07:31:21 PM · #7

Do you think it's browser specific? I know others have succeeded but I've not been able to.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

09/02/2017 07:13:41 PM · #8

Originally posted by salmiakki:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

nowadays, if you enter an oversize picture DPC seems to automatically resize and compress as needed. It's not something I've seen happen myself, but I certainly have anecdotal evidence that this works. It probably wouldn't optimize IQ, but it would certainly be handy in a pinch.
ETA: I just tried if by uploading to the Extended FS a full-size, 6.2 Mb JPG image, and the challenge accepted it and resized it to 1200 and under 700kb, so it does work :-)

Interesting, because I wasn't able to do that last time I tried, which was I think the July FS.

(Throws hands up in air!) Sometimes I have NO idea what's going on in this weird 'n wonky place. Like rumors of white-whale sightings, I have periodically seen people saying they could do this. So I tried it myself and I could... On the other hand, other folks (like you) say they can't :-( I'm sure there's a rational explanation for this, but....

All I can suggest is that folks who may want to resort to this tactic should try it first, like NOW, to see if it works for them, then hold it in reserve until they need, assuming it does :-)

salmiakki

Sony Alpha a7R III

Sony Sonnar T* 35mm F2.8 ZA

09/02/2017 06:11:28 PM · #9

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

nowadays, if you enter an oversize picture DPC seems to automatically resize and compress as needed. It's not something I've seen happen myself, but I certainly have anecdotal evidence that this works. It probably wouldn't optimize IQ, but it would certainly be handy in a pinch.
ETA: I just tried if by uploading to the Extended FS a full-size, 6.2 Mb JPG image, and the challenge accepted it and resized it to 1200 and under 700kb, so it does work :-)

Interesting, because I wasn't able to do that last time I tried, which was I think the July FS.

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra

09/02/2017 06:08:40 PM · #10

Oh!

THANK YOU, Marla and Bear!

Bear_Music

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

09/02/2017 04:50:07 PM · #11

Originally posted by Lydia:

Originally posted by NikonJeb:
... and if I have cell service, I can enter from anywhere.

How do you resize on your phone, please?

GolferDDS

Canon EOS R5

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

09/02/2017 04:20:40 PM · #12

Not long after 9/11 DPC had a challenge called "Bridges" (3/9/2003). I had the idea to take a picture of a multiple tiered bridge on the main beltway. I pulled over to the side of the road and was taking pictures when a state policeman pulled over behind my car with lights ablaze. I had a lot of explaining to do to convince the officer that I was taking the picture for a photo contest and that I was not planning a terrorist attack. he did a background check on me before letting me go with a severe warning. I had never given it a thought before I took the picture but I have been careful of my choice of topics ever since.

Message edited by author 2017-09-02 16:22:48.

2mccs

Sony Alpha a7 II

Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f1.8 ZA

09/02/2017 02:38:39 PM · #13

Originally posted by Lydia:

How do you resize on your phone, please?

I use an app called "Big Photo" for resizing on the iphone. I think I see some loss in sharpness with the resizing so you might want to check the quality after resizing or take abstracts:-)

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

09/02/2017 02:18:41 PM · #14

Originally posted by NikonJeb:

... and if I have cell service, I can enter from anywhere.

How do you resize on your phone, please?

NikonJeb

Nikon D850

09/02/2017 01:58:09 PM · #15

Originally posted by NikonJeb:

Why are we talking about this as if it's either new or unusual???

Originally posted by GinaRothfels:

Because it IS unusual for me. I don't have internet on my phone and that was the first time I've ever used the internet away from home. I had to dig out an old and very slow netbook running Windows XP which is a nightmare to use. Today I didn't have anything to upload so I'm using my kindle. Much better. I'm much happier on my desktop though, so I really hope my landline and adsl are back up and running before I have another photo to enter.

I was being a little bit tongue-in-cheek when I said that, but having always lived in rural areas, there was not always a good internet connection for me. In my early days on DPC, a good ten years ago, I would literally burn images files to CD, and take 'em into work with me to enter challenges.

Times have changed......now I can upload them to, or take them, on my phone, and if I have cell service, I can enter from anywhere.

Chris_Ang

Nikon D850

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR

09/02/2017 09:59:29 AM · #16

I was travelling earlier this year to Iceland in February and used the free Wifi to upload to DPC during transit at Helsinki Airport too. :)

Olympus 8mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital ED Fisheye PRO Lens

09/02/2017 09:43:21 AM · #17

Originally posted by NikonJeb:

Why are we talking about this as if it's either new or unusual???

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70 f2.8 L IS

09/01/2017 11:14:10 AM · #18

LOL, McDonald's got more of my business on my eclipse trip than I ever planned, 'cause they do have reliable wifi.

ETA: and the first place I usually logged onto was DPC...

Message edited by author 2017-09-01 11:14:56.

glad2badad

DJI Mavic Air 2

Sears 55mm f/1.4 M42

09/01/2017 11:06:36 AM · #19

Originally posted by cutout:

A TALL TALE ...

LOVE your story telling! :-D

glad2badad

DJI Mavic Air 2

Sears 55mm f/1.4 M42

09/01/2017 11:05:55 AM · #20

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by mbrutus2009:
Lol. I had got stuck in traffic one day coming home from school and the roll over was about to happen so I went into a McDonalds to enter something. This was a while ago...

We've done that on vacation, found the local library and logged in :-)

+1
Used the library wifi on vacation several times. :-)

tate

Apple iPhone 14 Pro

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

09/01/2017 09:48:19 AM · #21

I think the ultimate commitment to DPC would be searching out WIFI to Vote! ---I say that as someone who doesn't vote nearly enough ;)

cutout

Canon EOS-20D

09/01/2017 09:47:02 AM · #22

A TALL TALE
a few years ago i was in antartica
for the challenge "iceburg" it was
for some reason my wi-fi didn't worked
luckily i saw an un-helicopter passing high in the sky
was able to flag it down
incredible the pilot told me he had heard from dpc,
his sister was a member,user name was -rose- or something
maybe you heard of her
it seems she was abducted by an ufo or the like of it
never saw her again
got my pic in
but unfortunately i was 2 min late

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

09/01/2017 12:20:43 AM · #23

Originally posted by mbrutus2009:

Lol. I had got stuck in traffic one day coming home from school and the roll over was about to happen so I went into a McDonalds to enter something. This was a while ago...

We've done that on vacation, found the local library and logged in :-)