On Jan 29, 2004, at 10:49 PM, Rich N. wrote:
> Come on guys, we haven't done note book screens for at
> least a year. ;-)
>
> Rich
Yikes!
At the risk of perpetuating this thread, I thought I'd mention that I
saw a neat little company at MacWorld that sells foldable glare hoods
for PowerBooks and various digital cameras.
http://www.hoodmanusa.com/default.htm
These are really intended principally for use in bright sunlight, but I
thought they might be useful for star parties, too. The digital camera
hoods are particularly interesting, since they come with a transparent
plastic mount that is placed over the LCD screen on the back of the
camera with an easily removable adhesive. I'd been looking for
something to protect the LCD on my Canon EOS 10D, and this might fit
the bill.
The screen hoods are pretty neat in principle, though I can't claim to
have used one in the field. They're angled inward, so they create a
sort of squared-off cone of protection around the screen. This hood,
coupled with a red filter (ha ha, you didn't expect to get off so
easily, did you? I had to mention a red filter), should be an effective
combination at star parties.
My big question is now how to keep my PowerBook from getting
condensation all over it. The design geniuses at Apple have produced
beautiful, powerful machines that get really freakin' cold outside at
night, and attract dew like... well, like telescope lenses. ;) Maybe if
I packed the machine in salt....
Jeff Kirk