[HN Gopher] 640by480: Instagram Clone for Vintage Digital Cameras
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       640by480: Instagram Clone for Vintage Digital Cameras
        
       Author : kscottz
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2022-08-19 20:44 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.640by480.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.640by480.com)
        
       | RIMR wrote:
       | I think the front page might be a little too exploitable from the
       | looks of it right now (currently plastered with The Thing).
        
       | quickthrower2 wrote:
       | If the site owner is here, you might want to take off the "width:
       | 50%;" on the container. This makes it centre properly on narrower
       | widths.
       | 
       | Consider using a css grid instead of a table too.
        
       | the_doctah wrote:
       | Why does the front page give off a creepy vibe?
        
         | prawn wrote:
         | On mobile it looks like a captcha where you identify buses or
         | stoplights.
        
       | lucasgonze wrote:
       | I'm curious what a vintage digital camera is.
        
         | zimpenfish wrote:
         | I've got a Casio QV-10A[1] somewhere that almost certainly
         | counts? Can't beat the constant fear that you could brick it if
         | the batteries ran out at the wrong time.
         | 
         | [1] https://cameralegend.com/tag/qv-10a/
        
         | artiii wrote:
         | what about sony mavica fd5 where images is saved on floppy 3'5
        
           | mulmen wrote:
           | I still have one of those! It has a floppy drive but also
           | supports the Memory Stick.
        
         | loloquwowndueo wrote:
         | https://www.vintagedigitalcameras.com/
         | 
         | I remember a Kodak dc210 whose main feature was 1 megapixel
         | resolution, meaning one could get a 4x6" print that wouldn't
         | look pixelated. It had zero control (no aperture/shutter speed
         | settings and only crappy slow fixed focus) and took ages to
         | take a picture, meaning it was unusable for moving subject
         | photography. It was still better than other cameras of the time
         | which only achieved vga resolution.
        
       | egello wrote:
       | It looks like you can upload larger images and it does not crop
       | nor resize them.
        
       | mike_hock wrote:
       | > 640x480
       | 
       | Just like God told him it has to be.
        
       | Retr0id wrote:
       | The real instagram feels like it compresses images down to below
       | 640x480, so this is definitely an improvement.
        
       | jbverschoor wrote:
       | How is this anything like an instagram clone at any point in
       | time?
        
       | justsomehnguy wrote:
       | Complete with a top-down loading.
        
       | daniel_iversen wrote:
       | Funny little idea. Not sure how much traction it'll get :-) but
       | the creator likes to fiddle with some cool nerdy things it seems
       | [1]. Made me think it'd be interesting to have an Instagram clone
       | that downsamples the media and maybe makes it monochrome (or
       | colors more monotone at least) and removes some of the most
       | offensive ML smart rankings, just to have a more calmer less
       | addictive media consumption site?
       | 
       | [1]: https://bbenchoff.github.io/
        
         | ilikehurdles wrote:
         | I love that his page forwards hn users to a tweet[1] that
         | coincidentally accurately describes the content that still
         | thrives on this site.
         | 
         | [1]:
         | https://mobile.twitter.com/violenceworks/status/148712570863...
        
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