NotoriousBIG_PJ Posted January 23, 2007 Report Posted January 23, 2007 What is the best way to break one? Thanks, Biggie.
Dusty Chalk Posted January 23, 2007 Report Posted January 23, 2007 I have found repeatedly dropping it works pretty well. This works especially well if one performs the repeated dropping in immediately successive steps, such as dropping it down a stairway. What's the difference between a stairway and a stairwell, anyway?
tkam Posted January 23, 2007 Report Posted January 23, 2007 From m-w.com Stairway: one or more flights of stairs usually with landings to pass from one level to another Stairwell: a vertical shaft in which stairs are located
ayt999 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Posted January 23, 2007 dropping it seems good enough. don't need extra tools or anything.
philodox Posted January 23, 2007 Report Posted January 23, 2007 I had an old creative camera... yes, I know I was stupid to buy it. Anyways, it couldn't take a good picture to save its life, so I opened it up and desoldered a bunch of chips. Took it back to futureshop since the screen nolonger worked and got myself a nice point and click 6mp sony camera which I have been very happy with.
n_maher Posted January 23, 2007 Report Posted January 23, 2007 Putting my hat on what exactly is the purpose of the breakage? There are some pretty creative ways to non-destructively render something like this unusable...
909 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Posted January 23, 2007 Drill holes in it shoot it stab it freeze it burn it give it a nice hot bath do an Irish jig on it then bury it
grawk Posted January 23, 2007 Report Posted January 23, 2007 What is the best way to break one? Thanks, Biggie. Give it to jacob
NotoriousBIG_PJ Posted January 23, 2007 Author Report Posted January 23, 2007 I had an old creative camera... yes, I know I was stupid to buy it. Anyways, it couldn't take a good picture to save its life, so I opened it up and desoldered a bunch of chips. Took it back to futureshop since the screen nolonger worked and got myself a nice point and click 6mp sony camera which I have been very happy with. The flash on my unit is absolutely horrible so.... I don't want to leave dents in the camera from dropping it. Another option I've been thinking of is putting something like 16v into the power suppy instead of the 3v it needs. I would like to know what I might expect results wise from doing that (ie. will the ac adapter still work, will fuse blow etc.). Biggie.
ojnihs Posted January 23, 2007 Report Posted January 23, 2007 Oh, sorry, that's how you break a mac PWNED!!!
aerius Posted January 23, 2007 Report Posted January 23, 2007 Go to the Ontario Science Centre and get them to zap it with their big Tesla coil.
philodox Posted January 23, 2007 Report Posted January 23, 2007 The flash on my unit is absolutely horrible so.... I don't want to leave dents in the camera from dropping it. Another option I've been thinking of is putting something like 16v into the power suppy instead of the 3v it needs. I would like to know what I might expect results wise from doing that (ie. will the ac adapter still work, will fuse blow etc.).If it looks like it is easy to open I would do the same thing that I did. If you don't have a soldering iron you could always just rip a couple chips or caps off the board. If this is a futureshop or best buy type return I seriously doubt they will be opening it up to check it.
n_maher Posted January 23, 2007 Report Posted January 23, 2007 The flash on my unit is absolutely horrible so.... I don't want to leave dents in the camera from dropping it. Another option I've been thinking of is putting something like 16v into the power suppy instead of the 3v it needs. I would like to know what I might expect results wise from doing that (ie. will the ac adapter still work, will fuse blow etc.). Biggie. I used a 24V when I cooked mine and the adapter continues to work fine. I mean, in theory that should leave the camera disabled but aesthetically undamaged. I've never seen a fuse inside a digicam and I've had two or three apart.
NotoriousBIG_PJ Posted January 27, 2007 Author Report Posted January 27, 2007 Doh my variable adapter only goes up to 12v and it didn't fry my camera. However on the 3v setting, something in my camera seems to osolate. Its not breaking anything though. Biggie.
DigiPete Posted January 30, 2007 Report Posted January 30, 2007 I have found repeatedly dropping it works pretty well. This works especially well if one performs the repeated dropping in immediately successive steps, such as dropping it down a stairway. What's the difference between a stairway and a stairwell, anyway? Dropping it.... that's my wife's favorite trick; just cost me $100 to get the camera repaired.
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