Questions

1. What types of cameras do you use?
2. What type of scanner do you use?
3. What software do you use?
4. What phones do you use?

Answers

1. What types of cameras do you use?
   
   

   Currently I use a Canon 300D (digital rebel) with a Quantaray 28-200mm zoom lense and a Canon EF-S 18-55mm zoom lense (the kit lense). Before that I used a Canon Rebel XS SLR also with a Quantaray (Sigma) 28-200mm zoom lense (althought this lense would not work with the 300D). It was Mike Fitzpatrick's work at This project originally started with a NECRAT inspired me to dump the Fujifilm MX-700 digital camera the project started with. The MX-700 is a 1.5 megapixel camera with a built in 7.6mm f/3.2 lense. In the future I hope to upgrade my lenses with two Canon USM IS zoom lenses to replace the 28-200 so I can lessen the dependency on a tripod.
   
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2. What type of scanner do you use?
   
   I guess this really should be "did use". The Digital Rebel has made taking pictures fun again, so I am not very motivated to scan the almost 2+ years worth of 35mm pictures I took. Scanning is still slow and CPU intensive process. However, originally I started this project with a UMAX Astra 1200S. Then upgraded to an Epson Perfection 1660 scanner to scan off of the negatives and dump the prints. The bundled Epson program worked okay but later I got a copy of Vuescan. Vuescan is a big improvement over the bundled software. I also use a demo version of Neat Image to combat some of the film grain.
   
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3. What software do you use?
   
   Files are transfered and administered under windows with Filezilla (Windows) and ncftp under unix. Web pages are prototyped and sometimes maintained with HTML-Kit and other times with the vi text editor under Unix. Testing is done under Windows XP Home edition with Internet Explorer 6.0SP2, althought my HTML is very bland and basic. RAW post processing is done with the wonderful CaptureOne Rebel v1.3.1 by PhaseOne (this product has been retired and replaced by CaptureOne LE. Thumbnailing is done with a decent freeware application called Easy Thumbnails from Fookes Software. Most mapping is done using Microsoft Streets & Trips 2003. Broadcast maps are based on template maps generated by the Census Bureau's Tiger Map server. This site does not currently make use of any database software but will in the future. When the time comes to add database backed features to the site MySQL will probably used and interfaces scripted with either Perl or PHP.
   
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4. What phones do you use?
   
   The project has standardized on Nokia phones to obtain static GSM, CDMA and TDMA parameters. Below is a table of all of the phones in the Telebeans inventory, their properties and home networks.
   

   Phone inventory as of 06/25/2004

   Manufacturer	Model	Carrier	Firmware info	Code	Comments
   Nokia	6340i	Cingular	V8.04.1 03-07-03 RH-13	*#0000#	800/1900 TDMA/GSM phone, unlocked, using deactivated Cingular SIM
   Nokia	8260	Cingular	V06.20 09-08-01 NSW-4	?	800/1900 TDMA phone
   Nokia	6190	AT&T Wireless	v5.93 22-11-99 NSB-3	*#6190#	Unlocked and unbranded phone (originally on VoiceStream) with unactivated AT&T Wireless SIM
   Nokia	6160	AT&T Wireless	v03.03 06-04-00 NSW-3	*#9999#	TDMA via SunCom (Triton PCS)
   Nokia	6185	PrimeCo	PRL: 10209 V440SD3a3.nef 10/26/1999	*#837#	CDMA phone (PrimeCo)
   Nokia	5190	VoiceStream	v5.81 20-09-99 NSB-1	*#5190#	Phone locked to VoiceStream, using deactivated VoiceStream SIM
   Nokia	5185iVB	Verizon Wireless	PR: 50000 V551SD1a5.nef 01/18/2001	*#837#
   Nokia	5185i	Alltel	v586SD1b5.nef 12/11/2001 PRL: 703	*#837#	Access to other CDMA carriers via PRL or *228 codes
   Nokia	5170	Sprint PCS	PRL: 119 V431SD1a2.nef 07/22/1999	*#837#
   Nokia	5165	U.S. Cellular	V06.02 06-09-00 NSW-1	?	800/1900 TDMA phone
   Qualcomm	QCP-2760	Sprint PCS	V66 HG1.0.14 HG1014 PRL: 10011	Menu66	Provides PN Offset only
   Motorola	i1000plus	Nextel	SW R28.04.02 CP 0C.04/08.00 CSD C01.02.01	#*Menu->