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Dec 2021
10:13am, 7 Dec 2021
40,467 posts
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Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr)
You are correct - longer string appears more square, as shown in your pic!
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Dec 2021
10:13am, 7 Dec 2021
40,468 posts
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Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr)
It's fine that it still works, but rainy day etc would the slightly wider, bigger version on mine give an advantage? If so, think the developer should look into that factor?
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Dec 2021
10:17am, 7 Dec 2021
14,436 posts
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Badger
Turning on the backlight definitely makes it easier to read, whatever the light.
As far as size goes, my F6x popped its clogs last night, and I put the barcode on the F5 that nobody has wanted to buy off me (phew!) - it shows up smaller but reads absolutely fine. One of the barcode devs said that it's set up so that the bars are an exact number of pixels wide while the whole thing is as large as possible.
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Dec 2021
10:19am, 7 Dec 2021
16,245 posts
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larkim
I suspect it all depends on how well the camera used focuses on nearby objects, but like I say I had no issues at the weekend.
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Dec 2021
10:20am, 7 Dec 2021
40,469 posts
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Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr)
[I'd better delete that trial I did with larkim's barcode, in case I *do* accidentally stuff up his parkrun stats!0  G ]
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Dec 2021
10:22am, 7 Dec 2021
16,796 posts
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We 3Ms of Orient Are
There's some fairly "standard" expectations around barcodes so that they remain scannable.
It's as much (if not more) about the white as the black form the scanner's point of view!
I suspect it'll be "fun" on a bright day with reflections on watch screens, or when there are raindrops distorting the image.
(Many years ago I did a lot of work on barcodes and scanners for laundry/workwear rental - embroidered barcodes, as well as printed on polyester labels! I used to be able to bore for England on the subject of interleaved 2 of 5, inter-bar spacing, and contrast ratios. Generating barcodes on a programmable screen in a doddle by comparison!)
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Dec 2021
10:59am, 7 Dec 2021
20,172 posts
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flanker
badger - bad news about the F6
if the F5 also goes belly up I have a F5+ sat on the desk that nobody wants to buy off my either... 😂😉
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Dec 2021
11:01am, 7 Dec 2021
14,437 posts
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Badger
There is this fairly rare weird issue that seems to be the flash memory going bad and making itself read-only - first sign is it reboots and pretends it's a tactix!
Some plausible looking rumours say the F7 will be announced in January, so maybe it's upgrade time
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Dec 2021
11:11am, 7 Dec 2021
20,174 posts
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flanker
Read-only doesn't sound like a great solution for a recording device! Surely they'll replace f.o.c. if that's the case though.
Looks like the 7 is imminent the way they are discounting. Expect they'll do the usual and put up the price another £100 for the new version.
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Dec 2021
11:24am, 7 Dec 2021
4,788 posts
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K5 Gus
What's the rumours on new features for F7 ?
F6 does pretty much everything I could imagine a running/outdoor could do, but maybe I don't have a very good imagination
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