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Tried taking this picture with the new camera but I don't understand it well enough yet.[/caption]
My dumpster-derived, point-and-shoot, digital camera, the Samsung S860, has very nearly sung for the last time, and it's cause for celebration.
A regular local reader of my blog became so annoyed by the low quality of my photos that they took matters into their own hands. Obviously, they realized, it's too late for me to learn how to take good photographs, so they bought me a new point-and-shoot camera, so at least I'd no longer be able to blame my ineptitude on the faulty, unfocussed, afraid-of-the-dark, Samsung.
The new camera is a slim, black, Nikon Coolpix S3500. It's light, fits nicely in the pocket, and the battery charges in the camera via the USB data cable and a wall adapter. Perfect for an on-the-go homeless blogger. It has mega-pixels out the wah-zoo, and a bit of a learning curve. The manual will be required bedtime reading, and I'll continue using "Sammy" until I understand the Nikon's intricacies -- it does use the same icons for the flash, and close-up controls, as the Samsung, so that's a nice head start.
I was both embarrassed, and thrilled when the nice person presented me the boxed camera, so much so that I kind of gushed my thanks, until they told me, politely, but firmly: "Go away Stanley." And wasn't that was just the nicest thing anyone said to me all morning! Click the image to enlarge it.
Tried taking this picture with the new camera but I don't understand it well enough yet.[/caption]My dumpster-derived, point-and-shoot, digital camera, the Samsung S860, has very nearly sung for the last time, and it's cause for celebration.
A regular local reader of my blog became so annoyed by the low quality of my photos that they took matters into their own hands. Obviously, they realized, it's too late for me to learn how to take good photographs, so they bought me a new point-and-shoot camera, so at least I'd no longer be able to blame my ineptitude on the faulty, unfocussed, afraid-of-the-dark, Samsung.
The new camera is a slim, black, Nikon Coolpix S3500. It's light, fits nicely in the pocket, and the battery charges in the camera via the USB data cable and a wall adapter. Perfect for an on-the-go homeless blogger. It has mega-pixels out the wah-zoo, and a bit of a learning curve. The manual will be required bedtime reading, and I'll continue using "Sammy" until I understand the Nikon's intricacies -- it does use the same icons for the flash, and close-up controls, as the Samsung, so that's a nice head start.
I was both embarrassed, and thrilled when the nice person presented me the boxed camera, so much so that I kind of gushed my thanks, until they told me, politely, but firmly: "Go away Stanley." And wasn't that was just the nicest thing anyone said to me all morning! Click the image to enlarge it.
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