I like to take pictures.
I have a nice little point-and-shoot camera that I keep in my purse so that I can whip it out and catch those pictures of goofy moments or hairclips or the little shirt I found at the craft show that I know I could duplicate at home for half the price.
I love my little camera as it takes great pictures. Unfortunately, it's falling apart. No really, it's literally falling apart. It's missing at least five screws so the casing is loose. It's also rather beat up because, as I said, I keep it in my purse and with me all the time. It's exactly 3 years old now and it's about time for it to be retired and make way for a newer, sleeker model. After all, 3 years is an eternity in the life of electronics.
Not one to do exhaustive research on something, I clicked over to the Target site and started looking at new cameras. I want something small enough to fit comfortably in my purse or pocket that I can whip out when I want. I want a big view screen on the back and I'd really like it to come in a cool color, like my new red phone. Hey, who says a camera can't be a fashion statement? I'd like at least 8 megapixels, but I was mesmerized by the ones that come in 10 megapixels. Who knows when I'll want to print something out in poster size?
Here's the deal breaker. Most of the ones I saw came with a lithium ion battery "so you'll never miss a shot". Huh? That seems to me like the ultimate way to "miss a shot". I would *never* remember to take the camera out of my purse to charge it and if I *did*, then I would never remember to put it back IN my purse so I would actually have it with me. I had to really search to find a high resolution camera that still took good ol' double-As. At least that way if my batteries die, I can run into the giftshop, spend way too much on new ones, and keep taking pictures. Of course, I could buy a back-up battery, but those things cost a fortune and I would still probably never have it when I needed it.
Am I just an old fuddyduddy? Anyone else see my point or has the lithium ion battery thing worked well for you?
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Let's talk photography
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The key is to get TWO batteries (and make sure it's a camera where the battery is taken OUT of the camera to charge). That way I keep the extra battery charged & in my purse, if one battery runs out, I pop the other one in, then I just have to remember to charge the dead one when I get home, which I generally remember to do, if not right away, at least before the one in the camera runs out. I was willing to deal w/ the rechargeable batteries (well, actually I used rechargeable double A's when I had a camera that took that too, but yeah there's always the options of non-rechargables if you forget) to get a small enough camera that it can literally slip in my pocket.
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