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shadesofmauve) wrote2007-08-02 07:32 am
shadesofmauve) wrote2007-08-02 07:32 am
Cameras
So, if all goes well on the ticket buying front I'll be off to Japan in September for two weeks. Since I'm going to be beyond my means anyway, it seems like a good time to FINALLY buy a digital camera. Something with some zoompf* that's relatively small for travel-ease.
I had it narrowed down to the Canon Powershot A710 IS and the Pannasonic Lumix LMC-TZ3. The pannasonic is a newer camera with 10x optical zoom compared to the Canon's 6x. It doesn't offer quite as manny light settings (you can set your own white point, but for point-n-shit** photos you don't want to be messing with that, and I have a feeling that the canon's flourescent adjustment would come in useful frequently. I went to circuit city last night (home of the most bombastically BULLSHITTING sales rep EVAR) just to get a feel for both. The TZ3 is small enough that I'm not quite comfortable holding it - the A710 definitely feels better in my hand.
But damn, the TZ3 is sexy. It makes the A710 look like your mom.
*Zoom-oompf. Of my own coinage.
**This was Dad's preferred nomenclature.
I had it narrowed down to the Canon Powershot A710 IS and the Pannasonic Lumix LMC-TZ3. The pannasonic is a newer camera with 10x optical zoom compared to the Canon's 6x. It doesn't offer quite as manny light settings (you can set your own white point, but for point-n-shit** photos you don't want to be messing with that, and I have a feeling that the canon's flourescent adjustment would come in useful frequently. I went to circuit city last night (home of the most bombastically BULLSHITTING sales rep EVAR) just to get a feel for both. The TZ3 is small enough that I'm not quite comfortable holding it - the A710 definitely feels better in my hand.
But damn, the TZ3 is sexy. It makes the A710 look like your mom.
*Zoom-oompf. Of my own coinage.
**This was Dad's preferred nomenclature.
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That being said, the Canon Selphy printer packaged at Circuit is an excellent photo printer, and well worth the extra few dollars to get it. If not, HP has made a very nice one, the D7360 (there's one with a scanner for $50 more).
But I'd get the selphy, it is just so damn nice a printer for photos. Also - tiny. You could take it with you easily enough.
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Oh, dear, there is NO way I'm traveling with a printer. Also, there's a high chance I'll be buying a decently high-end printer relatively soon - I'd rather put my $$$ towards that and memory cards. Speaking of - What't the dif. between Sandisk Ultra II and Extreme III?
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Extreme III has a max transfer rate of 20 mb/s, Ultra II is 10 mb/s.
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Jared, I have this little suspicion that you're lusting after the pocket printer... ;)
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Image quality for the win.
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You're certainly welcome to drop by during normal visiting hours, of course.