Cameras

[shadesofmauve]

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.

Comments

[shadesofmauve]

It appears NewEgg has failed me *sob* by not getting the camera back in stock, so it seems I will end up heading by circuit city. I had better not catch you sneaking into my living room at 2 am to fondle my new printer, capice?

You're certainly welcome to drop by during normal visiting hours, of course.