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And Now This Day Is Over
Aug. 20th, 2008 09:53 pmToday I went to work happy hour and downed two margaritas, then bought one hardcover (The Iron Dragon's Daughter, Michael Swanwick; $4, used) and two flashlights, and finally hit Best Buy to try out cameras. Conclusions:
1.) The Canon Powershot user interface has a learning curve I have zero desire to climb. Just give me a physical dial for the exposure and shutter, please. Now.
2.) I'm disgusted and not yet resigned to $200 cameras with 10 mpix and no viewfinder. That would be, you know, pretty much every $200 digital camera on the market.
3.) If I have to have a camera that I'm resigned to but not thrilled about, why not get on ebay and spend $100 on my old camera?
4.) The third-hand Powershot S40 I thought had died isn't dead. Camera shopping postponed until its next death. (Note to self: you can't name the camera after fictional characters prone to dramatic fake deaths. Even you don't think it's all that funny. And you are never allowed to name anything after John Crichton. Ever.) I am relived I have a working camera, because limping along beats impulse shopping. It's kind of painful to be using a camera that was top of the line when it hit the streets the year I graduated high school, but obviously, if I cared that much I'd buy a new one.
Work today was incredibly mixed; the "yay we moved a department" party was awesome, but the 8 1/2 hours before that were me limping along on ibuprofen and wishing for midol. Am seriously considering taking a mental health half-day. But 8 hours of sleep would probably help a lot with that.
1.) The Canon Powershot user interface has a learning curve I have zero desire to climb. Just give me a physical dial for the exposure and shutter, please. Now.
2.) I'm disgusted and not yet resigned to $200 cameras with 10 mpix and no viewfinder. That would be, you know, pretty much every $200 digital camera on the market.
3.) If I have to have a camera that I'm resigned to but not thrilled about, why not get on ebay and spend $100 on my old camera?
4.) The third-hand Powershot S40 I thought had died isn't dead. Camera shopping postponed until its next death. (Note to self: you can't name the camera after fictional characters prone to dramatic fake deaths. Even you don't think it's all that funny. And you are never allowed to name anything after John Crichton. Ever.) I am relived I have a working camera, because limping along beats impulse shopping. It's kind of painful to be using a camera that was top of the line when it hit the streets the year I graduated high school, but obviously, if I cared that much I'd buy a new one.
Work today was incredibly mixed; the "yay we moved a department" party was awesome, but the 8 1/2 hours before that were me limping along on ibuprofen and wishing for midol. Am seriously considering taking a mental health half-day. But 8 hours of sleep would probably help a lot with that.
