Monday...Happy Monday....and for me today is very happy. I get to play with my new camera, the one my daughter bought me for Mothers Day :) This was after I spent 2 days looking for one. There are so many choices.....it's unbelievable. I kept trying to remember the new camera Jeff Turner told us about, the one with the nice wide angle lens. I tried to remember, but I couldn't.
I remembered he said it took great pictures, and that was about it, and that it was either a 23mm or a 28mm wide angle.....but even that I wasn't sure. So you can imagine how hard it was to go into a store with that little bit of information and try to buy a camera. And this was my second day of going to the same store, in the same isles.....looking at the same cameras, looking for the right camera.
Buying a Camera can be quite challenging, even if you do remember a tiny piece of information from a review you read. There are so many things to consider...
1) Color- Pink, Blue, Orange, Silver, Black...
2) Style- the sleek ones that fit in the palm of your hand, or the bulky ones that maybe can fit in your purse.
3) Buttons- Some of them are so tiny that I have no idea how someone can know which button is which, and then how do you press them?
4) Screen- sizes that you can see, and ones you can't.......I'm over 50 and I swear I can't see those little things without my glasses.....
5) Functions- Do you want more manual control, or everything Automatic? How much ISO do you need, and what type of pictures do you take....close up, wide angle (Real Estate) or telephoto....this might come in handy for some of those BPO's where you need a picture but people live in the house :)
6) Price- Price is important to most of us, and I was lucky because the store was having a sale. Of course online is cheaper...but I like to touch the camera, turn it on, and see how the buttons and everything work.
OK, so what did I get....I ended up buying the Canon Powershot SX100IS. The picture of the squirrel above is with the close-up....not the macro though, and the 2 below are with the telephoto. This camera has a great telephoto 10x Optical Zoom . Notice the seagull.....then look at the second picture. The one in the middle is the one I focused on...and in the background you see the rocks with the seals. The bottom picture is with the zoom....
Seagulls and Seals at Shell Beach in La Jolla, CA.
Seals sunning on rocks.....The little guys in the water were trying to get onto the rocks.......
Ok, so you can see that this camera has a great zoom lens......and the color is pretty good too. So, for me, this camera fit my needs, and the buttons are big, and everything is easy to see :) It feels so good to have a camera again.....and I enjoyed my day at the beach playing with it .......
Now for Mondays Gifts:
Gift #1- A recycled gift, but it's a good one none-the-less for a quick and easy way to Resize Your Pictures for your Blog or MLS and Online Photo Editing no need to buy anything...many of our friends here use this program.
Gift #2- Photo Tips....Have fun, and don't take pictures during high noon :) The sun is too bright for most pictures.....Also try taking your House Pictures from different angles.......if you have time, walk around pretending to take the picture, that way you see what looks the best :)
By: Kathy McGraw - CELLing Realty
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Good Morning Kathy! What great pictures your camera takes! I have a Canon Power Shot A95 and I like the pictures it takes, but I've somehow gotten a problem with the lens they can't figure out...sometimes it's foggy in the middle of a picture. I like Canon and will buy another one here in the near future and I like the crisp pictures your model takes. What a great daughter you have for getting you this! Sounds like you had a wonderful day at the beach!