New Camera and New Photos
We just got a new digital camera today. Our four year old Minolta DiMage S414 likes to say “Err” more than take photos, so it was high time to get a replacement. After looking around for a couple months, we settled on the Nikon Coolpix S10. We definitely wanted a smaller camera than the S414 and I am a big fan of a powerful zoom, so the Coolpix S10 fit the bill. It isn’t quite a shirt-pocket camera, but it is a nice size for a digicam with 10x optical zoom. I think I am really going to like the versatile swivel design too.
Eager to try it out, I brought it to the bustling metropolis ghost town that is downtown Canton, OH in the evening.
I usually get together with my brothers-in-law once a week to ponder the deeper things in life, and tonight we went to Muggswigz Coffee and sat around the patio area downtown to chat.
I was pleased with how the camera operated and the photos turned out well. For those of you dying to see downtown Canton or curious to see pictures from the S10 in the hands of a complete amateur, have a look my photos from tonight.
Anyhow, I’m excited to have a decent camera for my upcoming trip to CA. Maybe I’ll actually take some pictures this time and get less flack from everyone here at home when I come back. 
We are also going on vacation right after I get back from my trip, so more pictures should be forthcoming!
cw
July 5th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
CA trip - you gonna be near LA? Come see me.
July 6th, 2007 at 7:41 am
JR: If only Palo Alto was a bit closer to LA than it is. That would rock.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:26 am
If you don’t have a photo managing program yet, I really like F-Spot (although I don’t have a digital camera, so I don’t have a very big archive). In the Windows world Picasa seems pretty ideal.
July 6th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Michael: F-Spot looks pretty cool. Once I get an SD reader for our desktop though, we’ll probably do most of the photo management with Picasa2.
No digital camera, eh? You rebel. Do they still make film?
July 11th, 2007 at 8:24 am
Can you shoot video with it? One of the coolest things I discovered about my first (and…um…current) digicam was that I could should video with it. Of course, I could only shoot 30 seconds at a time, was limited to .mov files, and had no sound, but hey, they were HOLY CRAP MOVING PICTURES.
July 15th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
Hey CW, glad to hear about your new purchase! Hope life is well bro-
hows the basement treating you?
Panera again?
July 23rd, 2007 at 8:39 pm
Ashby - yeah, it does some pretty sweet video. 640×480 30fps and it will record until it fills the memory card if you want. Our last one did 30 sec of “Wonder Years” quality video, which had a cool look to it. I mean, the Wonder Years was cool, ya know?