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[richardf8]

Today I noticed that my length-of-service bonus was posted to my account. I had earmarked it for a Notebook, but, since I scored at Computer Renaissance a few weeks ago, that was no longer a pressing need. I did however need new tires for the Saturn and I've been promising myself a decent digital camera for ages. So today, at lunch, I took "Blossom" up to Costco for new tires, and while they were installing the tires, I wandered the store. I found that they had an Olympus Stylus 410, 400 MegaPixels for 199.00. I bought it. I've been quite happy with it. Win2K mounts it as a USB Mass Storage device so I haven't even bothered with installing the software - no need to goop up my PC with their crapola. So I'm basically delighted. The Camera itself is the digital air of the Stylus Epic, a 35mm camera that I have loved well. But it was necessary to go digital because I have too much undeveloped film sitting around. And I have been having fun with the camera - quite impressive is the fact that that the battery came with a charge, so I could use it right out of the box.


And here's Blossom in her new shoes:




And our Cinnamon Ferns are going gangbusters:

Comments

[makovette.livejournal.com]

Shiny!

Yah for a new digicam - now we get meow pics :-)

New shoes are fun! (http://www.caspeed.com/gallery9/index.html) :)

CYa!
Mako

[richardf8]

Yes, it's long overdue. The web is the target for much of my photography anyway, might as well not have to develop and scan.

[kevinjdog.livejournal.com]

Always nice to get new toys. Frankly, I never tire of it.

[richardf8]

Heh.

[lordrunningclam.livejournal.com]

I second the new toy thing. Digital cameras are one of the coolest toys ever.

[richardf8]

Cooler than guitars?

[lordrunningclam.livejournal.com]

No, but you can use it to take pictures of guitars. And amps.

[morgan1.livejournal.com]

psst! those are Ostrich Ferns, not Cinnamon Ferns.

[richardf8]

And I think I know why, they do look a bit like they have their head in the ground.