Digital Cameras: turning 1 into 3!!
Submitted by RonsGarden on Mon, 04/21/2008 - 20:11
Samsung Digital
Minolta Dimage s414 with 4mpBoy
Digital Cameras: Fuji 5.1
Boy am I feeling greedy right now!
The long story is that my Kodak EasyShare cx7330 had been acting up for the last couple of weeks and it finally gave up on me!!!
In our local newspaper they were running 2 week auction to raise funds for charities in the area, so I thought I'd look at placing bids......
After some nerve wracking moments, seeing I was only going to win the bid on one camera I placed some last minute bids on 2 other cameras and thought I would get at least one of the three.
Time moves on....5:30 pm (today) the bidding was fast coming to an end, and by a minute to 6 I thought I won the bid on the Fuji and not on the other 2! That was great since the Fuji was the camera I really wanted.....time moves on...I checked my e-mail.. .which confirmed that I won the bid on the Fuji.....that was great and was ecstatic that I'll now have a better camera....well....another email ...it stated that I won the bid on the Samsung.....this couldn't get any better! Imagine 2 good cameras for a bit less then the price of one....WOW!!!
Another email.....it said that I won the bid on the Minolta.....now this is getting a bit much....I clearly seen that I didn't win the bid, as I tracked the auction in those last minutes,..... but the email stated that I did get the winning bid!!
This is really becoming too much to think about....and I was feeling a bit greedy!!!! No, a lot greedy! Things like this just do not happen to me and it really felt, feels weird that all I wanted was one good camera and handed up with 3 for the price (and a bit) for the price of one!!!
Needless to say, my wife, Jackie, out of the blue, looking perplexed, said that I can never enter another auction..... She will be claiming the Minolta as her own!!....and I wont be bidding on any more auctions!!!
I'm just now starting to calm down!! I loved the rush but I'm pooped after all this!!
Susan, You're right!
Been taking photos with the Samsung on the weekend and now I am playing with the Fuji S5200. I'm having a problem installing the software that goes with it! When I inserted the cd to download my system crashed for some reason. I'll eventually figure it out! I had to delete the Kodak easyshare program since I wont be using it anymore!
So, if you do not see me for a while it is because my PC crashed again!!
Penny
Your photos are improving.....I haven't been deletely as many!!
Ron ~ zone 6b ~ Ontario
New Cameras
Most
Ron, you certainly seem to know how to get the most out of a camera.... certainly more than I can seem to get out of our Kodak Easy Share Dx6490. It won't do Macro, which is a feature I wish i had looked for when I got it for Ann several years ago. She recently dropped it in and damaged the lens and took it in for repair which cost about $87 US. The repair man kept telling her how good a camera it is.
I hope you have many years of enjoyment with a camera for every need.
"He who plants a tree, plants hope" Lucy Larcom
Got my cameras!
Went this morning to pick up my cameras.......love new toys!
Been playing with the Samsung 7.2 all afternoon. I think i got the grasp on how to do the macros....with 2 settings i can get an inch away with the super macro!! Need to work with the resolution options so when I resize i do not lose all the great detail!!!
It is a great camera! Lots of options that my kodak didn't even come close to having! I can recharge the battery by using the USB cable (the one from the camera to the PC, just need to disconnect from the PC and add the charger and plug it into the wall.....recharges in less then an hour! Each charge is good for 70 minutes of constant photo taking...which is more then I need!
Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy, I love my new toys!!
Ron ~ zone 6b ~ Ontario
Congratulations, Ron!
Ron, if we don't see you around here for a while, I'm sure we'll all know why; you'll be playing with your new toys! Have you checked out the Fuji one yet? If you could take the quality of pictures you had been taking with a 3.1 megapixel camera, I'll anxiously be awaiting some pictures that you take with the new toys.
I don't know what I'm going to do if you start torturing me with even more magnificent pictures of gazanias. I may have to fly to Canada to steal yours! Dale has some plants so maybe I can steal hers. I planted some seeds, but who knows how long it will be before I see actual flowers?
Susan, the Texas Yankee, the Texas Rangerette and the Assistant Administrator
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Wow!
My impatience paid off....I just went to check my e-mail and there they were....my certificates! Now I can relax! Now I can go get my cameras!!!!!
Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!!
Ron ~ zone 6b ~ Ontario
I hate waiting!
I've never been very good at waiting. I will not wait in a line up at the grocery store if there are more then 3 customers ahead of me!
I get very impatient! Time just seems to stop, and it takes forever to finally get to the cashier!
I'm still waiting for the certificates to be issued, so I can go get my cameras. I need my new toys so I can capture all the new plants that are starting to come into bloom....Aghhh! I hate missing those perfect moments which we all wait a year to snap a shot of!
Yes, I am impatient!!
Ron ~ zone 6b ~ Ontario
Me, too!
I understand your sentiments, too, Ron! I feel the same way! I've been wanting a new laptop. My computer is quite old, and it's starting to cause problems all the time.....The longer I wait, the more impatient I get.
As for the grocery store, unfortunately, some times that's a necessary evil, but as I have told my husband, that's why shopping early in the morning is a good idea. No one bothers to come out at that hour.
Susan, the Texas Yankee, the Texas Rangerette and the Assistant Administrator
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Awaiting e-mail
Received another confirmation that I won the bids and that they will be sending me a certificate for each of the cameras, once payment is processed. Then I can go pick up the cameras at the stores that donated the cameras!
They are local stores that I know well and the cameras come with a one year warranty.
So I may be playing with my new cameras by Thursday!!!!
Ron ~ zone 6b ~ Ontario
Woo Hoo!
Ron, that Fuji looks like quite a camera! Are they all new cameras or were they used?
I can't wait to see the pictures you take with your new toys.....and I'd love to see more gazania pictures. The ones you've already posted have me drooling all the time, so with a much improved camera, I hardly know how I will be able to stand it.
I told Dale it's a good thing I live several thousand miles away from you; otherwise, I'd be tempted to come steal those flowers because I am just bonkers over them!
Have fun playing, and I can't wait to see some pictures!
Susan, the Texas Yankee, the Texas Rangerette and the Assistant Administrator
SKBeal's Snazzy Tra
What a Find!
Ron I am so happy for you!!
Certain things catch your eye,
But pursue only those that capture your heart.
- Native American saying
I agree with Susan. I've
I still have to pay!
Thanks Susan, Dale and Mary!
My credit card took a tumble today! They are going to add postage for mailing them to me, and the usual sales tax!! Should get them, hopefully, by Friday since it is local. I would prefer to pick them up, but they are not organized to do that....
Can't wait to start playing with them so everyone can enjoy the fruits of my labor (and my wallet)!!
The nice thing about today is that I didn't even have to leave the house!
It was a very exciting day and a fruitful one!
Ron ~ zone 6b ~ Ontario
That is very cool
That is very cool Ron, Now you can take lots of those pretty picturs that you are always showing and post more of them. Glad that you had such a good day.
Ron I am glad you took my
Ron I am glad you took my advise and shared you joyous win with us. I am excited as well just hearing you tell about it. Can't wait to see if your photos get any better. Don't see how they can get any better but inquiring minds want to know.
Dale, Photo Manager & Good Will Ambassador
How cool!
Congratulations!
Susan, the Texas Yankee, the Texas Rangerette and the Assistant Administrator
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