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Jun. 3rd, 2006 09:18 pm
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I have it on good authority that one is required by law to buy a fancy still and/or video camera when expecting a baby. I was telling myself I couldn't justify the expense of buying a really nice one, when I was informed that various monetary gifts I got for my birthday were required to be pooled toward a new digicam rather than spent on the yu hsiang pork at Sichuan Gourmet in Billerica.

As much as I love Sichuan Gourmet, I had to agree that this was a good idea.

Like [livejournal.com profile] derspatchel, I was looking seriously at the beautiful Canon S3 IS and balking slightly at the price, especially considering that you have to budget a bunch of money for accessories on top of that (a decent-sized memory card, battery charger, and case, at the very least.)

I then discovered that its predecessor, the S2 IS, is now available as a clearance item for dramatically lower prices. I've already handled this thing at stores and immediately wanted one. The main differences are that the S2 has a 5MP sensor instead of 6MP, which as far as I'm concerned is no difference at all; and the S2 is silver instead of black, so the camera geeks with 800 dollar DSLRs will laugh at you. I can live with that. DPReview fretted a bit that the S3 wasn't really that much better, though they are both excellent cameras. So I've ordered the S2.

This is good.

Date: 2006-06-04 01:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] iayork.livejournal.com
I got an S2 IS last summer and have been very happy with it. I've talked two other people into buying one, and they've also been very happy with theirs. It take nice movies as well as pictures, and if you crank up the memory (I have 1 GB, you can probably double that for the same price now) you can take a reasonably long clip.

Have fun with it.

When is the baby due, again?

Date: 2006-06-05 01:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] asienieizi.livejournal.com
While it is required by law there's another aspect they don't mention. Next up is the requirement to buy everyone on your "photo/video receiving list" a new pc and periphals capable of viewing them. Then there's the tutorial time you'll be spending. ie: The Grandparents
Heh.
Don't ask me how I know this.

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