Finally! I can take pictures of my food too!
Sunday, January 13th, 2008Today I went to Wal-Mart and picked up a nice little digital camera for about $175.00 (plus tax, plus accessories, plus gas, plus… ugh!). Anyhow I’ve been wanting one for a while but could only find the crappy ones with 3x optical and 5x digital zoom so hadn’t bothered throwing my money away. Today however I came across the Kodak ZD710 which sport 10x optical zoom. For those who don’t know the difference optical zoom magnifies the picture using the cameras telephoto lens. Digital zoom mimics zooming, poorly mimics I might add, by magnifying the pixels. That’s what causes the blurry, pixelated look from the cheap digital cameras.
Other similar cameras to this were selling for around $250 and up. I had money in my pocket and wanted it so I got it. Of course the fact that Wal-Mart has a “robust” 30 day return policy made parting with my money that much easier. I kid you not I know a girl who returned a box of diapers to Wal-Mart, no questions asked. She had used all but one pair and they gave her money back. So I don’t know what I’m advocating here, but you might consider buying things at Wal-Mart every now and again. If there are any in your area…
So I have this wicked cool camera to take butt loads of pictures with. Problem is that it was dark by the time I got it so I needed a few worthwhile subjects. First I got a few pictures of Damascus (my Ball Python) a few of my mother’s dog and then it dawned on me! I too, just like John Chow, can take pictures of my food! How sweet is that people?! So without further ado… My food!
This one features a bowl of bean and ham soup and the extra bonus of a spoon! Thank you
In this photo please notice the vegetables, MOM…
How ya like me now, John Chow?
And my camera does this too…
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