tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477403720196451976.post-51928857382865993132006-03-25T13:09:00.000-08:002007-07-28T23:37:34.922-07:00Since I got a bonus at work, I decided to spend a little bit of it on a new pocket camera. This is a replacement for my old Canon S230.<br /><br />I've had the S230 for a number of years. It's a good camera - 3 megapixels, metal case and fits in your pocket. It can do 640x480 video for 30 seconds, or 320x240 for 3 minutes. As I said, I've had for a number of years, and it served me well. But it's amazing how cameras evolved in the last few years. For about the same price that I originally paid for the S230, I now got a Canon PowerShot SD450. 5 megapixels, also metal case, and even smaller than the S230. And with a bigger LCD. And much faster. And it can do 640x480 video until it fills up the card (it tells me I have 8 minutes 31 seconds left when recording on a 1GB card). Now, it's still a small point-and-shoot pocket camera and can't compare to my DSLR in quality and speed - but it's much better for carrying around for random pictures when you don't want to lug the DSLR with its huge lens around. Here are some pics.<br /><br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/60714183-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/60714183-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/60714292-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/60714292-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Yes, I have enough cameras to take a picture of 2 of them with the third one. Shut up.<br /><br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/60714404-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/60714404-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/60714560-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/60714560-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/60714673-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/60714673-S.jpg" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/477403720196451976-5192885738286599313?l=www.farkledup.com'/></div>Garynoreply@blogger.com0