Thursday October 25, 2007
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Thursday October 25, 2007
Nikon CoolPix S500 Camera
New Camera!
Last week, I gave the old Pentax camera to my daughter Jessica so that she can record CMU college life and illustrate her blog. I bought a new Nikon CoolPix S500 Camera for myself (with advice from Danek Duvall and John Plocher, two of my favorite camera geeks). I like it very much. I have been taking many photos to get to know the new camera and improve my picture taking abilities.
The Good
The old Pentax had these horrible dials that spun and reset every time I took it out of my pocket (making it very hard to take a quick picture without fixing all the settings). The new Nikon has one dial which is inactive unless the camera is on. Much better! The Nikon also has Scene settings which allow me to take good pictures in a variety of tricky situations: sunset, fireworks, night portrait, etc. I like the quick-recharge battery.
The Bad
The Nikon pictures often seem a little yellow. We bought an extra 2 GB SD card and it stuck - would not download more than 108 photos. Keeble & Shuchat were able to get the rest of the photos off the disk (for $10). We bought a backup battery but it did not fit right so we traded it for another which is working better.
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Sunrise over
Highway 87: 
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Palo Alto CalTrain
station window: 
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CONFORM on CalTrain
Palo Alto tracks: 
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Unappreciative
photo subjects: 
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San Jose Tamien
CalTrain station: 
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Partial Rainbow Over
Highway 101: 
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Sun Santa Clara: Agnews
Auditorium Door: 
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Sunset in
Santa Clara: 
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Images Copyright 2007 by Katy Dickinson
Posted at 03:02PM Oct 25, 2007 by katysblog in News & Reviews |
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