Another New Toy

along with over a year's procrastination with blogging, i wanted to get a camera to make my would-be-created blog more interesting... now that i got my blogspot account set up.. all i needed was some moolah and some motivation to go look..

i always wanted to get a Sony T3...but of cause the main factor is the cost and memstick...stoopig proprietary memstick...


the main impetus came when i knew i was flying to the maldives and visting 3 properties.. i mean it'd be a mortal sin if i went to paradise without a cam right.. and so, despite my busy schedule before my flight, i was in SLS 3 hrs before my flight.. hahahah...

at my SPUG fren, Lomeo's suggestion, i went to Alan's Photo.... his buddy can give me a discount and a recommendation..immediately the buddy of his shot down Sony.. say it's lousy... canon is all right but a lil too fat for my taste... panasonic not v good.. so in the end, it was down to Nikon and Casio... in the end Casio Exilim Z-57 won my heart with it's generous 2.7" LCD screen, long battery life and slim body...i think i totally embarassed myself with my lack of knowledge.. i mean come on, i jus decided that i wana buy it today then i just went down. no research no nothing...

the guy said "surely u know the market price for tis one. im giving u a good price"

i said " no i dun"

he said " surely u know casio is good right"

i said " no i dont.. i only knew cos u said so"

i think the penultimate sian-ness came when i tested the cam and pressed the auto-focus function too hard... he must think im a brute...

in any case, i got a free 256mb SD card together with my own 1GB and 256MB SD cards.. (i can now carry 1.5GB worth of SD cards around.. boy im a geek)

and so there u go.. pics of my new baby.. taken with a 1.3megapixel hp cam... no justice at all to the 5MP silver beauty..

this is one in the cradle






look at that screen.. look at that 2.7" screen...