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[ksmith]

The garden has exploded over the last week. One of the kohlrabi is almost ready to pick. The parsley and cilantro are about 2 feet high. One of the Black Crim tomatoes has buds, and the store bought Sweet 100 has several teeny teeny tomatoes. The squash now had 2 2-inch squash, which I will pick when they hit 3-4 inches. Even the pathetic chive is coming along, although it's too close to the cilantro and I may need to move it.

Unfortunately, I can't get photos of any of this at the moment because my camera is not working. I can turn it on. The lens comes out. But when I press the button to take the picture, nothing happens. It's possible that I damaged the button more than I thought when I dropped it a couple of weeks ago. It's also possible that a little wine got in there in the aftermath of last week's spill, and fried something. I tend to think it was the droppage, though. The button was knocked crooked, and the camera wasn't turning on until I cranked it a couple of times.

Damn.

I may look into a new camera this weekend, but I really don't have the time to do any in-depth research. The ex-camera was a fairly inexpensive Nikon (1200? 2100?--the very simple one). Any recommendations for decent, inexpensive point and shoot cameras appreciated. I just bought another Nikon Coolpix. It received a very good review from PC World, and cost less than half what the ex-Nikon (another Coolpix) cost 4-5 years ago.

For the time being, I may buy one of those one-off cameras and take hard photos that I will have to scan. Better than nothing, I guess.

Comments

[threeoutside.livejournal.com]

I love my little Coolpix 4300. I'm not a very frequent photographer but it does everything I want it to do.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I ordered an L20. It's really cute.

[trolleypup.livejournal.com]

I think it was a 2100...a very nice little camera.

The successors to the 4300...the 5400 and the 8400 are also quite fine.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

It was a nice little camera. I just had a feeling that the cost to fix it would likely equal the cost of a new camera.

[trolleypup.livejournal.com]

Oh, absolutely!

One reason I keep the 3100 as my work/trailwork camera is that when I damage it, it only costs me a small amount to replace it. Even the 5400 is only about $100 all told. I'm on my second 3100, my third 5400, and I went through two 4300s before I upgraded...only one 2100 before that was upgraded to a 3100. I'm itching to upgrade the D80, but there isn't really any justification for that, unless I find someone who wants it.