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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