Photo Op

Yesterday morning, I explored the color splashes in the front yard. The sun was just peeking over the mountains to the east, so the light in the background highlighted the colorful blossoms. I keep my camera handy, so plucked it out of the case, went outside, and found that my screen was a black and white abstract! There is no viewing option, just the flat screen, and without being able to see what I wanted to photograph, I went back inside.

Drat.

I spent an hour searching on-line for a replacement camera and came across the highly-rated Canon ELPH series, a bit pricier than some choices, but worth checking out. Basically, these little gems fall between $150 and $225; of course, my goal was the lower end of that spectrum. Of the retailers who carry the cameras, Wal-Mart topped the list with the lowest price, so I left early for office hours and stopped at W-M on my way to work.

Yep, the ELPH SD1100 IS, regularly priced at $179.99, was $144, so I bought it. It's really small, but has big features and lots of functionality. I'm not too sure about the "battery pack" aspect as W-M usually carries them, but didn't have one to go with me. I did buy a 4GB flash memory card as the camera takes both still and moving pictures. I like to use an adaptor and go directly off the memory card, rather than installing more useless software on my aging computer.

I now have a Kodak digital camera that takes great pictures -- but no LCD display -- and don't know what to do with it. I have added it to the drawer where all the other no longer in use cameras await their fate, but don't know what to do with any of them as well. I've added another charger and cords to the already much too large pile of that sort of thing, and don't know what to do with any of it!