camera rechargeable batteries and case

[FJ and G]

Last night I purchased 3 items indespensible for my digital coolpix camera.

1. I normally don't buy extended warranties but i forked over $40 for 4 years peace of mind as i use my digital every day now, much more than the average 'tourist'

2. I went thru 2 alkaline baatteries after just 70 photos so instead of buying more, i got rechargeable niads and set the battery type switch from alki to ni setting.

3. Got a belt case. The cool thing is digital is so small you can easily carry everywhere--and i certainly do!

On way to work, there's a track gauge car i want to photograph (blue and red federal regulation car never seen or heard of) but we go too fast past it each time.

Also, You never know when a UFO might land near you with aliens to photograph

[jonadel]

David,

You won't be sorry about buying the rechargable batteries, I did that on day one on the recommendation of the salesman and haven't been sorry at all. I can tell now (about 3 years) that they don't hold the charge quite as long but I have also taken several thousand shots. The nice thing about those cameras is if you get in a pinch you can always stop and buy regular batteries if the rechargables are dead.

I almost went into photography in college and spent all my time using 35 mm SLR's and the old 2 1/4 large negative format. I still miss the abilities of those cameras when compared to the digital format but I sure enjoy the immediate ability to see the results and be able to do my own prints. I would love to spend the $$$ on the high end digital SLR's but right now that's not a priority.

Jon

[FJ and G]

Jon,

The amazing thing is that I have about $2K of canon film camera equipment at home, macros, 500mm mirror, F-1, A-1, AE1, fisheye etc etc etc that I no longer use since getting the digital.

The convenience of seeing your photos ASAP is so sweet. I may have to later go back to the Canon film camera for taking some night shots of the layout, where the sun is just beginning to rise behind the mountains (lights are in space behind mountain), as my coolpix nikon digital has no aperature or shutter control.

[spankybird]

Dave – I made a stop at Wal-Mart, not the camera area, but the battery section, and pick up a re-charger that does 4 “AA” or 4 ‘AAA’ batteries. My camera uses 4 ‘AA’ batteries, so I pick up 8 NiMH batteries. They don’t have the memory problems that NiCad have. I also use NiMH batteries in my DCS remotes.


Here is a link for NiMH batteries

http://thomas-distributing.com/ap-200-1.htm

[Anonymous]

My camera is about half the size of a 35 mm SLR and came with 4 NiMH batteries. My first purchase was four more for back-up. I pretty much haven't needed them because the battery life is so long. I realize that the camera is large for a digital, but I wanted the features it has--zoom lense out to 500 mm equivalance, about a million-thousand picture storage chip, and removable storage so I just drop the flash card in a reader and download it. Plus a waterproof housing. It is 4 meg on the chip, and gives acceptable resolution up to an 8 x 10 print. Way too much for Shutterfly, they cut down even my cut down stuff.[:D]

[FJ and G]

Doug,

Your model is definitely more hi-end. Looking forward to seeing more pix.

Tom,

I got confused with the "Ni" prefix. Looked again and they are infact NiMH batteries.

I keep the camera with me throughout the day to capture anything exciting on the VRE commuting trips. Planning to work on layout more over the weekend and get some more shots to flood this site.

Hey, I'm just copying my mentor in Spankybird Cove.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Doug,

Your model is definitely more hi-end. Looking forward to seeing more pix.

But the major disadvantage is size. My daughter has a camera the size of a credit card, and she gets a lot more pics than I do, because she always has it.

I am running an oval and an oval eight on a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood at the moment, with no enhacements because it is a pure portable edge storage sitting on the pool table layout. You guys have already seen pretty much all of it there is to see. I promise when I get this mess cleaned up and start a more permanent layout that there will be more pictures. But first, I have to get my aunt's accumulated junk off the back porch, and my family's accumulated junk out of the garage. Then my wife says I can have 16 x 20 in the garage. I am lobbying for 4 x 40 on the back porch, but she is going to win. Her logical argument is that the garage is more protected from the weather, but her agenda is that it is out of sight in the garage.[:D]

[underworld]

Dave You will be very happy with the NiMH batteries. Sounds like you'll have to break out one of the Canons for the track gauge car. Did you know that there are accessory lenses available for all digital cameras reguardless of manufacturer? They just screw in to the filter thread. There are fisheyes, telephoto, and wide angle. B&H Photo, Adorama, and Cambridge Camera are a few of the larger companies that carry them. You might also be able to find them at your local camera shop.

underworld

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[FJ and G]

The digital carrying case is around my belt. Taken about 20 minutes ago on walk to Lady bird Johnson Island from the pentagon where I work.

A lady who is deaf from my office walked with me. I didn’t get permission to post her photo but she’s very sweet. She reads lips so well that for the first 4 months I was here I didn’t realize she was deaf and no one told me about it. Just thought she was a bit stuck up when I addressed her when her back was to me.

A very charming lady.

[FJ and G]

oh, during the trip took a picture of this plant; think it's called a dafadil or something, using the close up flower mode in "scenes"

the cherry tree blossoms should be blummin next week