My First-Ever Digital Camera
Saturday, May 10th, 2008
It took me a while to switch to a digital camera. My high school graduation gift was a Pentax Zoom 90-WR point-and-shoot camera. It’s built like a tank, water resistant, and still works today.
I did not mind scanning photographs, but it became a hassle when I decided to upload photos for sharing or use in a blog. It took some convincing to go digital. I was not about to spend a fortune.
Enter the $10-special from a drugstore chain. Because it was cheap, what the heck. I would not be too hurt if the camera was a piece of junk… Actually, it was a piece of junk. But it was so easy to transfer photos to the computer that I was sold to the concept. No more film.
The Innovage Mini Digital Camera has 16Mb memory, stores 243 photos, and runs on one AAA battery. It even included a synthetic leather carrying case and a USB cable. I was set!… (or so I thought)…
The initial excitement wore off quickly because of the mondo specs of this tiny piece. As expected, the image quality was poor and indoor shots were just pathetic. The software was flaky. It was not about to enhance my so-called photography skills.
About one month later and a couple of hundred bucks, I bought a Canon PowerShot SD600 digital camera. Now that’s a real camera. I used it to take a picture of this lovely keychain.