(There’s also a “Part One”:http://www.existdifferently.com/archives/2005/02/05/considering-cameras-part-1/ to this post.)
See, “AbesOfMaine”:http://www.abesofmaine.com/ dropped their price on the “Fuji FinePix E550”:http://www.fujifilm.com/JSP/fuji/epartners/digitalE550Overview.jsp?item=I789908&dbid=789908&urltype=overview&NavBarId=I789908 to about $273 plus shipping. Overnight shipping would have been about $35 or so, ground would have been $20. CircuitCity.com was having a deal, web-only, “$314.99”:http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Fujifilm-FinePix-E550-Digital-Camera/sem/rpsm/oid/108877/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do but you could pick it up in-store. The store had it on the shelf for $349.99, but since I ordered online I paid $333.90 including tax. It was a tad more for same day-service, but not that much. And I put off the 512MB xD Picture Card until tomorrow because “eCost”:http://www.ecost.com/ was $25 cheaper even with (overnight) shipping! Hey, the included 16MB card holds a whole two pictures. But that’s at the highest quality; it holds like eleven or twelve medium-quality pics! I think the included rechargable hi-capacity AA batteries with charger is a much better included accessory, but I will have to get some more of these rechargables. At least it only uses two at a time instead my old one’s four.
What? You didn’t think I was going to go through all that and not give you a sample? Well…okay. I was dissecting a fetal pig for a snack earlier and grabbed this one (click picture for full version but be warned, it’s a 4MB file!). If you ask nicely, I might resize it down a bit (the thumbnail doesn’t show the whole picture), ’cause if you’re on dial-up you may want to just say no to 4MB!
Oh yeah, and I’m taking the afternoons off work all this week. If you know me, you might know the past weekend (Catalyst Vision Banquet) as being a bit long. Gotta have some recovery time sometimes. Photography takes time, after all… ;-)
By the way, in case you didn’t figure it out, that’s actually spagetti topped with leftover chili. Not really fetal pig intestines. But I pretended to eat those once in Biology class in high school. This reminded me.
I never got to dissect a pig. I think the biggest thing we dissected in middle school was a frog, and I can’t remember what we dissected in high school. Congrats on the camera :)
Comment by Ruth — Tue, 2005-02-08 (Feb 08) @ 09:23
I did the frog, too. Pretending to eat the dissection material wasn’t exactly my idea of loads of fun, it was probably more fun as part of the guys grossing out the girls. Now that
iswas loads of fun! ;-)Not that I’d ever do anything like that now, unless given the opportunity…
Comment by David — Tue, 2005-02-08 (Feb 08) @ 20:47
You? Grossing out girls? I can’t even imagine such a thing ;) Maybe when it’s our night to bring snacks for SURGE, we should bring dissected animals…
Comment by Ruth — Wed, 2005-02-09 (Feb 09) @ 13:25
Well, if we stick to what we know best, you could bring the frogs and I’ll bring the pigs. Might want to have some raw, some baked and others fried, for variety. Worms might be a good addition, since they’re usually the first thing to whet a student’s appetite! Plus if there are any Trekkies (or Trekkers, don’t want to leave anyone out!) they can pretend it’s Klingon Gagh :-)
If we can find some tiny apples it might be a good centerpiece if we stick it in one of the fetal pig’s mouths. To be authentic!
Fruit flies might make a good topping, or dipped in chocolate (with crickets for crunch).
I should really get to bed now, only been up all night… :-)
Comment by David — Sat, 2005-02-12 (Feb 12) @ 05:59
I had fun with your camera last night. Lew is very talented at taking blury pictures ;)
Comment by Ruth — Tue, 2005-02-15 (Feb 15) @ 09:33
Well, that’s one talent he and I share! Granted, any child strong enough to physically hold the camera may share the same talent, but that doesn’t make it any less important. Oh, wait… ;-)
Comment by David — Thu, 2005-02-17 (Feb 17) @ 01:29