Techfun

Brian and I did our part to stimulate the economy.  As some of you know I got a new computer last month with my IRS refund.  It’s a very very nice PC.  It’s about as fully loaded as one can be right now without going completely crazy.  After a month of hearing me talk about how nice it is Brian finally decided he needed one too.  So we went out tonight and got him the exact same PC.  While we were there we got me a new digital camera so I can take pictures on the DC trip next week.

I ended up with a nice, reasonably priced model.  It’s a Kodak – EasyShare 8.2MP Digital Camera (Model: Z812 IS)

• 8.2-megapixel 1/2.5" CCD captures high-resolution images up to 3340 x 2483 pixels
• 12x optical/4.2x digital/50x total zoom; Schneider-Kreuznach Variogon lens
• 2.5" indoor/outdoor color TFT-LCD with brightness adjustment and histogram display
• HD picture capture lets you capture pictures in 16:9 widescreen for viewing on your HDTV
• Kodak Color Science captures breathtaking detail and pure skin tones
• High ISO shooting up to ISO 3200 allows you to capture rich, lifelike colors in low-light settings
• Optical image stabilization minimizes shake and vibration distortion for crisp photos
• Face detection technology locates up to 10 faces and automatically adjusts the focus and exposure for improved digital still images
• 16 scene modes include portrait, sports, landscape, night landscape, night portrait, flower, sunset, backlight, candlelight, manner/museum, self-portrait, text, beach, snow, fireworks and children; HD picture capture lets you take 16:9 widescreen photos
• Through-the-lens (TTL) multizone, center-zone and selectable zone autofocus; manual focus; multipattern, center-weighted and spot metering
• 2 burst shooting modes: first burst (2 fps up to 5 frames) and last burst (2 fps up to 5 frames)
• Auto, daylight, tungsten, fluorescent and open shade white balance controls to achieve natural tones under different lighting conditions
• Built-in flash with auto, flash-off, fill and red-eye modes
• Color modes include natural color, high color, low color, sepia and black-and-white for creative images
• Records QuickTime MPEG-4 HD (1024 x 720) video clips at 30 fps, VGA (640 x 480) video clips at 30 fps and QVGA (320 x 240) video clips at 30 fps; make picture from video feature lets you turn video frames into printable still images
• 32MB internal memory and Secure Digital/Secure Digital High Capacity/MultiMediaCard memory slot
• Kodak Perfect Touch technology includes in-camera digital red-eye reduction, cropping and blurry picture detection
• Dedicated on-camera Share button allows one-touch transfers to your computer for easy e-mailing and sharing

I haven’t taken many pictures with it yet since its night time but here is the first photo.

 
Her Highness Aiko – Click for High Res Version