So it\u2019s the day after Thanksgiving. Your body has stored 14 pounds of turkey meat it hasn\u2019t had time to digest over by your spleen, the refrigerator is leaning 22 degrees thanks to everything stuffed in it and if you see anything resembling stuffing in the next year, you will need psychiatric counseling.
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\nBut if you\u2019re like millions of Americans today, the only thing on your mind is this: Just how in the heck do I go out and buy myself a digital camera?<\/p>\n
Well, folks, I\u2019m here to help. I hear this is the first year that digital cameras will outsell film cameras, and that\u2019s no surprise. The future is going digital, and I\u2019m sure our clothing and food will follow suit. But for now it\u2019s all about digital cameras. Instead of taking a roll of film and never developing it, now you can take a bunch of photos, load them on to your computer, and, voila, never look at them. The comfort and convenience of losing those photos, usually of you and Aunt Martha, has never been easier thanks to digital technology, and I for one am thrilled. Think of the time it will save. <\/p>\n
I recently became a digital camera owner after years of sticking to film. I own a Nikon film camera, but with a baby coming, I thought I needed to be hipper and join the technology revolution. This way I can talk about sending photos of the baby to family all across the country, even though I\u2019ll never get around to it. But I could do it \u2026 if I wasn\u2019t so lazy. <\/p>\n
I found, however, that buying a digital camera can be harder than buying a car. Shoot, it can be more difficult than buying a house or a rocket or plutonium. There are so many brands and so many styles. There is so much terminology that will boggle the mind \u2014 doesn\u2019t \u201cmegapixel\u201d sound like a monster from a Godzilla flick? There are so many things to know and consider. And add-ons, and features, and tools, and \u2026<\/p>\n
Talk to a salesman about digital cameras and they go into long winding tales about this one which has a state-of-the-art 2-to-1 video screen, an alert to let you know if cars are coming, an electrode that will check your pulse and cholesterol, a lovely leather camera strap made of woolly mammoth hide found preserved in a glacier in Alaska or will actually cut down on the amount of ozone-depleting gases being released into the atmosphere. <\/p>\n
\u201cWow!\u201d you say to all of this. \u201cAnd how do the pictures look?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPictures? Well, um, you see. With all these added features, there wasn\u2019t room for a camera in there. You have to buy that separately.\u201d<\/p>\n
Huh? Ain\u2019t that something. A lot to learn. <\/p>\n
So I spent days researching cameras, looking at dozens of brands and models. I schooled myself on the various options, and of course, terminology and functions. I spoke with comrades and photo buffs. I read articles, and searched out special Web sites dedicated to digital cameras and the most detailed of information, like how well it might work after being dropped from a speeding car into a vat of Jell-O when the temperature is below 50 degrees. <\/p>\n
I compiled a list of a handful that I felt were the most impressive, and then, taking everything I had learned and all of my notes, I sat down one night and picked the one I thought looked most like a futuristic space ship. <\/p>\n
Because that\u2019s what you want most in a digital camera, right? You want it to look cool. You want people to think YOU\u2019RE cool. \u201cHey, look at me. I just flew in from the future \u2026 on Mars. Can I take your picture?\u201d<\/p>\n
My new digital camera just arrived in the mail \u2014 I\u2019m so cool I bought it on the Internet \u2014 and it\u2019s a beauty. I feel like I\u2019ve entered the 21st, and maybe even the 22nd, century. We still refuse to buy a microwave in my house, but baby steps. I\u2019m too busy taking photos I\u2019ll never look at. And I look cool!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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