Camera buying
As some people know, I've been digital camera shopping for several months now, and I even took a trip to Fry's to check them out in person, since other stores didn't have as many choices. I had it narrowed down to the Minolta DiMage F100, but when I went to actually buy it, the prices had gone up by about $30. I thought that was silly, since products should generally decrease in value, so I waited. And kept waiting, checking out other cameras and watching pricegrabber.com.I hadn't looked at other options recently, so I poked around the Internet today, since it was much more interesting than cleaning house. Lo and behold, Nikon is offering rebates. The Minolta was going to be about $300 for a refurbished one, or about $375 for a new one, but then I discovered that I could get the Nikon Coolpix 4500 for $400 after the $200 rebate.
I'm not a huge fan of rebates, but with the insane number of options this camera offers, I finally took the plunge: I just ordered the camera. Professional photographers think highly of the Coolpix line, and while the 167-page manual ought to be an interesting endeavor, I decided it's better to have a steep learning curve than a camera that might fall short of my expectations.
Conclusion: It won't be too long before I'm bombarding you with photos, and again lamenting the fact that I only have a 15GB hard drive.
Posted by Layla at 1:49 PM, May 11, 2003
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