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UPLOAD

I agonized about the complexity of uploading photos from my new Canon to my Mac.

I think that I got done in by the CD that was sent along and the dire warnings about hooking up before the software was loaded.

But then I found an extra handout amidst the flurry of paper that comes with the camera; bigger than the camera, actually.

It said that MaciPhoto would do the job. Well, there are a few exceptions but I would not be in those areas.

Even then, I worried.

I put it aside overnight.

I even dreamt about it.

Then this morning, I took the plunge.

I put the UBS into the computer.

Then, I put the connection at the other end of the cable in the indicated port in the camera.

I turned on iPhoto.

I turned the Canon to the play >.

I turned the Canon on.

Bingo!

Up on the screen is the upload page.

Hit the button.

There are my pictures.

One of my feet. Another of the painting at the end of the kitchen. Overflashed. Another of the painting without the flash.

Then I trashed all the pictures.

I am ready for the real thing.

Labels: camera

PHOTO FINISH

Excuse me if the blogging takes back seat for awhile.

My new camera arrived yesterday.

The Canon PowerShot SD800IS Digital ELPH

Doesn't anything have a simple name anymore?

My first camera was an unnamed box top premium. The second was the Kodak Brownie Hawkeye.

I am doing pretty well with the learning curve. I think that I am more than halfway up.

I didn't try to take any serious pictures.

I have a few of my feet (intentional), John and Franklin.

All are erased.

I learned the value of the big chip I bought to replace the one that came with the camera. 9 minutes versus 9 seconds of video (which I probably will not use) and something like 350 high quality pictures.

The chip fit.

I put on the hanging strap (over the head) and began to look at the software which I do not think I will need because I have Mac Iphoto.

I dreamed about it.

Soon, I will be taking a real picture.

It is a really clean machine. The functions are intuitively obvious.

I think that I am going to like this.

What the hell does ELPH mean?

Labels: camera, toys

PHOTO OPP

I have been in deep photo-depression.

My digital, maybe ten years old now, is clunky and backward and getting dim and fuzzy and doesn't have its screen on all the time.

Consequently, I do not take pictures.

Not good.

I realized that we were in Long Beach for a fortieth birthday party and have no photos to show for it.

I don't have any recent Franklin pictures.

No 'us' photos either. Not recording our aging process and I so want to!

And so on.

So today, David Pogue did an email about products he would reccomend to people who ask if he had the time to answer them.

There it was.

Best Small Camera: Canon SD800IS. The IS stands for "image stabilizer," which makes an absolutely enormous difference. It saves about 90 percent of the low-light photos that would otherwise have been ruined by blur.

To make matters even better, this camera ($305) offers a 3.8X zoom - better than the 3X on most pocket cams. It also offers face recognition software that properly exposes and focuses on people in your scene. Although no pocket cam eliminates shutter lag altogether, this camera comes very close. And 7.1 megapixels is exactly enough.

This is just what I have been wanting.

I have a serious case of ignorance about buying electronics and I want expertise.

This is the reason I have taken no action on my photo-depression.

So I have ordered it.

Soon, the photos.

What do you do with an antiquated digital camera?

Labels: camera, gear, technology