Not window shopping anymore...

I love going online and doing window shopping. All kinds of neat stuff. Clothes, toys, cameras...

I love looking at cameras, thinking and comparing which ones would be good and which would just be stinkers...

I went online this evening to look at cameras, but not with the intent to just window shop. William got a hold of my camera this evening whilst I was making jam and dropped it. It was turned on and the lens was extended. It basically jammed the lense over to the side and it could not go back in or go out. It's totally busted. Ouch.

Did you know that I can get twice the camera now for half of what I paid for mine 4-5 years ago? Twice the functions and features...

I don't want to be too picky, but after my Panasonic Lumix, I had some very specific ideas about what I wanted in a camera, since I cannot afford the Nikon d40 that I would love. I like that Amazon has people that give very specific reviews, and I was able to compare much more efficiently between brands and models.

I decided to go with the Canon Powershot A590. LCD and viewfinder, decent zoom, automatic and manual controls that should be relatively easy to figure out the basics but still provide a challenge to learn more about photography with the more advanced settings.

A lot more, for less than have of what I paid for my old one. In fact, I only paid $120. Not a bad deal. (And the camera has video with actual sounds, my old one took video but didn't have a microphone!)


On the bright side, the bright side besides the camera, I got some jam made today! The stuff we scraped out of the pan tasted really good, and it will be fun to crack open that first jar! My friend had never even seen something being canned before, so she found it fascinating. I enjoyed getting in and making jam again, I haven't had a chance yet this summer. Today was grape, I will play around with some grape/plum next. And then some grape jelly!

Busy, busy, busy....!