RE: OT: Cameras again

Looking for suggestions for a different camera. I've been checking
various sites on the web but if anyone has something they really like,
it'd be good to know.

Cyndi


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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Kitty
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 3:17 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT: Cameras again

> So - any suggestions? Gotta have a viewfinder, gotta be quick to fire,
> small enough to hook on your belt (lets out all the SLR models).
>
Are you asking how to make this camera work for you or are you asking
for
suggestions for another purchase?

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From: "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI"
<cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 12:03 PM
Subject: [CHAT] OT: Cameras again


>I know we have some camera expertise here...
> Our old Canon digital camera had a hardware malfunction, and my
husband
> (who will never be one of those folks living in piles of stuff)
trashed
> it and bought a shiny new ultracompact digital. Which, as it turns
out,
> we both hate.
> Problem #1: there's no viewfinder. We carry the camera on horseback
and
> we're usually taking pictures in the sun. Neither one of us can adjust
> the LCD enough to be able to clearly see what we're taking a picture
of,
> there's too much glare on the screen. And I can't see the image
without
> reading glasses, which I do not want to be whipping on and off while
I'm
> riding.
> Problem #2: it's incredibly slow. You push the button, and 3 or 4
> seconds later it actually takes a picture. Unless it's a landscape
shot,
> whatever you were pointing the camera at already vanished. With the
> horse moving and all, it's also blurred, which I suppose is problem
#3,
> because our old one didn't do that unless you were moving about 40mph.
> Altho I haven't tried playing with the settings so that maybe could be
> fixed. But basically I want to set the thing on "auto" and take
pictures
> without futzing.
> So - any suggestions? Gotta have a viewfinder, gotta be quick to fire,
> small enough to hook on your belt (lets out all the SLR models).
>
> Cyndi
>
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