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Nov. 18th, 2006 01:21 am
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So, our digital camera has been eating batteries at an absurd rate, which means that when I pull it out to try to take a picture of the little one, I'm likely to be thwarted. My plan is to put "digital camera" on the xmas list for the folks to purchase, but I need to tell them *exactly* what to get, or we'll end up with something huge & unwieldy. Looking for recommendations here. What we need is something small, really easy to use, and easy to use quickly to catch whatever moment needs to be immortalized, preferably something that can take little movies (first steps?), and is not too horrifically expensive. Links to actual products would be muchly appreciated, so that I don't end up sifting through bazillions of different models wondering, "is *this* the one s/he was talking about?"

Secondly, does anyone have a digital camera we could borrow for the next couple of months? Doesn't have to be super-spiffy, just functional to take pics & put them up for the grandparents to see. Many thanks!

Date: 2006-11-18 04:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eqe.livejournal.com
Jacob seems to quite like his Pentax Optio W20. The big advantage is that it has no moving external parts, so it's quite durable (and waterproof, though that doesn't seem like much of an issue for you, except maybe around the high chair). I believe they have them down at CompUSA on Market if you'd like to play with it before recommending a purchase.
It does take movies; it takes about 1.2 seconds to start up; and all of the current crop of point-n-shoot digitals are about the same ease of use. Some people really like the Canon Powershot user interface, some people have other favorites.

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