Cleopatra Bai Ling Freaks
Okay, I'm sitting here at Starbucks (the Celebrity Starbucks - no slebs yet, except there was a guy who looked like Randy Travis here earlier, does that count?). Speaking of slebs, on the other side of the window from me is a tiny little Asian chick that could give Bai Ling a run for her freakshow money. Skin-tight, white, nearly-see-through stretchy micro-mini dress with a thong bikini underneath (both pieces, top and bottom. Trust me, I can almost see the maker's label through the dress), glittered, sparkly pink heels, Pebbles-Flintstone-esque ponytail dead center on top of her head, spouting her Cruella-DeVil-striped white and black hair in all directions, and a bold stripe of fuschia-pink eyeshadow complementing her Cleopatra eyeliner.
What does it mean that I'm describing this to you?
It means I'm in dire need of a camera. DIRE need, people!
The under-$200 cheapo model I got, which served me so...adequately but faithfully through my trip to Europe has developed a strange habit of unfocusing when it should be focusing. You point it, click, and what used to be a sharp picture in the viewfinder goes reliably blurry and then the picture snaps. It can't possibly be worth it to try and fix the silly thing, and so I'm looking for suggestions about how to replace it.
The main thing I'd like? Some kind of anti-blur technology - I've discovered I can't hold a digital camera still to save my life. And something that will take pictures of fast-moving things - like kids, animals, and Bai Ling imitators that are now doing air-kisses to her Depeche-Mode-wannabe-Euro-faggy friends - reliably without undue fuss. I really like to take impromptu pictures - try and capture le moment decisif - and I like a nice little camera that can be tossed in your bag easily so it's always with you. I mean, maybe someday I'll actually invest in a camera and start taking serious pictures (and maybe I should go ahead and do so now...I do so covet wonderful picture-taking...) but at the moment I'm still cheap, and want a point-and-click type model instead of something I'll actually have to learn. I'm just curious if there are any good ones out there that are, say, under $300? Does anyone have any experience with any they'd recommend? Sony has something called Super SteadyShot technology - which I guess is just a brand name for Optical Image Stabilizaton - but it seems to only come on their $399-$499 models. And I don't know if I'm going to run out and buy one of these TOMORROW or anything...I'm just sort of letting it simmer.
Meanwhile, the Cleopatra Bai Ling Freaks of the world are parading by me, uncaptured.
Suggestions?
What does it mean that I'm describing this to you?
It means I'm in dire need of a camera. DIRE need, people!
The under-$200 cheapo model I got, which served me so...adequately but faithfully through my trip to Europe has developed a strange habit of unfocusing when it should be focusing. You point it, click, and what used to be a sharp picture in the viewfinder goes reliably blurry and then the picture snaps. It can't possibly be worth it to try and fix the silly thing, and so I'm looking for suggestions about how to replace it.
The main thing I'd like? Some kind of anti-blur technology - I've discovered I can't hold a digital camera still to save my life. And something that will take pictures of fast-moving things - like kids, animals, and Bai Ling imitators that are now doing air-kisses to her Depeche-Mode-wannabe-Euro-faggy friends - reliably without undue fuss. I really like to take impromptu pictures - try and capture le moment decisif - and I like a nice little camera that can be tossed in your bag easily so it's always with you. I mean, maybe someday I'll actually invest in a camera and start taking serious pictures (and maybe I should go ahead and do so now...I do so covet wonderful picture-taking...) but at the moment I'm still cheap, and want a point-and-click type model instead of something I'll actually have to learn. I'm just curious if there are any good ones out there that are, say, under $300? Does anyone have any experience with any they'd recommend? Sony has something called Super SteadyShot technology - which I guess is just a brand name for Optical Image Stabilizaton - but it seems to only come on their $399-$499 models. And I don't know if I'm going to run out and buy one of these TOMORROW or anything...I'm just sort of letting it simmer.
Meanwhile, the Cleopatra Bai Ling Freaks of the world are parading by me, uncaptured.
Suggestions?