April 11, 2011

• I’m a Father!

  I don’t have a great track record with electronics. I usually lose a camera once a year, and a phone once every two years. While my family insists I do this purposefully with the intent of always upgrading to the latest model; I’m really just clumsy and absent minded. It was worse in my 20′s, but now that I’m in my mid 40′s I’m noticing a another degradation LOL. Guess I’m somewhere between 45 and Alzheimer’s! I went back to look how many times I’ve blogged about getting a new camera and it’s a little embarrassing. Nevertheless, after losing my beloved Canon Powershot SD3500 in January, I’ve been using my old G9 and waiting for a new model to be released that I’ve had my eye on. So here it is, my new baby:

  

  I sacrificed a couple of megapixels for a faster CMOS sensor with high sensitivity. The screen is slightly smaller (3.2″ vs 3.5″), and the zoom is slightly lower (4.4x vs 5x) but it has full 1080p high definition video, High Speed Burst mode (up to 8.2 frames per second) and Av/Tv (aperture priority and shutter priority) shooting modes. It also has an neat Vivid Color setting, which makes photos look like paintings, as well as poster and miniature functionality. Take a look:

  12.1 megapixels • 3.2“ screen • 4.4× zoom Compact camera with manual controls, stainless steel body and touch screen interface featuring the company’s ‘HS’ system that promises better low-light performance and high-speed photography through a combination of a 12.1MP back-illuminated CMOS sensor and DIGIC 4 processor. It features an F2.0-5.8 24-105mm equiv. lens and a large 3.2 inch LCD. Users have the option to shoot Super Slow 340 x 240 movies at 240fps and 1080p24 Full HD video. There is also a Movie Digest mode that records a short video clip right before shooting a still image and then combines one day’s worth of clips into a video.

  
  Of course, the proof’s in the pudding, so here are some photos I took this weekend:

  
  First photos with my new camera

  
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  Dar invited us to Palm Spring for brunch yesterday. Here’s Andy trying to feed Rio an orange!
  
  
  Chazz & Rio amongst the spring flowers in West Hollywood

  
  To the “security” guard who told me it was a “violation of federal law to take pictures outside the Pacific Design Center”, enjoy the photos. I was only pretending to be deaf!

  
  Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA. Click here for more…

  
  A boy and his dogs…
  
  
  Picking oranges with Andy, Chazz & Rio

  
  We were taking all these pictures by the lake, when someone yelled at us and told us we were on an active golf course. LOL

  
  Snow capped Big Bear mountain in the distance

  
  Andy, Roxy, Chazz & Rio
  
  
  Spring in Palm Springs!

  
  Favorite cousins!

  
  Happy Easter, Happy Spring!

  
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  Andy getting stuck in the folding chair…please don’t call Child Services on us! :)
  
  
  Chazz & Rio play in the back yard while Andy picks oranges. Click full screen for HD.
  
  

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