New Camera
Got a replacement for our broken camera.
The plan is/was to buy a cheaper sleeker camera for adventures (something I could break or lose and not feel too bad about), then spend mucho dinero on something really nice for really nice pictures.
Our criteria was something under $150 and small. At that price point the features are nearly identical between the brands.
I love the folks at Best Buy.
"Can I help you with anything?"
"No thanks. I think we're ok."
We finally decide on the Samsung. Jen wanted a Fuji because it had some cool sliding door deal to cover the face. I wanted the Samsung because it was tiny.
We tell the salesperson, so they can get the merchandise out of the locked cabinet. As she's taking it out and struggling to re-lock the cabinet, I ask about our choice. I ask if she has any opinions on it.
She immediately goes into all the features it doesn't have. All the features that none of them have in this price range. I stop her. Give her the criteria and ask again. She's stumped.
"Yeah. It's as good as any in that range I guess." was her reply.
We go to check out.
I ask if I can skip the bag. She looks at me like I'm from outer space. I apologize and tell her I'm one of those "No bag weirdos." Doesn't seem to help. Appears as if I'm the only no bag weirdo she's ever come across. I ask if the bag is recyclable. I can make an exception if the bag is recyclable. They're not. She says she'll have to escort me to the front check out, where I can check out sans bag. I'm at least impressed she didn't throw out the bag she attempted to give me. I've seen that before. That's nuts.
She walks me to the front. I can tell she's pretty annoyed with me. I haven't exactly been helpful to her, but then again isn't she the one getting paid to be helpful?
She's in front of me approaching the check out. I can tell by the expression/response from the guy at the front check out, she's really annoyed. She sets the package down (it already has a box, why does it need a bag?) and says "He doesn't want a bag." then walks off. I try to soften the experience and tell the guy, "Yeah I'm one of those no bag weirdos." He just looks at me like I'm a douche. He checks me out and I leave.
C'est la vie.
Until I get it home. I open the battery SD card compartment and find this.
That little white strip is the magnetic security tag. Know how they're stuck to everything these days? Immediately I think it's actually STUCK inside the camera. I start thinking of ways to use the tweezers or some small screw driver to pry the damn thing out of there. Jen's offering her fingernails when I tilt the camera slightly and it falls out.
Whew! That was easy.
So here's what we have. Our original Sony Cyber-shot 2.1 mega pixel that still works, our Canon PowerShot 7.1 mega pixel that's busted and our new Samsung 12.2 mega pixel.
Now it's time to harvest the recyclable parts from the Canon (I've been watching too many organ transplants on Grey's Anatomy) and toss out the rest. The Sony will stick around. It's proved it's worth as a backup too many times.
- b
The plan is/was to buy a cheaper sleeker camera for adventures (something I could break or lose and not feel too bad about), then spend mucho dinero on something really nice for really nice pictures.
Our criteria was something under $150 and small. At that price point the features are nearly identical between the brands.
I love the folks at Best Buy.
"Can I help you with anything?"
"No thanks. I think we're ok."
We finally decide on the Samsung. Jen wanted a Fuji because it had some cool sliding door deal to cover the face. I wanted the Samsung because it was tiny.
We tell the salesperson, so they can get the merchandise out of the locked cabinet. As she's taking it out and struggling to re-lock the cabinet, I ask about our choice. I ask if she has any opinions on it.
She immediately goes into all the features it doesn't have. All the features that none of them have in this price range. I stop her. Give her the criteria and ask again. She's stumped.
"Yeah. It's as good as any in that range I guess." was her reply.
We go to check out.
I ask if I can skip the bag. She looks at me like I'm from outer space. I apologize and tell her I'm one of those "No bag weirdos." Doesn't seem to help. Appears as if I'm the only no bag weirdo she's ever come across. I ask if the bag is recyclable. I can make an exception if the bag is recyclable. They're not. She says she'll have to escort me to the front check out, where I can check out sans bag. I'm at least impressed she didn't throw out the bag she attempted to give me. I've seen that before. That's nuts.
She walks me to the front. I can tell she's pretty annoyed with me. I haven't exactly been helpful to her, but then again isn't she the one getting paid to be helpful?
She's in front of me approaching the check out. I can tell by the expression/response from the guy at the front check out, she's really annoyed. She sets the package down (it already has a box, why does it need a bag?) and says "He doesn't want a bag." then walks off. I try to soften the experience and tell the guy, "Yeah I'm one of those no bag weirdos." He just looks at me like I'm a douche. He checks me out and I leave.
C'est la vie.
Until I get it home. I open the battery SD card compartment and find this.
That little white strip is the magnetic security tag. Know how they're stuck to everything these days? Immediately I think it's actually STUCK inside the camera. I start thinking of ways to use the tweezers or some small screw driver to pry the damn thing out of there. Jen's offering her fingernails when I tilt the camera slightly and it falls out.Whew! That was easy.
So here's what we have. Our original Sony Cyber-shot 2.1 mega pixel that still works, our Canon PowerShot 7.1 mega pixel that's busted and our new Samsung 12.2 mega pixel.
Now it's time to harvest the recyclable parts from the Canon (I've been watching too many organ transplants on Grey's Anatomy) and toss out the rest. The Sony will stick around. It's proved it's worth as a backup too many times.- b
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