Comments on: Consumer Fever http://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.com/2008/06/22/consumer-fever-2/ Ill-Advised Insomniac Incantations Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:30:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Phil http://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.com/2008/06/22/consumer-fever-2/#comment-8325 Phil Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:52:41 +0000 http://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.com/2008/06/22/consumer-fever-2/#comment-8325 Marc, loved the car post. Robin - the waterproof case was delivered to my house today. Won't get to use it until next week. Sue - great to hear from you. Yes, your California desert photos were stunning. I'll be using my A720 for the rest of this trip, it looks like. My S5 IS just jammed (the lens) today. It ran out of power and couldn't retract the lens, and I think it stripped its gears trying. I'm kinda bummed, but glad to have the 720 to come off the bench. Marc, loved the car post.

Robin - the waterproof case was delivered to my house today. Won’t get to use it until next week.

Sue - great to hear from you. Yes, your California desert photos were stunning. I’ll be using my A720 for the rest of this trip, it looks like. My S5 IS just jammed (the lens) today. It ran out of power and couldn’t retract the lens, and I think it stripped its gears trying. I’m kinda bummed, but glad to have the 720 to come off the bench.

]]> By: Sue from BGL (you know who!) http://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.com/2008/06/22/consumer-fever-2/#comment-8323 Sue from BGL (you know who!) Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:36:58 +0000 http://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.com/2008/06/22/consumer-fever-2/#comment-8323 Hi Phil, haven't looked at your blog for a while and, while procrastinating from my deadline, I decided to have a look. It's nice catching up with you. I bought a 720 IS last year just before we went to Japan and I love it. I have a PowerShot A80 before that. I like its size - the Ixus that many people seem to get is just too small for me. I do miss the flip out screen of the A80 though. I have by no means mastered all the functionality but every thing I try comes out well - we were really pleased with the Joshua Tree and Anza Borrego wildflowers. My best wildflower photos to date! The standard batteries are great though I do find that it starts to complain pretty quickly about batteries being low, and then keeps on going for about as long again! Anyhow, thought I'd just pop in and say hello... PS Hannah is back - happy and sad at the same time - and is now wondering whether she'll go OS again for post-grad studies, but who knows? That's a year and a half away. Hi Phil, haven’t looked at your blog for a while and, while procrastinating from my deadline, I decided to have a look. It’s nice catching up with you. I bought a 720 IS last year just before we went to Japan and I love it. I have a PowerShot A80 before that. I like its size - the Ixus that many people seem to get is just too small for me. I do miss the flip out screen of the A80 though. I have by no means mastered all the functionality but every thing I try comes out well - we were really pleased with the Joshua Tree and Anza Borrego wildflowers. My best wildflower photos to date! The standard batteries are great though I do find that it starts to complain pretty quickly about batteries being low, and then keeps on going for about as long again! Anyhow, thought I’d just pop in and say hello…

PS Hannah is back - happy and sad at the same time - and is now wondering whether she’ll go OS again for post-grad studies, but who knows? That’s a year and a half away.

]]> By: robin andrea http://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.com/2008/06/22/consumer-fever-2/#comment-8298 robin andrea Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:14:50 +0000 http://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.com/2008/06/22/consumer-fever-2/#comment-8298 Nice new camera, Phil. The optical zoom looks good. It'll be great to see what you'll be able to photograph when you're out kayaking. Such fun awaits you! Nice new camera, Phil. The optical zoom looks good. It’ll be great to see what you’ll be able to photograph when you’re out kayaking. Such fun awaits you!

]]> By: MarcLord http://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.com/2008/06/22/consumer-fever-2/#comment-8294 MarcLord Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:06:48 +0000 http://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.com/2008/06/22/consumer-fever-2/#comment-8294 "The only positive of this quandary is that I’m having it about cameras, and not cars or houses." amen to that! Am currently working on a car post. “The only positive of this quandary is that I’m having it about cameras, and not cars or houses.”

amen to that! Am currently working on a car post.

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