Tuesday 4 November 2003

I acquire a Casio Exilim EX-Z4U today, just one of a long line of digital cameras of mine.

This 4 megapixel tiny wonder is about the size of a credit card. It has a 3x optical and 4x digital zoom, takes photos of 2304 x 1728 pixel resolution, and weighs next to nothing.

But the best thing about it, in contrast to my workhorse Nikon CoolPix 950, is that it fits into the front pocket of my "kilts" without any protest at all. This is hopefully the solution to the dozens of times I've wanted to take a photo and realized that I haven't brought along a digital camera. No more.

Not much of a technical overview, but at least you get to see me and the camera during our visit to the last few days of the old building of the [Macro error: There is no glossary entry named "California Academy of Sciences: closing the old building, December 2003"] .

The EX-Z4U is no more. Lost [Macro error: There is no glossary entry named "2004-02 Gran Canaria: Lila is two-and-a-half years old today"] in Gran Canaria. No great loss, either, as I found out that I'd had a castrated camera foisted upon me. We US buyers get a camera with the most insanely great feature hacked out.

Read about it. Be furious.