this is my casio compact digital point-and-shoot camera. all I really want to say is that this is all around a great camera. why say this all of a sudden??? well last night I was looking back at all the pictures I had taken with it and it was just fun to see all the experiences I had been through. i was curious to see how far the earliest picture dated back, and to my surprise i’ve had this camera for close to 2 years now. it’s still chugging along quite strong and takes super long (and good quality) videos and pretty decent images (if you know how to set it).

this camera should last me ’til the end of 2009 or longer. i just haven’t felt the need to upgrade. many new features in recent years were just useless bells and whistles aimed at camera tech-tarded consumers (ie, face detection). i mean, i can recognize faces pretty well on my own. but what i’d really like in my next camera is high-speed shutter speed/video capture, HD video, and  optical image stabilization.

this (or something like it) might be next: EX-FC100

why exilims? i don’t know, i just like ‘em.

that’s me.
and that’s my pretty girlfriend.
730 days!
married folks and marathon daters, i know that’s probably nothin’ to you, but it’s something to us!

i took becca out to eat a fancy dinner at Chart House. we went to Chart House for the first time in Boston and had a good time there, so we decided to try another location (Weehawken, NJ). good food and great view! (pricey, but hey, it was a special occasion)
picture taken around the back of the Chart House in Weehawken. taking a picture here was not easy…but it was fun trying :)

spotted this cool looking camera sometime last week and thought it was really cool. really digging the analog battery and memory indicators as well as the balance between black and brushed metal. i’ve been pretty jaded by many of recent offerings of other manufacturers. even the recent offerings of canon are somewhat of a mixed bag. i’ll admit to putting form before function, so i may be missing out on features. but i don’t care…

i remember owning the NV10 a couple years back. it was beautifully functional. i loved the grid UI – extremely elegant and intuitive. there were a couple things i didn’t like. one was the gimmicky frame features that could only come from korea – the sort of thing you would’ve found in a sticker picture booth. the other gripe i had was the sound quality of videos. i take a lot of videos so this was important. picture quality, however, were quite good i thought. i’m no authority on this, but i can spot nuances in smoothness, clarity, and color.

anyway, this seems to be one kick-ass camera.

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