My wife is the camera aficionado in the family. I’ve bought her good cameras, film and digital, for birthdays, anniversaries, and Christmas.
Of course, sometimes I get to borrow those. I love her Canon digital SLR, and I can borrow it whenever I need to.
She’s a schoolteacher and likes to take pictures on the fly. That’s the reason I bought her a Nikon CoolPix pocket camera a couple years ago. At the time, the camera was fairly expensive. I like the idea of having one in the car because you never know what's going to show up in life, but I wasn’t going to pay for one for myself. I'm generous to other people and stingy with myself.
Lately, with camera prices getting more purchaser-friendly, I decided to buy one for myself. I write a blog, do reviews, and occasionally go to conventions and other events where I’ve wanted to have a camera with me but forgot it. I picked up my CoolPix for $150.
One of the best things I love about my new camera is that I can shove it into a pocket easily. It travels well in the protective case and it’s always immediately to hand when I want to take a picture.
Since it uses SDRAM memory cards to store the images, I can take quite a lot of pictures without having to change film, or carry film, or even worry about an extra memory card to carry along. I can also take a lot of pictures of one thing without worrying about running out of film or exhausting memory space.
The camera is simple point and shoot operation. What you see on the camera's LCD display is what you get. Even I can do it. The 2.5 inch display is a dream to work with. I know immediately what’s going to be in my shot when I take the picture. Reviewing the pictures I’ve taken it is relatively simple. They show up in good detail on the LCD display and even better on a computer display.
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