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A Family Tradition: Thinking of Daddy at Mother's Day

Today would have been Daddy's 97th birthday. He passed away on Boxing Day in 2002 at the age of 90.

New Camera

It saddened me this week that my 10-year-old Polaroid digital camera died. It was still taking pictures, but would not let me move, nor remove, the pictures to the computer.

When I purchased the PDC700, it was the best in its price range and remained so for at least 3 years. However, technology and time marches on and I found myself this weekend in the market for a new camera.

My budget for this one was much less than for the old one, plus what I would need the camera for is different for when I purchased my old camera. The old camera was to be used for professional photography for websites that I was updating for customers. I no longer do that.

I needed a camera to take pictures of my garden and changes that I make to my house. Simple. Now, I'm feeling my age when I found out that a viewfinder has become obsolete. Who knew that such a device would not be available with digital cameras in the twenty-first century.

Oh well, I will need to learn how to use that viewer that I never cut on with my old camera.

In my search, I first went to Polaroid's website. I didn't like anything there, plus they do not have an online store. I then went to the Apple Store website to see what camera they were suggesting for my iMAC. (any camera, these days, I found out) They were selling Cannon. I could not afford their selections.

I then went to Kodak's website and found a nice little camera that was on sale and available directly from Kodak. (see picture) I don't believe I have ever seen a purple camera before, but I now own one.

The Kodak Easyshare M1063 had a 4.4 stars out of 5 from sixty reviewers. It had all the features I was looking for and then some.

With the 20% discount (online, weekend sale), and the additional purchase of a camera travel case plus taxes, the order came to $116.55. The shipping was free with a delivery time frame of 3-8 business days and I felt that a case (simple black camera case) is good to keep dust off of the camera and to keep the lens from becoming scratched.

One feature I really like with this Kodak camera is the re-chargeable battery and AC recharger. That feature would have been nice on my old camera. I spent a small fortune on batteries.