OT: NYC Trip and New Camera

M-C · 2004-11-21T19:33:43+00:00

I thought I'd answer Sabrina's question about the trip and Lynne's question about the camera in a new OT tread. The NYC trip was fast and furious and there wasn't all that much time, but I did get to go shopping mostly at Macy's since it was a block from the hotel. I also took a bus tour of the downtown area which took some 4.5 hours on Friday. DH's video taping of a lawyerly lecture, which was the reason for the trip in the first place, went very well and the owner of the company which will release the tape and his wife Margo were really wonderful people. They took us out to what they called the third most popular nouveau american cuisine restaurant in NYC called Gotham Bar and Grill for supper on Thursday night. We really did have a great time and there is talk of a new project for DH with this company that could culminate in his presenting on a 3-day Carribean cruise in April and which could result in his making a new tape. (I guess cruises for lawyers and would be lawyers exist just like they do for scrapbookers!) DH gave me a spending spree budget since he was kept busy while we were there so that I could have some fun shopping and sightseeing. One of the things I purchased was a new digital camera. It's my wedding anniversary present as our anniversary is the 28th. I am so glad that I bargained because I ended up paying about $150 less than the starting price they were asking. I normally do a lot more checking than I did this time so I was glad to find that the price I paid is as low as the lowest price on the internet. The camera is a Kyocera M410R. And I guess the link below will do a better job than I can of all the details. What I tell you is that it has a 10x optical zoom (major drool) and is really intuitive to use. I love zooms and the more optical zoom the better! The camera also has a 60x digital zoom, continuous shots and because of that technology, it's really quick to take a shot and reload for the next one (0.07 seconds). Losing the...