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Another year, another conference.
I'm off to Denver on friday for just over a week for a SQL conference.
Baring in mind that I only have 2 days free (sat and sun) is there anything
that I have to see/visit in Denver? Anyone know of any good resteraurants?
I'm contemplating picking up a digital camera while I'm there. I'll be able
to get far better for far less there than here, even with customs duty. I've
never owned a digital camera, still using my mother's old film one.
What's a good make/model to look for? I'm not looking for professional
quality, just something that will take good photos with a minimum of set up
indoors or outdoors. Some amount of optical zoom is essential
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Gail Shaw wrote:
> Another year, another conference.
>
> I'm off to Denver on friday for just over a week for a SQL conference.
> Baring in mind that I only have 2 days free (sat and sun) is there anything
> that I have to see/visit in Denver? Anyone know of any good resteraurants?
I visited my in-laws in Colorado in 1999. My wife's sister got us to go
to Casa Bonita, which is a tex-mex place that has cliff divers showing
off their stuff in the restaurant. This does not improve the food,
which is a shame because the food definitely needed improvement.
Dunno if the place is still in business or not.
Regards,
John
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Gail Shaw wrote:
> Another year, another conference.
>
> I'm off to Denver on friday for just over a week for a SQL conference.
> Baring in mind that I only have 2 days free (sat and sun) is there anything
> that I have to see/visit in Denver? Anyone know of any good resteraurants?
>
> I'm contemplating picking up a digital camera while I'm there. I'll be able
> to get far better for far less there than here, even with customs duty. I've
> never owned a digital camera, still using my mother's old film one.
>
> What's a good make/model to look for? I'm not looking for professional
> quality, just something that will take good photos with a minimum of set up
> indoors or outdoors. Some amount of optical zoom is essential
>
>
Pikes Peak might be fun - a good place to try out a camera.
As far as a camera, I got a Canon A550 for my parents and they love it.
I've been seeing the A560 for about 150 USD lately.
My .02 USD
Tom
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> What's a good make/model to look for? I'm not looking for professional
> quality, just something that will take good photos with a minimum of set
> up
> indoors or outdoors. Some amount of optical zoom is essential
I've always gone for Canon myself, both for cheaper point&shoot and dSLRs.
I currently have the PowerShot G7 both at work and at home and am extremely
pleased with it. It has 6x optical zoom plus an image stabiliser so that
you can use the 6x zoom even with dim lighting and still get sharp photos.
It does nice 640x480x30fps videos too. It's about 400 euro here.
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And lo on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:13:01 +0100, Gail Shaw sa dot com>
<"<initialsurname"@sentech> did spake, saying:
> Another year, another conference.
>
> I'm off to Denver on friday for just over a week for a SQL conference.
> Baring in mind that I only have 2 days free (sat and sun) is there
> anything
> that I have to see/visit in Denver? Anyone know of any good
> resteraurants?
>
> I'm contemplating picking up a digital camera while I'm there. I'll be
> able
> to get far better for far less there than here, even with customs duty.
> I've
> never owned a digital camera, still using my mother's old film one.
>
> What's a good make/model to look for? I'm not looking for professional
> quality, just something that will take good photos with a minimum of set
> up
> indoors or outdoors. Some amount of optical zoom is essential
Make that the third vote for Canon; one of the Powershot A series should
do fine for a point'n'shooter. Reasonable size lens, with a nice big chip
behind it; 4x optical zoom; runs off standard AA batteries, saves dragging
a recharger around or coughing up for specialist batteries; good Auto
features with enough specialist settings if you want to tinker; and the
A5xx's aren't too bulky or heavy, but you can run up to the A6xx's or
A7xx's if that's not a problem.
Oh and a lensfinder as well as the LCD screen, though the view through it
isn't exactly what you'll get a picture of, say 80%, but it really saves
the juice. With my A620 I managed all 700ish carnival shots off one set of
4 rechargables including using the souped-up flash of the night-time river
parade and the heavy processing of the fireworks settings.
--
Phil Cook
--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:13:01 +0100, Gail Shaw sa dot com>
> <"<initialsurname"@sentech> did spake, saying:
>
>> Another year, another conference.
>>
>> I'm off to Denver on friday for just over a week for a SQL conference.
>> Baring in mind that I only have 2 days free (sat and sun) is there
>> anything
>> that I have to see/visit in Denver? Anyone know of any good
>> resteraurants?
>>
>> I'm contemplating picking up a digital camera while I'm there. I'll be
>> able
>> to get far better for far less there than here, even with customs
>> duty. I've
>> never owned a digital camera, still using my mother's old film one.
>>
>> What's a good make/model to look for? I'm not looking for professional
>> quality, just something that will take good photos with a minimum of
>> set up
>> indoors or outdoors. Some amount of optical zoom is essential
>
> Make that the third vote for Canon;
And a fourth - I have a PowerShot A710 and it's a wonderful wee beastie.
6x optical zoom, good battery life, optical viewfinder (as Phil says,
saves the juice), pretty good manual settings for a compact and the auto
mode is also very intelligent. And it even claims to take a standard
Canon lens via a neat little adaptor, although I haven't tried this yet...
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And lo on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:54:00 +0100, Bill Pragnell
<bil### [at] hotmail com> did spake, saying:
> Phil Cook wrote:
> And a fourth - I have a PowerShot A710 and it's a wonderful wee beastie.
> 6x optical zoom, good battery life, optical viewfinder (as Phil says,
> saves the juice), pretty good manual settings for a compact and the auto
> mode is also very intelligent. And it even claims to take a standard
> Canon lens via a neat little adaptor, although I haven't tried this
> yet...
That's something I've been wanting to try too, that and the underwater
case; I don't think they're on the A5xx's though (without checking). OOC
what's the input flap like on the A710, the A620's is a little finicky and
I've no idea why they didn't make it the same slide and flip as the memory
card slot. I also wish it would save drive mode for the Program settings,
I like my continous drive it's damn handy when you lack image
stabilisation.
--
Phil Cook
--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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scott wrote:
>> What's a good make/model to look for? I'm not looking for professional
>> quality, just something that will take good photos with a minimum of
>> set up
>> indoors or outdoors. Some amount of optical zoom is essential
>
> I've always gone for Canon myself, both for cheaper point&shoot and
> dSLRs. I currently have the PowerShot G7 both at work and at home and am
> extremely pleased with it. It has 6x optical zoom plus an image
> stabiliser so that you can use the 6x zoom even with dim lighting and
> still get sharp photos. It does nice 640x480x30fps videos too. It's
> about 400 euro here.
I have a Canon G7 too. Best camera I've ever had !
--
Tor Olav
http://subcube.com
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Gail Shaw wrote:
> Another year, another conference.
>
> I'm off to Denver on friday for just over a week for a SQL conference.
> Baring in mind that I only have 2 days free (sat and sun) is there anything
> that I have to see/visit in Denver?
>
A weekend in Denver? Umm, do you like the outdoors? Rent a car and go
up in the Rockies. Try your hand at panning for gold, hike a peak,
visit a ghost town...
As for eats
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurants-g33388-Denver_Colorado.html
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Phil Cook wrote:
> case; I don't think they're on the A5xx's though (without checking). OOC
> what's the input flap like on the A710, the A620's is a little finicky
> and I've no idea why they didn't make it the same slide and flip as the
> memory card slot.
It's small, and rubber, and a little fiddly; I'm not sure what to
compare it too though!
> I also wish it would save drive mode for the Program
> settings, I like my continous drive it's damn handy when you lack image
> stabilisation.
Do you mean how you have to go and select it again every time you switch
to a Program mode? I've noticed that. The 2-second delay is very handy
for slightly longer exposures. Although I also have image stabilisation
in the A710 so it's probably less annoying for me.
This camera is also the first device I've ever owned that had
tilt-meters for rotating images automatically. I laughed out loud the
first time I saw it in action... :)
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