I picked up a "learn to juggle" set (book and 3 little beanbag balls) at Borders, last month I think, for $4.99.
Christmas shopping
Sounds cute, critter
Borders often has cute stuff like that, so might be a place to check for your son's secret Santa gift...
Great to see you got it, Celeste! Does he surf in that frigid water??
I also bought DS this but not in pink . lol
http://gadgetheat.com/2008/08/08/kodak-zi6-hd-pocket-video-camera-mini-review/
Love to hear success stories!
JoAnn, do you think you could post the link to that site in London where you found those inexpensive tees? I'd like to take a peek. I love tees, and I love zip up hoodies, too. I had one I bought at the Hard Rock Cafe in Boston a few years ago. I took it to Florida with me last year and left it behind at the hotel. Called them, and, of course, no one had found it. I'm sure someone somewhere is enjoying my hoodie. It was one I paid $60 for, too.
Karen
That's cute. Looks like a cell phone.
Karen
I know, small but takes up to 2 hours of video.
Karen,Sorry about the confusion.
I really should review what I write.
I took a pass on the London site and found "Threadless Tee"
http://www.theselectseries.com/
this is one example of what I got.
I bought about 8 shirts and spent $90.00 free shipping
I use them for painting and gardening.
Here is another
Those are some unusual designs, many of which don't appeal to my taste, though some were nice.
Karen
Cool little video camera! DH got a Flip video (award from work), which is similar but doesn't take memory cards, so it will only take 1 hour before you have to download it. That's still plenty of video for me, and I love how very intuitive the controls are. Even non-techno-geeks (like grandparents) can figure it out. :-)
Sorting gifts today... We found the cutest little garlic mincer at Bed Bath & Beyond, looks like a little wheeled bubble-car. I haven't used it, so don't know how well it works... but for the kitchen gadget enthusiast (I have a couple on my list)... :-)
"Garlic Zoom" is here: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=14826793
LOL When my father moved east to his assisted living place (with no kitchen), my aunt and my brother cleaned out his kitchen in Santa Fe. The man had five different garlic presses, no two the same!
Yes, but this one is way cuter than anything else in my gadget drawer. LOL
I'm wondering if he needs a sixth .... it is purty darn cute!
it is really cute
LOL, Carrie... your dad couldn't use it without a kitchen, but what a cute knick-nack! Everybody could try to guess what it is... visiting kids could "drive" it around...
It IS too cute, but I think it would drive him nuts! However, clicking on the Bed, Bath & Beyond website reminded me that i need to buy chrome polish, probably from an auto parts store, for the light fixture in my bathroom. Thanks, Jill, you're always helpful!
Speaking of clicking on Bed, Bath & Beyond, anyone here seen the movie Click with Adam Sandler? That was really good!
Karen
Still camera browsing here...
I just discovered that Amazon has the P. Lumix DMN-FZ28 for $265 (silver)... and I'm not sure I can resist that. (It's this year's successor to the FZ18, with a little more resolution and HD video capability.)
Nice price. Think you mean 'DMC' though.
yep -- typo! I thought that looked like a nice price also... the others I've looked at have all been over $300, although I should probably check holiday sale prices again!
Amazon has really been competitive lately. I bought quite a bit from them and have my eye on a few more things.
B & H has it even lower, Jill.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=573590&Q=&is=REG&A=details
Victor, you are just a grand enabler! B&H is that good photography place in NYC, right? I'm going to head out tomorrow and see if I can manage to find somebody who actually has one on the floor, so I can hold it and see how it feels, although the size, weight, grip, etc all sound pretty good to me.
Yes - it's a great place and very reliable.
That camera actually looks better than the Fujifilm Finepix S2000HD that I was looking at. Has a better zoom range, better IS, records in RAW format. Might think about getting that one instead.
Karen
It has lots of cool features.
It does... but I went out to Ritz tonight and discovered the Lumix was clunky to hold compared to Nikon's 18x superzoom (the something 80)... and now I'm googling the rest of the technical specs for it. I think I'm willing to give up a few bells and whistles (like HD video) and spend an extra $40 in order to have a more compact, easier to use camera. We'll see. The Ritz guy was also very into the optics on the Nikon... camera people all have their favorites!
I'm going to be taking a lot of close ups of flowers for my website. Can you personally recommend a camera for close up shots, and for blue/ purple color showing up properly?
Any input will be greatly appreciated.
I got into a discussion of the purple/blue thing this evening when the guy at the camera store was showing off some shots he'd taken -- fabulous photo of purple crocus blooms, taken with a DSLR it turns out (of course LOL) and with very controlled lighting conditions (blocked nearly all the direct light, then added light back in by reflecting it from a whiteboard). He didn't seem to think any of the compact or superzoom cameras were better than others for getting purple and red tones right, pretty much said that's something I could address only be stepping up to a DSLR.
I have noticed that I get the best color results with natural light, especially with a little backlighting of the bloom, as that cuts down on the reflected light from the flower that produces those untrue colors. So I'd say looking for a camera that can do high ISO values is important... my Sony T-200 has a "high ISO" mode, and most of the superzooms seem to have semi-manual and fully manual modes that would do the trick.
I'm learning... slowly... I think! :-)
Thanks Jill. I will check into what you have mentioned.
Much appreciated!
You might also want to ask that question over in the photography forum... I'm not confident in my understanding of ISO / aperature / shutter speed with regard to color saturation.
Thanks, I didn't even realize there was such a forum.
ISO is 'light sensitivity' and really does not affect the color reproduction much. Polly - even dslr's sometimes have problems with the color - the white balance. The difference though, is that you have many more options built in to adjust it. For point and shoots, I don't know which are better but I would check dpreview, cnet and stevesdigicams for reviews.
Jill - good you checked. It has to be comfy for you. In general, most feel Nikon and Canon have the best optics. I love Nikon.
This is just to much....Santa getting a ticket! That Officer just went on the naughty list!!!!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081217/ap_on_fe_st/odd_santa_s_parking_ticket
I know ISO doesn't directly affect color reproduction, but what I was trying to say (badly) is that I get better color reproduction in natural light than with a flash (part of the trick seems to be to avoid light reflecting from the purple/red object back to you)... and shooting on a high ISO setting means you can take pictures in low-light situations without flash. I think most of the new cameras have a pretty high ISO capability, so it may not be a critical criterion.
I heard that on the news this AM, Celeste. NYC is on a ticket writing blitz to get every dollar they can possibly get.
Jill - yes, the flash changes the look (though sometimes it's a nice effect). However, in low light, the colors will look different compared to better light. Also, unless you have a rock-steady hand, you will need a tripod. Last, the higher you go in ISO, the more grainy the photo will tend to be. This is because, in a digital camera, ISO basically means amplifier gain. (In film it was the actual grain size used in the film.) The more gain an amplifier puts out, the more any 'noise' or visual artifacts will show up because they are getting amplified along with the 'real' photo data. The better cameras will process out the noise better in the high ISO ranges.
You're right about graininess. My own experience with getting the colors "right" has been pretty limited, so I'm just describing what has worked for me. The red & purple colors are just tough for most digital cameras, because they "see" a little differently than our eyes do.
AV in natural light... the only was I've been able to come close to the right color for this deep red one...
I used to have trouble with getting reds to look right. They would always come out too garish looking. Then I finally figured out how to get the exposure right on my digital point and shoot.
Here's a picture of daylily CHARLES JOHNSTON, taken last year before I figured out how to get a proper exposure for reds.
Karen
