new toy!
bought the canon s3is from best denki on sat afternoon.my initial plan was to buy a DVD player with DIVX function to put in my room so that i can watch my anime. ended up buying the canon instead. it's one of the cameras which i've been eyeing for a some time but just can't bear to part the $$ to buy.
it started when i was just browsing the digicam section at best denki @ plaza singapura while waiting for my fren to come. we were going to watch oceans 13 (btw, the show's not bad, touched mainly on emotional parts instead of having many action scenes). she was a little late so i was looking around the digicams b4 going to the DVD players. canon s3 caught my eye coz the price tag stated $599 (the usual price is $699). naturally the frenly sales guy came over to ask if i needed help. he saw my interest in that camera and said it was the display pc and going on sale. next moment, he proceeded to call his manager for a 'best' price and offered me $499. i was amazed! i never expect the price to drop so low.
the 'manager' came and offered me the final price of $449.it was too tempting to reject and i bought the camera. the 'manager' threw in various freebies such as screen protector, 4 rechargeable batteries & charger, canon digicam kit (was supposed to get the leather case but they misplaced the original case and gave me this kit as goodwill)and 2pcs of 2GB SD cards.that's quite a fair bit of things. of coz i'm ultra happy! got the cam i wanted at such a bargain. of coz the cam is not in perfect condition. there're minor scratches on the exterior of the cam but the lens & LCD screen are fine.
have already put the cam to good use yesterday at pergenrang.my family went there with a bunch of relatives on a coach. it was a day trip and i used it to test out some functions of the cam such as 12X optical zoom (super useful!), movie with stereo recording and other scene modes. the start up is definitely 10times faster than my cybershot. i've got lotsa things to learn abt this cam as it's a step below a full fledge SLR. the only disadvantage is the weight of the cam (slightly more than half a kg).
my cybershot won't be put to sleep yet as it's still serving me well.it'll take me some time to figure out this new toy. probably hv to borrow books on digital photography from the library soon. haha...:)
it started when i was just browsing the digicam section at best denki @ plaza singapura while waiting for my fren to come. we were going to watch oceans 13 (btw, the show's not bad, touched mainly on emotional parts instead of having many action scenes). she was a little late so i was looking around the digicams b4 going to the DVD players. canon s3 caught my eye coz the price tag stated $599 (the usual price is $699). naturally the frenly sales guy came over to ask if i needed help. he saw my interest in that camera and said it was the display pc and going on sale. next moment, he proceeded to call his manager for a 'best' price and offered me $499. i was amazed! i never expect the price to drop so low.
the 'manager' came and offered me the final price of $449.it was too tempting to reject and i bought the camera. the 'manager' threw in various freebies such as screen protector, 4 rechargeable batteries & charger, canon digicam kit (was supposed to get the leather case but they misplaced the original case and gave me this kit as goodwill)and 2pcs of 2GB SD cards.that's quite a fair bit of things. of coz i'm ultra happy! got the cam i wanted at such a bargain. of coz the cam is not in perfect condition. there're minor scratches on the exterior of the cam but the lens & LCD screen are fine.
have already put the cam to good use yesterday at pergenrang.my family went there with a bunch of relatives on a coach. it was a day trip and i used it to test out some functions of the cam such as 12X optical zoom (super useful!), movie with stereo recording and other scene modes. the start up is definitely 10times faster than my cybershot. i've got lotsa things to learn abt this cam as it's a step below a full fledge SLR. the only disadvantage is the weight of the cam (slightly more than half a kg).
my cybershot won't be put to sleep yet as it's still serving me well.it'll take me some time to figure out this new toy. probably hv to borrow books on digital photography from the library soon. haha...:)
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