It's Saturday morning and I'm at work but no one else has shown up yet. When you're ther guy with the keys you're xxxxxx to be the first to arrive. At least the sun is out for the time being.
Last night was such a waste. Most of you surely had some some fun. For me, it was watching Michael Clayton on DVD then heading to bed. Nothing Else! I used to look forward to date night but it seems to be non-existent these days. But the wife happier.
A couple of days ago I finished my research and decided not to wait any longer so I went ahead and purchased my new camera online. Now I'm just waiting for it to arrive. I've never ordered camera online before but the savings was to great.
What I got was a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 because it offered everything I really wanted. It's SLR style but I didn't want to mess around with mulitple lenses. However, the 18X optical zoom lens is made by Leica just like my current Lumic model. I loved my old camera but this unit is truly sweet.
18x optical zoom (28-504mm equiv.)
8.3 megapixel sensor
Face Detection
Intelligent Auto mode
Manually selectable ISO 1600
ISO 6400 High Sensitivity mode
AF/AE lock button and dedicated AF/MF button
Custom mode and extra scene modes
Five level Noise reduction
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