Digital Cameras
Yet one of many dilemmas: Digital camera v. film camera - need input
Advantages: Could download pics along the way to post. Not have to worry about film being erased - international X-rays much stronger than U.S. Less to carry - no film - don't have to try to guess how much to take. Less to deal with upon return - getting pics processed. No negatives or prints to bother with in moves later. I would take many more pics, knowing I could delete the crappy ones, and could get prints of just the really good ones.
Disadvantages: Do I have to download software onto every computer I'd use? How much of a pain is that and would it even be possible in internet cafes? I don't already own a dig cam so that would be $$ spent. How much of a pain to recharge? Would I want to get one with AA batteries or other kind (I think I've decided to take adapter/converter and AA batteries w/charger)? What about when I'm where there's no electricity - how quickly will it need to be recharged?
I don't know what to do, so tried asking somebody. His responses seemed exasperated with my lack of knowledge, and while he gave good information, he said numerous times that I should search out more information. Um, yeah, that's what I was doing by asking? My slightly exasperated response to that (I should refrain from emailing after 10 pm):
"Yeah, I’ve got about a gazillion things I have to search – just a few are oral or injection typhoid vaccine? Are they both live and make me sick? Where will I stay in Ouagadougou and do I really have to take a 24 hour bus ride to get there? How safe am I after two of the Hepatitis A/B vaccine injections? How do I find housing with a nice family in Jordan without putting my friend Mahmoud into an awkward position? Health insurance? Travel insurance? Where do I get them and what features do I need and how much $$? Which countries can I not visit because no insurance will cover me because they’re on the State Dept. no-visit list? Cheap airplane tickets – with whom and what route to take? Which malaria medication and what are the side effects? Where do I store my truck and my stuff? What stuff do I keep and what do I get rid of, since I have no fucking idea what I’ll do or where I’ll be the following year? What procedures for leaves of absence? What schools will I apply to? Why? How will I do that when I’m in a Liberian refugee camp with no electricity, much less computers and mail? Should I take calculus again this summer before I leave and what procedure/info is required so they’ll register me at RCC? How the fuck will I ace the LSAT on June 6th? How the fuck will I get all my work done by June 7th? How will I fit all essentials in 20 kilos? What are the real essentials? Can I spend time in Dubai, or is that one of the places single women can’t really go to? [Oh, I just looked that one up – nope, I can’t – need a marriage certificate and “sponsorship” from a male to enter Dubai it appears.] What am I going to tell people about why I’m not married and don’t have children to get them off my back? What electricity does each country use, and how do I use my dual converter? How the hell do I get visas for all the countries and not have them expire and not get my passport lost in the mail and not pay a gazillion dollars? Does my mosquito net really need to be treated or can I do it myself? How many water filter cartridges to take, and do I need purification tablets, too, and is this one I have for camping good enough? Which credit cards don’t charge foreign transaction fees, and how the fuck will I transport money there since everybody is wanting large amounts of dollars from me but I don’t feel safe carrying thousands of dollars on my person, especially on a fucking camel trek? How the hell am I going to stay healthy, and what will I do when I get sick? And it goes on and on and on and on and on and I’m on research and decision-making overload and am relying on my friends and strangers for a lot of help. I’m in over my head and I haven’t even left the damn country yet."
I guess, I just wanted a simple answer. But this was good - it make me explicitly articulate just a few of the backburners right now, and the things I need to do.
Flaming hot here in Riverside now. Icky ick-ickity. Do not love, though it's not as horrible as all that. Think I'll go to Oregon as soon as school is out for as long as possible. Good impetus to get all work done and not take an incomplete to linger into another week. Do I take calculus? If I go into a public policy program the next year, I'll need the background more than the half-assed calc of 20 years ago. And I like math. Jenny and Sabine vote strongly against it, but I'll see what the RCC counselors say.
OK, time to crank the A/C and get to work. Blah blah blah.
Advantages: Could download pics along the way to post. Not have to worry about film being erased - international X-rays much stronger than U.S. Less to carry - no film - don't have to try to guess how much to take. Less to deal with upon return - getting pics processed. No negatives or prints to bother with in moves later. I would take many more pics, knowing I could delete the crappy ones, and could get prints of just the really good ones.
Disadvantages: Do I have to download software onto every computer I'd use? How much of a pain is that and would it even be possible in internet cafes? I don't already own a dig cam so that would be $$ spent. How much of a pain to recharge? Would I want to get one with AA batteries or other kind (I think I've decided to take adapter/converter and AA batteries w/charger)? What about when I'm where there's no electricity - how quickly will it need to be recharged?
I don't know what to do, so tried asking somebody. His responses seemed exasperated with my lack of knowledge, and while he gave good information, he said numerous times that I should search out more information. Um, yeah, that's what I was doing by asking? My slightly exasperated response to that (I should refrain from emailing after 10 pm):
"Yeah, I’ve got about a gazillion things I have to search – just a few are oral or injection typhoid vaccine? Are they both live and make me sick? Where will I stay in Ouagadougou and do I really have to take a 24 hour bus ride to get there? How safe am I after two of the Hepatitis A/B vaccine injections? How do I find housing with a nice family in Jordan without putting my friend Mahmoud into an awkward position? Health insurance? Travel insurance? Where do I get them and what features do I need and how much $$? Which countries can I not visit because no insurance will cover me because they’re on the State Dept. no-visit list? Cheap airplane tickets – with whom and what route to take? Which malaria medication and what are the side effects? Where do I store my truck and my stuff? What stuff do I keep and what do I get rid of, since I have no fucking idea what I’ll do or where I’ll be the following year? What procedures for leaves of absence? What schools will I apply to? Why? How will I do that when I’m in a Liberian refugee camp with no electricity, much less computers and mail? Should I take calculus again this summer before I leave and what procedure/info is required so they’ll register me at RCC? How the fuck will I ace the LSAT on June 6th? How the fuck will I get all my work done by June 7th? How will I fit all essentials in 20 kilos? What are the real essentials? Can I spend time in Dubai, or is that one of the places single women can’t really go to? [Oh, I just looked that one up – nope, I can’t – need a marriage certificate and “sponsorship” from a male to enter Dubai it appears.] What am I going to tell people about why I’m not married and don’t have children to get them off my back? What electricity does each country use, and how do I use my dual converter? How the hell do I get visas for all the countries and not have them expire and not get my passport lost in the mail and not pay a gazillion dollars? Does my mosquito net really need to be treated or can I do it myself? How many water filter cartridges to take, and do I need purification tablets, too, and is this one I have for camping good enough? Which credit cards don’t charge foreign transaction fees, and how the fuck will I transport money there since everybody is wanting large amounts of dollars from me but I don’t feel safe carrying thousands of dollars on my person, especially on a fucking camel trek? How the hell am I going to stay healthy, and what will I do when I get sick? And it goes on and on and on and on and on and I’m on research and decision-making overload and am relying on my friends and strangers for a lot of help. I’m in over my head and I haven’t even left the damn country yet."
I guess, I just wanted a simple answer. But this was good - it make me explicitly articulate just a few of the backburners right now, and the things I need to do.
Flaming hot here in Riverside now. Icky ick-ickity. Do not love, though it's not as horrible as all that. Think I'll go to Oregon as soon as school is out for as long as possible. Good impetus to get all work done and not take an incomplete to linger into another week. Do I take calculus? If I go into a public policy program the next year, I'll need the background more than the half-assed calc of 20 years ago. And I like math. Jenny and Sabine vote strongly against it, but I'll see what the RCC counselors say.
OK, time to crank the A/C and get to work. Blah blah blah.
posted by NOLA at 9:42 AM
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Helloo! =) My bro's response (vague and not too helpful):
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Depends on many things...
For example: Your S200 does NOT need any Software on WINDOWS XP. Many Digital Cameras have these drivers on Windows XP base drivers. Buy a Camera that has base drivers, which is most of them.
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If you do get one though, you should definitely get one or two extra battery packs. The batteries can run out, and then you'll have to recharge them. If they do, and you don't have electricity available, you'll at least have extra power on hand. And an extra compact flash/memory card for the pictures (I had to buy one while in China to hold all the pics I took - and both were full when I got back!). I didn't upload them on any computer while in China because I didn't bring the USB cable with me. My roommate though, had brought her laptop, so she uploaded her pics all the time onto her computer. Would you be taking your laptop at all? (I'm thinking no, or you wouldn't have asked in the first place!)
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