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No Camera Trade Today

I stopped by the Houston Camera Exchange and they gave me the bad news – around December, people stopped buying film cameras. Completely. They offered me $20 for my Minolta 400si. $20 for this?
Minolta 400siBah. I’d rather get $20 fun out of running over it with a truck.

I looked a digital cameras for a while, but I decided to do some research first. The three I looked at were the Sony T1, the Minolta Z2, and the Olympus C765. I decided since I wasn’t getting the credit on the old film camera, I’d just come home and do some research.

Gadzooks. I checked out Digital Photography Review. Do you have any idea how many cameras are out there? I think Cannon makes 100 or more. It’s gonna take me weeks to buy a new camera.

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7 responses to “No Camera Trade Today”

  1. SondraK Avatar
    SondraK

    I LOVE My HP 3.3…It was priced about mid range ($340?) and it’s AWESOME. I am sooo happy with it. Every pic on my site was taken with it. If you’re innerested I’ll look up more of the specs. It’s prolly cheaper now, I bought it about a year ago…
    Don’t get rid of your camera. I still have my Pentax manual and my instamatic….the manual Pentax is cool for artsy stuff…

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  2. Michael Avatar
    Michael

    I’ve decided to keep it, though I suspect I’ll never use it. At the wedding last night, I talked at length with the wedding photographer and drooled over his 12 megapixel $5000 digital Fuji camera.

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  3. Uptown Girl Avatar
    Uptown Girl

    Have you thought about contacting any local photographers or photography students in order to get better than 20 bucks for your camera?

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  4. Stephen Avatar
    Stephen

    I’ll give you $25 for it

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  5. Michael Avatar
    Michael

    I think I’ll keep it. It’ll go well with my eccentric old man image. “Whoa, grandpa, is that FILM? That is so cool!”

    😛

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  6. beth Avatar
    beth

    John and I just bought a Cannon Digital Rebel – it uses the same lenses as my old Cannon 35 mm Rebel, and it is just incredible!

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  7. Michael Avatar
    Michael

    I looked at the Rebel; it’s a pity my old camera is a Minolta instead. I have a 35-75mm zoom on that camera that meets 95% of my needs.

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Michael, a sinner saved by grace, sharing what the good Lord has shared with me.

Solomon, in the book of Ecclesiastes, said, “I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.”

If you’re not living for the glory of God, then what you’re doing is meaningless, no matter what it is. Living for God gives life meaning, and enjoying a “chasing after the wind” is a gift from God. I’m doing what I can to enjoy this gift daily.

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