I'm usually satisfied with my digital camera, but I decided to play the shutterbug last week...
I guess you could say I've got the blues. I've got the upper low end price range point and shoot digital camera blues. Yeah! heh...
Anyhow, anyone else ever wish that their digital camera had a better auto focus. You know, one that wouldn't be fussy and take 3 or more tries to get the green light and the "happy" beeps? And perhaps be about 3 times faster in the process. Sometimes I just give up on getting the green and take the shot. Occasionally I luck out and it's not fuzzy. But you can never tell until you get to it to the 'puter since the camera's display is so small. Just wondering if anyone can relate.
Also this time, I just realized that I would like a wider lens angle at the minimum zoom. Something about events like the auto show I just went to where people like to walk in front. Get far back enough to get the whole subject (in this case, some cool cars) and some shmoe gets in the way.
Other than those gripes I'm mostly satisfied with my camera. If you care to know what it is, it's a Toshiba PDR-M60. At the time I got it (2000?) it was around $300. Comparable models were the Kodak DC series (too few options), HP (eck), and Fuji (setup menus too layered.)
Anyone else ever suffer midrange digital envy? You know, you see one of those nice Sony/Nikon/Canon deals... Let alone the high end stuff - one of those SLR Foveon type deals. But I digress, I don't make a living using the camera or use it all the time so I don't need the nicest one. Also it would really bug me if I got a really nice one and it got broken or stolen. heheh...
Also I learned that NiMH batteries are worth getting. They don't crap out like the alkalines and last much longer than the NiCd ones. The 1800 mAh ones at RadioShack seem decent so far. I should have done this earlier, since so many web sites on digital photography made this obvious - these things are battery hogs.

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