Meet the new camera

My poor little Fuji Finepix. It took a hell of a beating for just over a year, but this morning when I whipped it out to take a couch photo, the zoom motor made a horrible noise and then died.

So I bought a Nikon Coolpix L3, on the recommendation of the very nice salesman who told me the Nikons are a bit more durable than Fuji cameras.

As of right now, I’m not completely in love with the interface, but since it’s a Best Buy purchase I have 14 days to return it. I was veerrry tempted by the top-of-the line credit card sized Olympus that can be dropped from 5 feet and dunked in water without any damage (and has a correspondingly eye-popping price tag). Hey, Olympus? If you send me one for free I’ll promo the hell out of it for you.

I can’t always get what I want. Oh, well.

So, I tested Mr. Nikon out at Broad Beach (in super-scenic Mel-ibu), which is where I spent my Labor Day:

And here’s one more of Malibu (this was taken a bit further south):

Aaaand one of the cat, who’s very angry with me about my interrupting her cricket hunt (they’re hiding in the recycling basket), and is giving me the stink-eye:

I may not like the interface that much, but for a sub-two hundred dollar camera, this thing’s got a kickass lens.

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