Kodak DC3200

When I bought my PC back in 2001, I purchased a bundle that also contained a HP Photosmart printer and a Umax scanner, so I thought I might as well complete the package and get myself a digital camera. As I couldn?t buy one with the bundle, I decided to look around for a good, but not too expensive one in various stores and web sites. I?m no professional photographer. I just wanted something to take snaps of family and friends. My search took me to Staples where I found just what I needed. I bought a Kodak DC3200 it cost me £160 at the time. When I bought it I also got with it some batteries, Kodak software, a lead to connect it to my computer and a user ...

I grew up in a very "photographic" background. My uncle is a professional landscape photographer, my grandfather was an avid semi-professional photographer and Dad has always been a very keen amateur. My sister and I had our own cameras from the age of 7 and were always encouraged to use them frequently. Until quite recently I really turned up my nose at the thought of a digital camera! It could not possibly be the same as an SLR (Single Lens Reflex), and it somehow seemed like cheating! I saw some work a friend had done with a digital camera and thought that perhaps they had a niche. I do not believe that it will ever replace my "proper" ...

If you are at all like me, then this will be a familiar story. You decide to go out for a day with a few friends, maid monkey on tow to take care of the picnic and to keep the champers cold. You bring along a camera, and get all manner of wacky, zany snaps of a brilliant time which you will, with the aid of afore mentioned photos, remember for years to come. The next day you hurry along to snappy snaps and give them your film, opting for the rather expensive 1-hour option because you simply can’t wait. Finally you get the prints and – 36 photos of sun glare, huge thumbs and seagulls, nothing else. Worse still, absolutely nothing because the film ...