Camera?
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:32 amMost of you know by now we do not own a camera. The old girl and I are not ones for taking pictures or even having our picture taken and no we are not on WANTED POSTERS 
either.
Our mature family has taken enough pictures and continues to do so every time they come home to fill a disk. That is fine by us if you are into that sort of thing, however when I get up at 5am and look in the mirror to shave every morning I see no change in my appearance and when I look across at the old girl she always looks the same to me and me to her.
One of our children bought me a camera for Fathers Day this year and when I found out what they paid for it I nearly had my first stroke
. Way to much, over $1500.00 and more buttons on the dam thing than a GPS unit. I made them take it back, I would have been scared of dropping it or even worse, leaving it somewhere.
However I am now being convinced by the family to upgrade this computer and the printer/ scanner which I have never used and upgrade this whole kit with the top of the line which the family want to purchase for the old girl and me.
I know the old girl would probably use it but not likely myself, I am not computer orientated nor have I ever taken a course on computers.
Call me old fashion but I rarely use the GPS other than for back-up, I always said when they hung those suck and blow things under the wing that was another mistake. If it does not have a propeller should it really be flying?
Our children tell us (I hate calling them children as they all are pilots and have families of their own now) that I can take a picture with the camera and come in and hook it to the computer and send it to someone on this forum with no problems. I only have to log on to this forum. They said I could also send you a postcard of that shot in the mail as well.
This all sounds great and it probably comes with a hefty price tag as well, I know money is not a concern for them however would we really use this system? Can it be as simple as what they are trying to make us believe, if so I guess we will go for it but I am not interested in taking a computer course for six or so weeks to do this.
I posted this as I value the input of others and weigh the opinions of others prior to making a decision. I find our membership here knowledgable and dedicated to making this a great forum so I am asking for your input about computers and cameras and are they really that easy to use together.
Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug
either.Our mature family has taken enough pictures and continues to do so every time they come home to fill a disk. That is fine by us if you are into that sort of thing, however when I get up at 5am and look in the mirror to shave every morning I see no change in my appearance and when I look across at the old girl she always looks the same to me and me to her.
One of our children bought me a camera for Fathers Day this year and when I found out what they paid for it I nearly had my first stroke
. Way to much, over $1500.00 and more buttons on the dam thing than a GPS unit. I made them take it back, I would have been scared of dropping it or even worse, leaving it somewhere.However I am now being convinced by the family to upgrade this computer and the printer/ scanner which I have never used and upgrade this whole kit with the top of the line which the family want to purchase for the old girl and me.
I know the old girl would probably use it but not likely myself, I am not computer orientated nor have I ever taken a course on computers.
Call me old fashion but I rarely use the GPS other than for back-up, I always said when they hung those suck and blow things under the wing that was another mistake. If it does not have a propeller should it really be flying?
Our children tell us (I hate calling them children as they all are pilots and have families of their own now) that I can take a picture with the camera and come in and hook it to the computer and send it to someone on this forum with no problems. I only have to log on to this forum. They said I could also send you a postcard of that shot in the mail as well.
This all sounds great and it probably comes with a hefty price tag as well, I know money is not a concern for them however would we really use this system? Can it be as simple as what they are trying to make us believe, if so I guess we will go for it but I am not interested in taking a computer course for six or so weeks to do this.
I posted this as I value the input of others and weigh the opinions of others prior to making a decision. I find our membership here knowledgable and dedicated to making this a great forum so I am asking for your input about computers and cameras and are they really that easy to use together.
Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug
