New Camera - DSC-P93

So I finally got my camera. I LOVE it. I'll post a full review soon about my likes and dislikes.

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Found another neat game. This one is defiantly addicting and well done. 'N'. The game is a physics simulation. So you must develop a feel for the game. It's simple to play with just 3 buttons: left, right & jump.

Survives 6 nails drivien into head?!?

I saw this story on CNN. CNN.com - Man survives six nails driven into head - May 5, 2004. Come on. Hitting your thumb with a hammer is an accident. Maybe shooting your foot with the nail gun is an accident. But this is down right wrong.

Neverball

I just found a neat Linux/Win32 game. It's called Neverball. Slightly addicting but aggervating.

Lower price?

So the original price of the camera on the web site is $349.59. I checked this morning and they had a link on the product page saying "Add to cart for lower price." I wondered what was going on. I added it to the shopping cart, and it lowers the price by $20. So I called up the Customer Service and found out I can still change the price. Luckily enough I could. So I got it for $20 off.

Evidently, they are required to advertise a certain amount by Sony, but they can place deals on the products after people are in their site. Regardless, I don't care what the problem is, all I know is I got a better deal on it.

Ordered DSC-P93

I just put in my order for a new DCS-P93. It's been available on UK and other foreign websites for a while. Its just now starting to show up on US sites. Here's a list of the features.

� Imaging Device: 1/1.8" 5.1 Megapixel Super HAD� CCD
� Recording Media: Memory Stick� Media, Memory Stick PRO� Media
� Lens Construction: 5 Elements in 7 Groups, 2 Aspheric Elements
� Zoom: 3X Optical
� Smart Zoom� Feature: 0 � 4.0X (at VGA Resolution), 12X Total
� Digital Zoom: Precision, 0 � 2.0X Range, 6X Total
� Filter Diameter: 30mm, by required VAD-PEB adaptor
� Focal Length: 7.9 � 23.7mm
� 35mm Equivalent: 38 � 114mm
� Aperture Range: f2.8 � f5.6 (W); f5.2 � f10 (T)
� Auto Focus: 5 Area Multi-Point AF, Center AF, 5-Step Manual
� Minimum Focus Distance: 19.7" (50cm)
� Macro Mode: 3.9" (10cm)
� Shutter Speed: 1/8 � 1/1000 sec. (auto), 2 � 1/1000 sec. (twilight), 30 � 1/1000 sec. (manual)
� Exposure Compensation: +/- 2.0 EV, 1/3 EV steps
� Color LCD: 1.5" 123K Pixel LCD Screen
� Flash Modes: Auto/Forced On/Forced Off/Slow Synchro
� Red-Eye Reduction: On/Off
� Flash Effective Range: 1.6 � 12.5 ft. (0.5 � 3.8m)
� White Balance: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Incandescent
� Burst Mode: 9 Shot (JPEG fine), 16 Shot (JPEG std.), 1.6fps
� Picture Effects: Sepia, Black & White
� ISO: Auto, 100, 200, 400
� Scene Modes: Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Landscape, Soft Snap, Candle, Beach
� Self-Timer: Yes, 10 Seconds
� Audio/Video Output: Yes, NTSC/PAL Selectable
� Still Image Modes: Normal (JPEG Fine/Standard), Burst, Multi-Burst
� MPEG Movie Modes: MPEG VX Fine with Audio (640 x 480 at 30fps), (MPEG VX Fine requires Memory Stick PRO media), MPEG VX Standard with Audio (640 x 480 at 16fps), Video Mail (160 x 112 at 8fps) with Audio
� Microphone/Speaker: Yes/Yes
� USB Terminal: Yes, Supports USB 2.0
� Memory Stick PRO� Media Compatibility: Tested to support up to 1GB media capacity1; does not support Access Control security function
� Compatible Battery: �AA� NiMH, Alkaline
� Supplied Software: Picture Package� for Sony v1.0 (Windows), Pixela� ImageMixer VCD2 (Macintosh), SPVD-012.1 USB Driver, Cyber-shot Life tutorial (Windows)
� OS Compatibility: Microsoft� Windows� 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP Home/XP Pro; Macintosh� OS 9.1/9.2/X (10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3)
� Supplied Accessories: NH-AA-DA Rechargeable AA Batteries, BC-CS2 Battery Charger, A/V and USB Cables, Wrist Strap, MSA-32A 32MB, Memory Stick� Media, Software CD-ROM
� Dimensions: 4 5⁄8" x 2 1⁄8" x 1 3⁄8" (117 x 54 x 36mm)
� Weight: 6.4 oz (175g) Body; 8.6 oz. (236g) Body w/Batteries, Media, Wrist Strap


Yes, it does 640x480 @ 30fps. But you need the Sony Pro stick. So head over to amazon.com and get a Sandisk 256 Meg PRO stick. The camera is tiny, small enough to fit in your pocket. One feature I was wanting.

I'm excited and looking forward to it coming in.