{"id":6770,"date":"2004-11-23T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2004-11-23T23:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2004\/11\/23\/help-11\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:32:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:32:50","slug":"help-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2004\/11\/23\/help-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Help!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve got an idea, and I&#8217;m curious if anyone can throw an opinion about it my way.<\/p>\n<p>First off, I have a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcresource.com\/reviews\/kodak\/dc4800-review\/\">Kodak DC4800<\/a>, but it&#8217;s getting a bit long in the tooth. I want a new camera, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikonusa.com\/template.php?cat=1&#038;grp=2&#038;productNr=25214\">Nikon D70<\/a>, but I can&#8217;t afford it yet.<\/p>\n<p>So, here&#8217;s what I&#8217;m thinking of doing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I should be able to get a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikonusa.com\/template.php?cat=1&#038;grp=2&#038;productNr=25518\">Nikon Coolpix 3200<\/a> and matching case for ~$158. Rechargable AA batteries for it will run about about $25 with charger, and 512MB of UltraII SD memory $65.99. That makes it about $250 for a new, smaller camera with about the same capabilities as my current one.<\/p>\n<p>The current one should sell for about $125 on eBay, making it all a difference of about $125 for the new camera. This will provide something much smaller and considerably lighter than my current camera, with plenty of memory. Unfortunately the zoom and resolution of this camera is the same as the old one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Then, sometime next year after saving up a bit, the D75 could be a possibility. This way I&#8217;d eventually have a small, more knock-around camera, and a better one for more serious photography.<\/p>\n<p>How does this sound? Does anyone have any suggestions or better ideas?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve got an idea, and I&#8217;m curious if anyone can throw an opinion about it my way. First off, I have a Kodak DC4800, but it&#8217;s getting a bit long in the tooth. I want a new camera, a Nikon D70, but I can&#8217;t afford it yet. So, here&#8217;s what I&#8217;m thinking of doing&#8230; I\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acquired-things","category-moved-from-livejournal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14859,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6770\/revisions\/14859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}