What to do?

[papa smurf]

mmk so where do i start? this year instead of presents some ppl are giving me money because im going away for xmas and im here thinking wat i should blow it on?, i was thinking about maybe some design hardware like a wacom tablet because i enjoy using photoshop and what not but my mom said to me, "what about a camera?" and im now stuck with these two things:confused: any ideas?

i have about like 600$ in total

[Sammie]

you should buy your favorite cousin a PS3 for xmas :)

[papa smurf]

you should buy your favorite cousin a PS3 for xmas :) mmmmmmmmm tempting but not quite what im looking at here:wink:

[Nimmy]

Bottom of the line wacom will cost you less than $100... and really the small ones work as good as the bigger ones - the bigger ones just add more features/bigger writing space. That you will never use...

So take your $600... spend part of it on a wacom graphite 4x6 for 80 bucks... give your "favorite" cousin a spending limit of 300 dollars or so to get you a very nice camera. Then go find the cutest girl in school and offer her $200 for a little head.

[Sammie]

If you dont already have a camera you should pick one up.

is that 600 dollars you have or 600 euro?

so your buying drinks when you arrive, right?

[papa smurf]

If you dont already have a camera you should pick one up.

is that 600 dollars you have or 600 euro?

so your buying drinks when you arrive, right? i have a camera but its a piece of crap really its one of those portable printing dock cameras lol, and its 600 dollars i converted it being the incredible genius child i am (at the moment:wink:)

[papa smurf]

[quote=Nimmy;67929] So take your $600... spend part of it on a wacom graphite 4x6 for 80 bucks... /quote] i was thinking about the intuos3? they look really neat

[papa smurf]

i gotz it!!


i think i might buy the tablet and a camera:biggrin:

i found this fujifilm camera doesnt look too shabby- FUJIFILM - FinePix 7.1MP Digital Camera - Black - S700 (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=product&tab=7&id=1174091772074&skuId=8312195&childSku=null&count=null#headerCustomerReviews)

and i found the tablets in best buy, im going with the smaller one cuz im only really starting out and wanna get the feel for it first Wacom - Intuos3 Professional 4" x 6" USB Tablet with Cordless Pen and Mouse - PTZ431W (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=product&tab=7&id=1156607399259&skuId=8022631&childSku=null&count=null#headerCustomerReviews) i read all the reviews on both and people seem to like it:p

[Nimmy]

I had a 6x8 Intious, more than I need.. never used the buttons or touch strips. Sold it for 20 or so less than i bought it for (189 on ebay)... sold it for 160'ish. Had no complaints with the intuos, except the included useless mouse, lol.... and ask sammie about the camera.

Sidenote : They do make SOME bluetooth capable models so your not connected by cord - but you should probably avoid that. ;)

[Laroacha]

Looks like a pretty nice camera, though you can find it cheaper than at Best Buy: http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/FPS700/FPS700A.HTM

I recently picked up a Canon A720IS for about the same price as the Fuji, and it comes with a 8 MP sensor and image stabilization. http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/A720IS/A720ISA.HTM

[Nimmy]

Ask sams, the only thing roach uses his camera for are closeups, which takes a REALLY good macro in his case.

I've always been fond of a panasonic lumix myself..

[Laroacha]

Ask sams, the only thing roach uses his camera for are closeups, which takes a REALLY good macro in his case.

I've always been fond of a panasonic lumix myself..

lol,,,,,,ok fudgepacker,,,,,,,,,try this macro of my ghetto backyard:

[papa smurf]

though you can find it cheaper than at Best Buy yah but i know best buy the best:wink: ill just have a look at some when i go over, but now i need to go to bed, have to get up at like 5 in the morning:confused: i have to catch 3 flights:doubt: omg i hate travelling it sucks so much espeacially waiting in airports with nothing to do. i just hope there isnt a screaming baby or something on the plane if there is ill just have to smuther it:badgrin::wink:

[Laroacha]

yah but i know best buy the best:wink: ill just have a look at some when i go over, but now i need to go to bed, have to get up at like 5 in the morning:confused: i have to catch 3 flights:doubt: omg i hate travelling it sucks so much espeacially waiting in airports with nothing to do. i just hope there isnt a screaming baby or something on the plane if there is ill just have to smuther it:badgrin::wink:

I actually like traveling because I sit in the airport bar getting ripped while waiting for my flights,,,,,,,as an added bonus,,,,I usually sleep through the flight, making it seem really fast............

[Nimmy]

Sounds like the most devistatingly sad episode of M.A.S.H I ever watched with the baby smothering papa.

Btw, when you hit the international airport - if you do, take a moment to walk around and watch everyone. Its good for a life experience. You see everything in the world....

[papa smurf]

Sounds like the most devistatingly sad episode of M.A.S.H I ever watched with the baby smothering papa. :biggrin: ill M.A.S.H that baby if it starts lol:lol:

[Nimmy]

:biggrin: ill M.A.S.H that baby if it starts lol:lol:

In mash they where all surrounded hiding from the north korean's. There was a south korean lady in the bus with a baby, and then hawkeye/random people trying to save them. And they where trying to keep quiet so they wouldn't be found - but the baby kept crying... and "hawkeye" was a doctor/being impatient and kept screaming at the lady telling her to have the baby stop, stop the baby... don't let her cry anymore, or we're going to die. And after a while the baby stops crying, but too suddenly. When he realizes it he runs over and finds out that he yelled at the lady so much to keep it quiet that she smothered her own baby to appease him/save her own hide.

It was a touching episode, and it was a latent memory he had that the doc bring out. He kept thinking the baby was a coconut or something but at the end he goes "omg, noooo, it was a baby!!!", then sobs like timmy after lassie mounts him in episode 155.

[Sammie]

I actually like traveling because I sit in the airport bar getting ripped while waiting for my flights,,,,,,,as an added bonus,,,,I usually sleep through the flight, making it seem really fast............


a man after my own heart.

that is the ONLY way to travel

[Nimmy]

a man after my own heart.

that is the ONLY way to travel

The obvious better alternative would be - first class.

[Sammie]

The obvious better alternative would be - first class.


I never sleep when I travel first class (which isnt often) but I still get hammered :p