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Hatsune-! Sonic? Um, Miku the hedgehog??

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Reviewed: Fujifilm Finepix Z20 FD

Finally, a review of a camera I purchased right out of the bag section at Savers Thrift Store. I really lucked out with this one! Included in the bag was a crappy, early digital camcorder with no cords and a small green case. Here’s the beauty of it: the Fuji was inside the green case, and I don’t think the employees at Savers knew that because the bag altogether was $5.

That puts this little pocket digital camera right at the ceiling of “Why Not?” in the Budget Camera Fun Pricing Hierarchy (BCFPH). I tried to sell the digital camcorder as-is for $8 at a flea market a couple of weeks ago, which would have put me $3 in the black AND made this camera essentially free, but there were no takers. The teeny green case included a 2 GB memory card (full of pre-teenage girl shopping selfies!), battery and charger, too!

BCF Top Tip #3: When perusing bags/boxes of merchandise at thrift stores, estate sales, rummage sales, garage sales, etc be sure to pay attention to all of the contents! I once came across a Canon AE-1 w/lens at a rummage sale in a carrying case for $5; when I dug deeper into the case there were 2 more lenses!

This Fuji is a decent little pocket point-and-shoot digital camera. It has a 10 MP sensor, takes video, has decent zoom, fairly broad ISO sensitivity and shutter speeds, as well as a lot of modes (including Program, which is handy for folks who like a little more control over exposure). The specifics can be found here and a nicely detailed, professional review can be found here.

So why am I reviewing it when I just posted a link to a nice, thorough, credible review? Because that’s based on how it was when it debuted in 2008, let me offer to you, dear reader, how it stacks up nowadays!

I’ve handled a lot of flimsy, chintzy, cheap cameras in my day, however this one feels strong! It feels like it could withstand a light drop or two, and the sliding front cover (great, cheap was to protect the lens) feels solid and confident. In fact, it feels 10-times better than an old higher-end Olympus p+s film camera like the one I discussed in my first review. Like older p+s cameras, sliding the front cover turns it on which I definitely prefer over a tiny button that you have to hold like many of the p+s digital cameras that Canon, Sony, Nikon, etc produce.

Having 10 megapixels to fill up still yields good pictures in this day and age; the photos still look great for a cheap pocket camera and don’t have to be nearly as large or crisp as a DSLR’s images. 

I’ve dedicated this camera as my digital fun-saver. It’s great for snapshots, eBay, family photos, parties, etc. The camera was created to fulfill that role and I’d say its still doing it just fine. In fact, if you’re looking for something to fulfill the same roles, these puppies fetch a tiny sum of money on the electronic bay.

There are downsides to it for sure, but they’re largely irrelevant due to it’s purpose, price-point, and current price. The flash performance is deplorable, but who cares?

To prove it’s worth as a nice little snap-shooter, allow me to show you a couple of quick pics I took today on my lunch break:

All the technology in the world can’t prevent me from taking the inevitable finger-in-the-top-corner photo.

It feels weird to upload a pic without even the teeniest amount of post-processing.

As you can see, contrast, saturation and detail are just fine right out of the chip. shooting into the light or back lighting certainly kills detail, but all pocket cameras do that.

Another nice characteristic of shooting with only 10 megapixels is a smaller file size! If you’re working with an older computer, especially one that starts up with one of the greatest Brian Eno songs ever written, you would certainly appreciate this.

A photo made with this camera or something similar would be great to play with in a photo editing app too, like Mextures or VSCO.

The Fujifilm Finepix Z20FD (say that 5 times fast, I dare you) is a great little shooter. One could be dug out of the bins at a local thrift store or won on eBay for very cheap. It’s not the only one however. There are lots of comparable cameras, either of the same age or newer, that do a great job being reliable pocket cameras. Do some research, read some well-done, solid advice websites, and have fun! If you come across one in a thrift store for 5 whole bucks and it works, pat yourself on the back and laugh in the face of everyone who paid full price not too long ago for the same thing.

Thanks very much for reading! As I blabbered about in my previous post I’ve got an EPIC COMPARISON TEST planned, however that will take a bit of time before I can start writing it (mainly due to having to finish and mail out the rolls for processing). In the meantime I’ll get some things together and I think I’ll run an expired roll of 200 speed WALGREENS film through the legendary Canon Rebel 35mm SLR next!

Stay tuned!

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teto doodle originally from idk when

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tetotetotetotetotetotetotetotetotetotetoteto!!!!!

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Yakushiji Temple, Nishinokyo-cho, "Nara City The "

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i think i should make more stupid brushes for my mental health

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falls to my knees..... shouldve been fortnite..

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guys theyre fucking putting miles edgeworth in among us

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another guide i made for fun! this time on classic ace attorney art! again, mostly an infodump based on my own observations. hope this helps!!

(find this useful? considering c0mming me in this style or leaving a tip.. wink)

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Girls when they're in love

based on @leecherish's post

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she's so fucking pumped about drinking poison i love her

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paws

It’s incredibly important to me that the anime decided to include this scene that wasn’t in the manga. In the manga, Maomao does pass out in Jinshi’s lap after saving him from what was obviously an assassination attempt.

HOWEVER, the manga cuts off at this point, keeping strictly in Maomao’s perspective, and cuts straight to when she regains consciousness in bed after being treated for her injuries. The manga doesn’t show how she got back. They SAY how, and she briefly mentions, “wow that must have been embarrassing; he carried me back,” but we don’t SEE it. We don’t get to feel the true impact of what that means. But the anime DID show us, and holy shit.

They SHOW us how taboo this is. They show Jinshi carrying her out of the temple, after a public attempt on his life.

They show us the shock and horror on Lakan’s face as Jinshi silently walks past him. Horror at the state his daughter is in, horror at another man—a man with a status he could never dare to question—staking such a public claim over his child, horror at the fact that he could never have this level of closeness with her (as Maomao would never allow it).

Everyone hides their gazes, as is their custom when someone of his rank passes by, but the air is different this time. Jinshi is furious, he’s terrified, and he could not give a single shit about how inappropriate it looks to these palace officials.

The shot that slowly follows her trail of blood—even though it’s a small detail—that in particular leaves such a intense impression of how poignant this is for him.

Maomao talked about this scene in the manga like it was nothing to her. She did what she set out to do: she saved the person who was targeted by the attack. She didn’t even know the target would be someone she knew. But she has no idea that this happened afterwards as a result of her bravery. To her, it likely wasn’t even an act of bravery at all. She acted on impulse; she did what she knew was the right thing to do.

The anime didn’t need to include this, because the manga didn’t show it. But damn, I’m so glad they did.

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paws at the screen

the funny

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can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars 🌟🌠

we can recreate shinzo abe

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