Sunday, July 14, 2013
Breakfast: two eggs scrambled with grilled mushrooms and green onions; spelt toast; two hash browns; sliced banana; hot water. Lots of folding and ironing from yesterday's laundry wash. Cut my hair, showered. Camera purchase research. Decided, finally, to not buy the Samsung EX2F and to wait one month when a successor to the Nikon Coolpix P7700 should become available. I eliminated the Benq G1 because Benq has no history of being serious in the market segment it just entered with the G1 and because reports that the image quality was not as good as its competitors. I eliminated the Canon PowerShot G1 X because it's notably larger than my current camera and because it's not suitable for macro shots closer than 20 centimeters. I had previously eliminated the Samsung EX2F due to no orientation sensor, but I put it back on my shortlist because it was still closer to what I wanted than anything else. However, it has unreliable JPEG quality, and although I could shoot RAW+JPEG its RAW files are unacceptably large at about 30 MB each. I don't have time for that. The Nikon Coolpix P7700 is only a hair larger than my current camera but is 7 years newer and takes better quality images and also has the full swivel screen, which I eventually decided was a requirement for me. (I would not be happy with a screen that only tilts.) If Samsung resolved the JPEG problem I'd prefer the successor to the EX2F, but I'm thinking I'll end up with the successor to the P7700 because Samsung is unlikely to release a successor to the EX2F before September 2013. Dinner at home with Patrick: large salad with boiled egg, sliced mushrooms, diced green bell pepper, and sliced avocado. Watched part of Ip Man (2008) on Netflix instant watch with Patrick and popcorn. Late meal: leftover food from Bombay Indian.