For my birthday this year, Donna held off on any birthday gifts and planned to get the new iPhone for me. Much to her surprise, following the Apple’s release of the details of the new iPhone, I decided I didn’t really want one – it just isn’t THAT much better than the one I have now.
Since she insisted on getting me something, I decided on this – a Samsung TL500.
The camera was released a while ago at $450 but since it’s an older model that never gained a ton of popularity, the price has dropped and we found one for $250 (opened box) at a Los Angeles camera shop. The bad news is that it has to be shipped from their warehouse which means I have to wait until next week to actually get my hands on it.
It’s old, outdated and I absolutely love it’s specs. The highlight is the f/1.8 (great for low light) Schneider-Kreuznach lens! Basically it’s a camera a pro photographer would love and a photo enthusiast would hate. It doesn’t have a long zoom range to the lens. It’s only 10 megapixels, doesn’t record HD video and so on. Regardless, I’m super excited about getting it.
Even better, I’ll have it in time for our anniversary weekend! We’re not going away this year basically just because we can’t afford it. We can’t find a decent room in Santa Barbara (or anywhere else we thought of going) for less than $300 and most places are sold out. We do plan to get out and celebrate though – kind of a staycation.
