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This Christmas we are going to finally be upgrading our camera and have been looking through various review sites and specials to see which one we should actually purchase. There are your basic point and shoot digital cameras and then the more advanced DSLR cameras. The point and shoots are nice in that they are compact and very user friendly. The problem is that all the ones that we have seen and our current point and shoot camera seem to have that lag between photos which has always been a big irritation. This happens when most when we are trying to capture moments at our kids games or at a family get together and it seems like we are always waiting for the camera to get ready to take the next photo. The DSLR cameras solve this issue, but are starting at around $500 and are somewhat bulky. I have been searching the online sale items for our new camera and just came across a great deal on a camera that we have been looking at buy.com.

The new Samsung TL220 DualView is now available.

Have a Happy Holiday!

We attended my wifes class reunion this past summer and it is amazing after 20 years to see how much people have changed from their high school days. They did the usual meet and greet and golf outing on a Saturday and the evening dinner. What was different is that they provided a digital cd of a high school slide show that was created during their senior year where everyone turned in 35mm slides of their best memories of high school. They were able to take and convert these old slides to a digital format and preserve them digitally and then put them to some of the hits of the 1980′s. While they had them done at a local print/camera shop for about $2 each there are devices available for those at home or looking to preserve those memories like the VuPoint film and digital converter. For just pennies you can now conveniently convert your 35mm slides to a digital format to share or store. I am thinking that this would be a great gift for those who have friends and family that are still holding onto those 35mm slides and want to be able to view them on their computer or laptop and not have to break out the projector anytime they want to see Uncle Mel dressed up as a Santa Claus.

For those that are looking to save some money while putting on their class reunion you can find these 35mm digital slide converters on sale at online retailers like buy.com for under $50.00. This is a great investment not only for class reunions but for those family reunions where you are looking to created DVD’s and want the ability to take your old family photos and create a slide show that will help preserve your memories.