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Introducing: LINKS.

just for those posts where there’s an interesting link to go to.
i will start with COFFEE MUGS
While I think three of the four members of this blog will enjoy the products shown, I think the DIY-guy will find it a complete waste because its more aesthetics than utility =P

BONUS LINK: Billboards

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7772902.stm

Chinese girl gets ‘kiss of deaf’

A young Chinese woman was left partially deaf following a passionate kiss from her boyfriend.
The 20-something from Zhuhai in Guangdong province arrived at hospital having completely lost the hearing in her left ear, said local reports.
The incident prompted a series of articles in the local media warning of the dangers of excessive kissing.
“While kissing is normally very safe, doctors advise people to proceed with caution,” wrote the China Daily.
The doctor who treated the girl in hospital was quoted in the paper explaining what had happened.
“The kiss reduced the pressure in the mouth, pulled the eardrum out and caused the breakdown of the ear.”
The chorus of warnings was echoed by the Shanghai Daily, which wrote: “A strong kiss may cause an imbalance in the air pressure between two inner ears and lead to a broken ear drum.”
The young woman is expected to regain her full hearing within about two months.

So, went to FS on saturday.
To my surprise, FS offered me the SX10IS right off the bat.
Dunno if it’s mistake on their part or not, cuz the dude there that was from the camera section is the guy that tells the manager which one I “should” get replaced with. And he said for my “S5IS” I should get replaced with the SX10IS. Could be that he just said it wrong…or just read it wrong all together….S2/S5 looks somewhat similar…in the lettering…
After being offered the SX10IS, I asked the staff if I can get the store credit for its worth, but she said no, I can only replace it with another thing.
Being stuck having to find a replaceable camera, my choices are the SX10IS or the G10.
After listening to Terry and Jon about all the glories of the G10, I paid the difference and got the G10 ($23 difference, tax incl.).

Though, after thinking about it some more…with the some $429 worth of the SX10IS, technically I could have replaced it with ANY other thing.
So technically…I could have been able to get $429 worth of wii system plus accessories…
But I didn’t think about that at the time…and got the G10…oh well…if it’s that great of a camera, it should last me a long time with awesome pictures.

On to the G10. so it does have the lens adapter tube thingy like my S2IS. Unfortunately, it doesn’t fit the same tube as the S2IS. And the filters that it takes are 58mm, not 52mm. So all my lens filters and stuff for my S2IS can’t be used with the G10…
Probably when I’m in HK, go buy some cheap adapter tube and some basic filters if they’re cheap. The camera though doesn’t really need the tube and UV filter to kinda protect it as with my S2IS. Cuz the G10 does have a lens shutter cover thingy when it’s off. So it’s more protected in a sense than the S2IS. But having such an awesome camera…not having filters for it is kinda wasting it…somewhat…
Anyhoo…I shall see how it goes.

So here’s the latest story.
FS called me saying they can’t fix it, so I have to go in for a exchange.
Just some background, my camera costed around 450.
For exchange, they say, they do it by specs, they try to match it.
Some rfd forum dude says at the back, they actually will receive the full cost at the time paid by the insurance, and in turn, by saying they only match the specs, they pocket the difference. The SX10IS is for $400, I got mine for $450, so they’re still pocketing money, not to mention I did pay $130 or something for the PSP. Not sure if it works as the dude says it does, but in the paper, it does say by the specs. So I’ll argue for the best…to the specs.

So from some quick look up of my camera’s specs and what’s available from FS, here’s what the highlights are from my camera:
Viewfinder, flip-out LCD, 12x zoom
From FS’s set of cameras, I first will have to argue to stick with Canon cameras.
Lots of ways to do this, like all the cameras I’ve owned to date has been Canon, I’m used to Canon, and Canon’s all I’ll take.
Seriously, I’ll have to relearn how the whole camera “OS” if I get a different brand, like especially those fine tuning options.
Secondly, I have accessories for it. As you all know I got all these filters, and not sure if they’ll work with other brand, but I know it’ll work with the SX10IS.
After the Canon is cleared, that’ll basically leave me with SX10IS, SX110IS, or SX100IS.
IMO, SX1xxIS are both born from the Canon “A” line cameras. Slightly more beef than the “SD” line, but lesser than the “S1-S5” line. There are some features in those that doesn’t even match up to my S2IS.
So that’ll leave the highlights of my camera, the SX1xxIS cameras both don’t have viewfinder, dont’ have flip-out lcd, and have 10x zoom. As jon also pointed out, something with the grip… won’t feel right.
Hopefully after all these, FS should have no choice but give me SX10IS….accord to the specs…assuming they don’t hammer too hard on the megapixels.
But yea…I’ll aim for SX10IS, if I can’t get it…I’ll settle for store credits.
Will post later on how this goes, will go to FS this weekend.