June 01, 2007

PC Show 2007

Today, the headlines read "The Great Gizmo Sale"... it has to be the PC show.
With the same mentality as any other Singaporean to beat the GST hike, I made the effort to push through the crowd to get my camera. It was really really crowded yet no one seemed bothered by it. The floors are littered with the many brochures and pamphlets that consumers are stuffed with. Reallie a big mess. I managed to squeeze my way through to the Cannon counter. Think unless you already know what you want, it is difficult to get a salesman to serve you properly. Anyway, with some advice from my friend S, me & J each got ourselves a Cannon Ixus 850IS. It comes with 7.1 MegaPixel, 3.8xZoom, 2.5 inch LCD, Optical Image Stabilizer, Wide Angle Lens (all these terms are greek to me) plus not forgetting a whole lot of freebies (how can we miss that?) - 2GB SD Card (according to S, this card ll last me a lifetime), Digital Kit Bag (utterly not useful), Camera Case (looks sleek and nice) and attractive gifts (er... lucky draw coupons??). It amounts to a neat sum of $649. Thank God that I am only paying $249 for it... under the good will of the development fund which educators enjoy else I will never pay such money for this gadget. This complex item really is tough to handle...learning to use all the functions so that I can maximize it on my China trip. =)

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