Comments on: Sticker Shock

By: Dan Klarmann

Dan Klarmann — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:53:09 +0000

One of my favorite features in the Canon Elph is the time-lapse video mode. Out of the box, it has 1s and 2s per frame modes; quite useful. The hack allows for arbitrary delay between shots, but I haven’t tried it, yet.

With my previous not-as-good camera, I shot full motion video and squeezed the time line. (Driving to Shapiro)

An entertaining presentation? Just like in photography: Mostly luck and sweat. It took an hour to get the tripod mounted right, then over 2 hours of video and audio editing.

As Dr. Ruth says, “Practice, practice, practice.”

By: Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:00:29 +0000

Dan: How did you

A) get the SD1100SI to take this series of photos automatically? and

B) String them into that entertaining presentation?

Thank you for using hand turn signals. How courteous of you!

By: Dan Klarmann

Dan Klarmann — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:07:31 +0000

My latest antic while appreciating my appreciating camera. A video from a cantilever off a bicycle:

By: Dan Klarmann

Dan Klarmann — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:51:49 +0000

Maybe the pricing is calculated based on relative frequency of purchase. A weekly adjustment of each price proportional to it’s difference from the mean number of cameras purchased in all colors. F’rinstance: If they sell on average 10/color, But because 12 were gold in the interval, raise the gold by $2. and drop the blue and brown (9 each) by (less than) one dollar each. Less to ensure the prices don’t drop below cost.

That may be a cromulent way of automating a supply and demand pricing engine. When the price differential causes the colors to all be ordered at the same rate, then the pricing is “perfect”. Also, they know what colors are preferred by how much for future design decisions.

By: grumpypilgrim

grumpypilgrim — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:29:50 +0000

Hot arbitrage opportunity: buy the camera in a cheap color, paint it with a $5 bottle of Testor’s paint (for plastic) and resell it on ebay for a fat profit.

By: Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:29:01 +0000

Dan: I suppose that your gold camera must really be made of gold to justify that price!

As you mentioned, I carry my SD1100IS almost everywhere. It’s a highly versatile camera with which I’ve taken tons of images. other than cropping and a few other minor tweaks, I don’t usually process my photos. Many of the photos in this Picasa web album http://picasaweb.google.com/erichvieth/DangerousIntersection# were taken with the SD1100IS. I know that there are many other good cheap consumer grade cameras out there, but I still recommend this one (other than the gold color), because I have run it through the ringer and it is so incredibly adaptable. BTW, Blue is the cheapest color at Amazon today ($179) while gold has come down in price a bit, to $309. I just don’t get the pricing . . .