A luxurious buy..

Went to the IT show 2008 yesterday after sch with yihui and jas.. have planned to buy a new camera.. actually have planned it for quite a long time.. last year at the IT show, I have wanted to buy a camera but my parents don't allow and I am not brave enough to go against them.. this time.. I don't care.. I just want to buy.. anyway I am buying with my own savings mah..

went to the different camera booths to try out the camera.. I must try out before I can decide whether worth buying or not.. among all the brands, I sort of like canon, casio and ricoh.. my criteria of choosing camera are: not too ex which is not over $500, the LCD screen must be clear, not pixellated, the flash must be good, megapixels at least 8, the zoom must be good too..

I feel canon is a good brand but their cam price quite steep and the zoom function not so good.. only 3x.. Casio has some special function like detecting smiles and auto phototaking.. and it is very slim but its zooming also not so good.. so I decided to buy Ricoh.. Ricoh is not a very popular brand which is becos their publicity is not as big as sony, canon.. it's a japanese brand.. and my house already has 2 Ricoh camera.. one old film camera and the 3.2 megapixel cam that I have used for 4 years.. my this old digital cam is not bad but I really tired of changing AA batteries every few hours and the not so clear photo taken during concerts becos of the low megapixel and low zooming.. so I want to buy a new one that used Li ion battery and has high zooming.. so I chose Ricoh R8..
it is 10 megapixel, has 7.1x optical zoom which is the best zooming function that I have seen in the whole IT fair.. and I really like how the screen looks.. so clear.. therefore I decided to buy it.. even though it is over my budget, $599.. now think of it.. it's a bit ex.. but I really satisfied with my buy, hope it last long.. haha.. it also looks special, looks retro.. like the old kind of camera.. coming with it are some free gifts like 4GB SD, cleaning kit, a 10x binoculars, 2 batteries, a screen protector,

throughout the whole look around in the fair, my friends just follows me walking here and there.. they didn't buy anything lor.. really want to thank them for accompanying me.. haha..

after that, we watched a midnight show.. the waterhorse.. the young Noch Ness monster is quite funny.. so animated.. especially when it is chased around by the bulldog.. it don't looks like a monster but an animal pet.. this movie is not only about Noch Ness, it has another agenda which is anti-war.. the war that causes many deaths and took ppl's close ones away.. bringing sadness to not only adults but also children.. the impact to them is greater.. but I must say the ending is quite boring.. something you will have expected and seen somewhere else..