Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Things have changed a lot for me in a year.

I now own a Samsung Alias 2, as in December my brother and I switched to Verizon from T-Mobile.

In December I also bought a Sanyo VPC-E870 digital camera, as I wasn't satisfied with my iJoy pocket camera and my Dad's camera's battery sensor was shot (it would say batteries were dead even when they were fresh), BUT, I was also unsatisfied with the Sanyo camera's video quality, so last month I bought a Casio Exilim EX-Z33 and it has MUCH better video quality and all the features of the Sanyo camera, including voice recording.

So, I'm now happy once again.

Update for phone. I'm now on Verizon and now use the Samsung Alias 2. I also use this a lot for pictures. In fact, all Verona, IL, pictures were taken with this phone. It's very good for photos, but horrible for video.



And you could call this a camera. This is a backup. My iPod Nano.

Here's what I got in my camera bag.

For taking pictures, I got a Polaroid i534.



For videos, I now use a Aiptek DZO-V5O digital camcorder. I Before I got this, I would use the video feature on the Polaroid.



For my cell phone, it an Samsung A177 through AT&T's GoPhone.

bnsfc44 wrote:For my cell phone, it an Samsung A177 through AT&T's GoPhone.

Hey... I got that same cell phone through AT&T go phone as well! Not a bad phone at all, but the camera is not very good. That is my only complaint.

I just got a new camera. A Polaroid t1035 touchscreen camera

Interesting concept there...

My very first camera was a Sony-dcr-trv10 ntsc
a very good camera of its time, took great video. A lot of my old videos on youtube have been taken with this camera.
It has since crapped out on me. It still works, but at times the screen turns green and light blue and other shades, and it records like that, i could fix it im sure but its such an old camera i went with a newer one

the next camera i got was a Canon elure 100
this camera if i ever meet the maker of it someone is going down, this is the WORST CAMERA ive ever touched, and it has since broke
I WANT MY MONEY BACK CANON (but that will never happen)

i was soo disappointed with my canon, that i traded a portable dvd player for a camera from a friend.
it is a Jvc gr-d271u and i love this thing if you want a mini dv camera theres no substitute this is the fastest camera ever too it turns on and takes video in less than 3 seconds where as the others have like 5 second delays


Next up i though i had the best camera ever right there but then my crappy canon died and i wanted another camera for my "second shots" i do
well i deiced to go with the new hard drive cameras,
and boy i will NEVER go back to tapes
this camera is
JVC GZ-MG330RU HYBRID EVERIO

that concludes my video cameras

i use to use my mom and dads cameras for crossing pictures
my dads camera is a
Canon DS6041 Digital Rebel
its a good camera but over ratted for what canon said it would do and once again disappointed with canon and their customer service due to this i will never buy another canon product again EVER

my moms camera is a Canon powershot sd450
and its the only thing that i was happy with from canon, i guess every company has to make something good once in awhile

my sister had a camera but since she got a new one she gave me her old one its a
Kodak EasyShare DX6340 Zoom
you might know this camera from my one video with the train running it over that what this camera will be for

then for a birthday surprise i got a Olympus Fe-4000 its a great little point and shoot camera i have no complaints
and this has also taken over for the main camera i use for crossing shots on the website



now for phones old phone was a Motorola razr good phone almost unbreakable (only reason why i say that is because a friend ran his over it broke the lcd screen but the phone still worked )


anyway i was due for an upgrade after mine started to act up and wouldn't let me call out at times and at&t had a deal going on
so my dad ordered the new iphone 4 for his business and i inherited
his old iphone 3 i love this phone soo much and have even taken a few xing pictures with it

anyway thats all of my electronic gagits

MichiganCSX622 wrote:I just got a new camera. A Polaroid t1035 touchscreen camera

I like touchscreens, but unless that Polaroid screen is 4 X 5 inches or larger, I'd be hitting multiple inputs at the same time.

How is it working out in the real world??

TRAINMANKIGHT wrote: I used to use my mom and dads cameras for crossing pictures
my dads camera is a
Canon DS6041 Digital Rebel
its a good camera but over ratted for what canon said it would do and once again disappointed with canon and their customer service due to this i will never buy another canon product again EVER

There have been several driver issues with the Digital Rebels, and you can frequently find updated software for free at the Canon website. Lack of follow-up support is the main reason I dumped Canon. Nikon follow-up could be improved too, but at least Nikon understands the companys reputation rides on how well the camera works! Canon just seems to count sales.

And too.. Nikon makes their own glass for lenses. Totally first rate optics.

On edit: I do have a 35mm film Rebel that I bought I don't know how long ago. It still works; or rather it DID the last time I used it.., oh, 9 years or so ago. The camera is decent, but controlling depth of field was a constant argument with the CPU. I forgot I even owned the thing until Chris started cleaning out closets for next weeks yard sale!

gedunk wrote:

TRAINMANKIGHT wrote: I used to use my mom and dads cameras for crossing pictures
my dads camera is a
Canon DS6041 Digital Rebel
its a good camera but over ratted for what canon said it would do and once again disappointed with canon and their customer service due to this i will never buy another canon product again EVER

There have been several driver issues with the Digital Rebels, and you can frequently find updated software for free at the Canon website. Lack of follow-up support is the main reason I dumped Canon. Nikon follow-up could be improved too, but at least Nikon understands the companys reputation rides on how well the camera works! Canon just seems to count sales.

And too.. Nikon makes their own glass for lenses. Totally first rate optics.

On edit: I do have a 35mm film Rebel that I bought I don't know how long ago. It still works; or rather it DID the last time I used it.., oh, 9 years or so ago. The camera is decent, but controlling depth of field was a constant argument with the CPU. I forgot I even owned the thing until Chris started cleaning out closets for next weeks yard sale!

yah its not so much the camera it shelf that bad, its just soo nonuser friendly, at least for me and then trying to contact canon over anything is like pulling teeth
i was thinking about getting a nikon touch screen after all the kinks are fix since its a new camera and i also am waiting to hear how people like them. I really like the Olympus i have, came as a big surprise from my parents for my birthday. Either way im not looking for any new cameras right now, im up to my eyeballs with them.