The 2 year swing

It is no secret that I am kind of a tech geek. What this means is I ‘need’ lots of cool gadgets all of the time. This also means I need the most recent gadgets all of the time. Laptops, Digital Cameras, amazing smart phones, etc. What this amounts to is what I call “The 2 year swing.”

The 2 year swing is a term I came up with for about how long I will keep any given gadget. This summer’s new laptop came approximately 2 year after the tablet PC I had (and still have). My Treo came 2 year after my old phone (which was a matter of circumstance) and last good PDA, and now, almost 2 years to the day after I got my Nikon Coolpix 4100, I am in the market for a new digital camera.

While I am very happy with the Nikon, and might end up keeping it, I want something more. As I get more and more into photography, I find that in some places my Nikon falls short. Most notably, in Optical Zoom. With 3x Optical Zoom, I am not getting the kind of picture quality I want at some places, like concerts. Last night while shopping around, I found the Canon Powershot S2 IS, with 12x Optical Zoom, and 5 megapixel photos. Based on some of the sample shots I saw, it also has a great shutter speed, which was a major player in me buying the Nikon. While I will need to try out the camera in a store before I buy it, I am looking for something very similar to that. Its only downfall is size, but that is a minor detail for me. Maybe I will see what my friend at Mekosh.Org will do. Later!