On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:27:58 -0400, "Suja"
wrote:


"Shelly" wrote in message

Yep. And since Maui is wanting to go smaller, it's even more important
for her to get her hands on the camera. Some of those little cameras
are cute, but they're almost impossible to use.

Back when I was camera shopping, that was the impression I got. I was doing
the research for myself and my dad. We had different criteria for what we
wanted. I wanted a good zoom and image stabilization in a not too expensive
package. Dad needed something idiot proof that was more compact, with
larger buttons and a big screen. Did the research online, went and checked
out a bunch of cameras, and ended up with two from that list. I remember a
lot of the cameras that I was looking at being tiny and hard to navigate,
and I have small hands. In dad's hands, they were just terrible; he'd press
stuff inadvertently, and then would panic about what he had done.

My dad has this problem with cell phones especially but other things
as well. I, too, play around with the sample phone before I buy one,
but he seems to have even more problems. This is a problem for both
of us because he hates to shop so he tends to ask me to "pick one up
for me." My compromise has been to pre-shop and narrow it down to a
few that I think have a good combination of the features he wants and
the usability factors I have learned about him over time and then take
him to make sure the ultimate choice is what he wants and what he can
work with over time.

--
Paula
"Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy,
so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay