I have been a slacker child. For fathers day and my dad’s birthday I didn’t get him anything. It is not because I forgot, or was cheap. it was just my dad didn’t know what he wanted. Last year was the same problem. I told him I would get him any DVD’s he wanted (he is a big old film buff) and we went to the store and didn’t pick anything. Unless it is coins he is impossible to buy for. Today I finally got him something I know he needs (even if he may not want it). He has this old Nikon 35mm camera that he barely uses anymore. He has 2 grandchildren and takes only a few pictures. The ones he does take don’t get developed for months. Knowing all that I got him a new Canon Powershot A540 digital camera. The 1gig SD card that will go into it gives him the ability to take a few hundred pictures before he has to download them to his computer. I went with the larger Canon over the nice Sony Cybershot that was so small. The reason is the Canon seemed easier to use and had bigger buttons. My dad may be an old school gadget person, but the simpler the better.
I will give the camera a test drive tomorrow when I see Morgan and Zachary! Hopefully he will like it. I have to stop with the expensive presents. I don’t want to set any trends or anything! The next digital upgrade for him will be a digital video camera, but I won’t be the one buying that one.
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