Hello photographer friends! I am purchasing a new camera to take on my trip to Africa in a couple of months.

I am looking for a point and shoot bridge camera. I don't want to have to deal with trying to change lenses and keeping sensors clean while riding in dusty conditions. Bringing 2 camera bodies (one with short lens the other with long) is out of the question.

I have a top dollar range of around $750. So far, the Nikon Coolpix B700 to be in the lead of cameras I've looked at. My husband has one and likes it. He is not as heavily into photography as I am, and I was wondering if someone might suggest a better choice for me.

Here is the link for the B700, if any of you care to take a look:

https://www.bestbuy.com/…/nikon-coolpix-b700-20-…/4997101.p…

Thanks for any words of wisdom you hay have to offer!

I need help in finding a good, simple photo editing program. I have had to buy a new computer with Windows 10 and my old programs will not work on it. I loved the simplicity of the old Olympus "Camedia" program which I used for years. The free program that comes with Windows 10 is not as good as the 7 was and will not add text or be flexible in the printing.

I need to "adjust" light, color, sharpen, crop & rotate, add text, and rename. I need to be able to print 12 or 20 to a page with the names on each photo.

I've tried Adobe "Lightroom". You can not add text with it and it is a monthly charge - not free or one time purchase.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

DAMN CHECKING ACCOUNT

A crusty old man walks into a bank and says to the woman at the window, “I want to open a damn checking account.”

The astonished woman replies, “I beg your pardon, sir. I must have misunderstood you. What did you say?”

“Listen up, damn it. I said I want to open a damn checking account now!”

“I'm very sorry sir, but that kind of language is not tolerated in this bank.”

The teller leaves the window and goes over to the bank manager to inform him of her situation. The manager agrees that the teller does not have to listen to that foul language.

They both return to the window and the manager asks the old geezer, “Sir, what seems to be the problem here?”

“There is no damn problem.” the man says. “I just won $200 million bucks in the damn lottery and I want to put my damn money in this damn bank.”

“I see,” says the manager, “and is this bitch giving you a hard time?”

As a follow-up to yesterdays thread "Photography & Reality" here is an interesting development from a major retailer that doesn't surprise me...and in fact, I was surprised that someone had not done it yet.

"CVS Health plans to announce Monday (1/15/2018) that it will ban manipulation in its store brand makeup marketing and promotional displays amid growing awareness of the harmful nature of touched-up images."
"...the decision reflects an acknowledgement that 'unrealistic body images' are a significant driver of health issues, 'especially among women.' "We're all consuming massive amounts of media everyday and we're not necessarily looking at imagery that is real and true," To try to hold ourselves up to be like those women is Impossible because even those women don't look like how they appear in those photographs" The retailer will place an icon with a "digitally modified" warning on any marketing materials that don't comply by 2020*

On my comments on "Photograpy & Reality" earlier yesterday I suggested that the icon's OCC (out of camera) and PP (post processing) be used on photo's to acknowledge to the viewer what they are looking at...original camera/lens shot, or photo with post processing (manipulation). This article by USA TODAY seems to suggest an awareness of misrepresentation by presenting a photo as reality, when in fact, it has been manipulated without acknowledgement, which in fact, supports my earlier position on representation/misrepresentation on the prior thread. I have been surprised that a challenge to the "truth in advertising" clause has not been applied and enforced on the visual media by consumer and product (visual) users. Interesting development. Please respond and please stay on topic!

* see USA TODAY by Nathan Bomey posted 1/15/2018.

I also have a near pristine Nikon FA film camera with a Nikon 35-70 f3.5-4.5 manual focus zoom lens. The lens, which I picked up recently, operates smoothly and appears to be fungus free and shows very little dust. The lens come with caps. Along with the camera, body cap, comfort strap, and user manual, there is also an original Nikon FA ever ready case, which are somewhat rare and often expensive if bought on eBay, etc. Personally, I have never used any ever ready case, as I found them cumbersome.

This FA shows very little wear as you can see in the pics. It has the honeycomb shutter curtain that was highly touted in the camera heyday. It was also the first Nikon to use matrix metering. The interior is clean, as is the battery compartment. I will ship it with two L44 batteries installed that probably have a decent life left to them. The meter seems to be right on the mark.

About a month ago, I shot a roll of color film with it and had it processed at a local Walgreens. All prints were sharp, well exposed, and showed no light leakage at all. I do not offer any camera for sale that I have not tested with film beforehand.

Outfit Price: $145 with $10 shipping via USPS priority mail to CONUS only. I will accept PayPal, money order or check. The latter two must clear prior to shipping. I will offer a 7 day return period if not satisfied, and the outfit is returned in the same condition as when sold.

PM me if interested.

I have sold cameras and flashes on the Hog previously with no complaints. I have a 100% feedback rating on eBay with 137 sales as marcman66.