As i have invested into a new (but used) digital camera for the upcoming summer trips the time has come to say thank you to my old beloved digicam: the Kodak DC 240. For almost six years she has filled the galleries and accompanied me on trips and stays in other countries and on another continent. I can remember that in the first months of our relationship — she with her flash and i with my photographical eagerness — have really strained the patience and tolerance of our contemporaries in Gregory and Dallas, South Dakota. As we got older a serenity in this regard has arrived and the average frequency of new private galleries slowly decreased from about 2 galleries per month to only about a half. Nevertheless, we continued taking pictures from cities and landscapes wherever our feet respectively the camera bag took us. Even though she was technically half-broken for the last 5 years, due to some rough mosh pitting in Stan’s mocha, i never considered giving up on her. Taking into account how old she is and what she’s been through she’s still in an awesome shape — she just grew comparatively large and clunky. The time for her has come to rest a little beneath the newton, so that i can get back to her to get nostalgic once in a while… But before i do this, we must praise her good deeds: according to the ‘About’ panel she has captured 45724 pictures and fired 7481 flashes. Unbelievable. So long, farewell, and thanks for all the pix…

The official handover ritual includes picturing each other:

One good thing about the new camera, a Canon Ixus 400, is that this is a model which still had CompactFlash as the memory card type. Which means i’m still able to use my old cards. All the new Ixus models have slots for SD cards. But this was not the main reason for the purchase. The Ixus is smaller and takes far more better pictures, as i think. Here is a sample picture shot in Frankfurt am Main:

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