New camera on cell phone

I have resisted buying a cell phone with a camera since I first bought a cell phone in the late 1990s. I purposely avoided the feature. Why rely on a cell phone camera when I own a digital single lens reflex camera was my reasoning.

That was until last Thursday when I purchased an android smartphone. Since the camera is built in to most cell phones today, they're hard to avoid, especially when you have your eyes on a smartphone. The Samsung Galexy S (AT&T Captivate), with its 5-mega pixel camera, takes descent photographs.

While picture quality doesn't compare to the DSLR camera, it's a good substitute for Internet-ready photographs. In a week, I've posted several pictures to Facebook. The camera is best used for pictures-on-the- fly, like the shot of me grilling hamburgers at work.

In the future you'll see more cell phone pictures on these pages. Most will be improptue photographs of food and other interesting topics. I'll save the pictures of grandkids for Facebook.

New 'Round the Chuckbox page on Facebook

'Round the Chuckbox ventured into the social network arena last week with its new page on Facebook. The page will enhance the ability of the blog to interact of its reader base. You can add your own status updates and comment on what others have said.

The ability to post your personal photo is one of the best features. You'll be able post personal camp cooking photos. All the normal Facebook features in photo albums, including the ubiquitous "Like" button, comments and tagging, have been turned on.

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