Why you should use a serious screen protector on a large camera LCD.

My own Ixus 50 has a 'da Oly protector on it. 2mm thick perspex; probably couldn't actually stop a bullet, but is fine for most things that might hurt a fragile LCD. Just over five quid mail order from the US, took about a week to get here; I recommend it highly.

Today in the post I got an Ixus 50 that was less fortunate. The camera still works, and somehow the LCD still works, but compare these two shots (taken with the handy Ixus 400 that also arrived today):

( Cruel, cruel stepowner who didn't realise a large LCD is a large target area. )

( Loving owner who put a protector on it before taking it out in earnest. )

(The huge LCDs are apparently because the Japanese market love them. The Ixus 50 and 55 are pretty much identical except the LCD; same for the Ixus 60 and Ixus 65.)

Always use protection. The camera you save may be your own.

Your Jennifer, she just isn't the same.

Bastard computers. (spit) I entered apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade yesterday and have finally beaten Ubuntu into upgrading from Breezy to Dapper Beta. A few package conflicts meant xfonts-base didn't upgrade properly. And it lost most of GNOME (which I keep around for the apps). I should report a bug, but I didn't keep track of it all. Anyway, I've beaten X into starting, reinstalled the internal wifi driver and am now restoring my missing apps. I would suggest anyone who isn't a sysadmin stick with Breezy for now, which is still pretty damned good. (And I still have a box of CDs here.)

That said, Dapper has the latest of t3h sh1ny. I'm going to enjoy using it.

The Ixus 50 mentioned in the previous post arrived this morning, as did an Ixus 400. The 400 is reputedly one of the finest Ixus ever made for picture quality; arkady has been using it at length for doll photostory shoots today and getting excellent results. A good digital camera is one where you have to do almost no work at all other than actually taking the pictures; fiddling with pictures afterwards is just a pain in the arse, makes me take ages to bother getting shots up and is enough reason to my mind to avoid cameras that don't do it for you.

bmovie Friday! And quiet000001 is coming down Thursday and staying till Saturday, and she and redcountess are coming to B-Movie if I have to stretcher them in.