Picked up a very minty condition Pentax I-10 today at a super great price from a seller who seemed pretty eager to let it go. Finally I can stop worrying whenever Fitzand bugs me for my X-100 (!!!) when I’m out shooting. Yeah … this cute white baby is for my baby big boy. Why not just let him use my LC-A+ you ask? He is one trigger happy fella (like me) and since he learned how to advance the film and take the next (and next and next) shot … I’ve been trying not to leave him alone with a film camera … at least until he knows why daddy’s face turn pale whenever he does that.
A small digital camera was the only solution but so far I’ve yet to find one that’s economical and neat for him … until today. I actually was eyeing this I-10 when I was in Tokyo a couple of years back but buying new wasn’t really a good idea. This little sexy 12MP camera with image stabilizer has one additional ‘feature’ that will make the little one happy. You can choose the startup sound/shutter sound … from a normal ‘click!’ … to the sounds of a cat meowing or dog barking! 😀 One reason why he refused to use my Harinezumi was because it didn’t go ‘click!’ when he presses the shutter button. Yeah … he grew up messing with my LC-A+ and other film cameras … so without that ‘click!’ probably takes away all the fun for him.
For those who has not seen one of these … you can see how small it is from the image above. It is just slightly taller than a roll of 35mm film! 😀 I’ve to go get a cute neck strap for him though. One drop and this baby will probably be dead or crippled for good.
The buttons at the back are pretty neat and simple. Fitzand will probably be only using the playback button for now though.
I sure wish it doesn’t have this protruding lens but then … I’m sure it is necessary with the 5X zoom on it. I haven’t show it to him (Fitzand) yet. Perhaps I’ll do so after getting him a neck strap this weekend. Hopefully in a few month’s time … he’ll tell me ‘Daddy! Let’s go take photos!’ instead of ‘Daddy! Let’s go run in the park!’ on days when this fat old body of mine need some rest.