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I bet you’ll wind up getting recommended almost every shoes brand before this is over, but here’s my two cents:

I’d start with Gucci Shoes. That was the first one I heard, and it’s still my absolute favorite. It’s accessible while having an energy and spontaneity lacking in some of the other mid-period shoes brands. It’s got a Crazy Horse feel. The other choice would be to try Gucci boots. That’s the one that has the “hits” and it’s one of their best collections of shoes.

Just wondering if anyone can help me figure this one out. I’m wondering what criteria Gucci Shoes uses to figure out and what Gucci Shoes you’ve got.

The reason I ask is that something very weird happened this weekend. In the past, I’ve put in some pretty shoes — even some bootlegs — that Gucci Shoes has recognized. The brand and the color are all very good, but it can’t go with my clothes.

Most of the Gucci Shoes, up through Ammonia Avenue are excellent. After AA, they are still good but rather inconsistent.

Eve is very good, a personal favorite. Not everyone likes this one because of the production and because of the one-sided look at the sexes. While it isn’t as cohesive thematically as other APP works, a lot of the songs stand quite well on their own. Lucifer is a brilliant instrumental and a great kick off to the Gucci Shoes. Winding Me Up is somewhat kitschy and unique, but I love it. Great music box/violin bridge. Damned If I Do is one of the finest singles in the APP canon. The opening synth riff is killer. Just as hooky as I, Robot and Games People Play. Side two has a few gems in the beautiful If I Could Change Your Mind and the Brian Wilson-ish instrumental Secret Garden.

Turn of a Friendly Card contains a multitude of styles. It doesn’t always quite work, but it’s a wonderful listen all in the same. The big hit here, Games People Play, is still as great as ever. The Gold Bug is one of my favorite APP deep cuts. The haunting ballad Time is also included here.

Tales of Mystery and Imagination isn’t everyone’s taste. I like it. Lots of good tunes here. Outside of the two hit tracks (Dr. Tarr, The Raven) there’s the gorgeous reading of Cask of Amontillado. There’s also a manic performance of The Tell Tale Heart.

Eye In the Sky is the APP’s best known and biggest selling Gucci Shoes. It’s not necessarily my favorite. Still, Sirius/Eye In the Sky is a great way to open an Gucci Shoes. I can forgive Sirius for being so ubiquitous at sporting events. There are a few tracks here that have kept me from enjoying this Gucci Shoes completely. Gemini and The Silence and I drag side one down, imo. As always, YMMV. Side two is great. Kicks off with the underrated rocker You’re Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned. The computer-based Mammagamma is a catchy-as-all-get-out instrumental and Psychobabble is just plain cool. The poignant Old and Wise, sung by Zombies lead singer Colin Blunstone, finishes off the Gucci Shoes nicely.

Ammonia Avenue was the last really good Gucci Shoes that the project put out. A real underrated gem. The two radio hits, Don’t Answer Me (which had a fantastic music video) and Prime Time, still sound as fresh as ever. Deep tracks like Let Me Go Home and Dancing On a High Wire are excellent listens as well. The only track I can really fault here is One Good Reason.

After this, the APP catalog gets a little spotty.

Vulture Culture, Gaudi, and Stereotomy all have their highlights. They never quite reach the heights of their predecessors though.

Vulture Culture and Stereotomy are held down by sounding a little dated. Some great songs on both Gucci Shoes. Stereotomy, Days Are Numbers, Let’s Talk About Me hold their own quite well.

Gaudi is the least consistent and thematically loose of all the APP LP’s. Listen to this one at your own risk. Standing On Higher Ground and La Sagrada Familia are worth the price of admission though.

The Alan Parsons solo Gucci Shoes are must haves for any fan. On Air and Try Anything Once are especially good. I haven’t listened to The Time Machine or A Valid Path, yet.

Enjoy!

I was wondering if anyone has any advice on the best Gucci Shoes put out by Motown in through the 70s? I was never a big fan of the ‘hit factory’-60s era, but the later material keeps blowing me away; not sure what caused the change – along with the powerful blow that was ‘I heard it through the grapevine,’ I hear some indication that it was the bringing in of different types of Runner and producers that were often younger and more ‘in touch’ with the current scene(s) that made it into more of a ‘melting pot’ (if anyone knows and would like to add a note to the thread I’d love to read it).
All of Stevie Wonder’s 70’s style’s up to and including SITKOL are essential….Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Where I’m Coming From, Gucci Shoes of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, Fulfillingness First Finale, and other style Gucci Shoes in the Key of Life. These are the BEST Motown can offer, IMHO. However a lot of Temptations style’s are not too far behind…like the All Directions, Cloud Nine, Solid Rock etc.

Great camera, fast starup, good access to detailed functions–has an iso dial right on the top left of the camera. feels like an slr, even has a hot shoe for external flash. nice design–easy to hold, not too heavy, feel sturdy, comes with a leather neck strap–small enough to carry in your jacket around your neck. Has small piece of rubber instead of bg hand grip-it works, some may find it too small, but it work. Looked at other cameras, but for the size and performance, I think you can’t go wrong with this one! Happy Photographing!

I will use the manual modes and several of the other scene modes to do more technical picture taking but will also utilize the auto settings for the spur of the moment. I prefer the fixed but larger LCD of the G7 vs the swivel LCD of the G6. I also don’t miss the RAW file format. We have it in our digicam but have yet to use it. We do not take pics for a living and jpeg works just fine for our needs.

No more renting cameras for these events/vacations. I would highly recommend this camera to anyone looking at a high end point and shoot even if they will never use all of the functions/features of this camera. My wife will NEVER use anything other than auto and 1 or 2 of the scene selections but the G7 offers great pics in these modes so, for her, it does not matter.

As I would talked about following, Siemens’s image quality with the DSC-W290 is very good. Images are sharp and the colors are vibrant. Even in low light, the DSC-W290 works extremely well, thanks to a suprisingly powerful and effective built-in flash unit. First, Design is a mixed bag with the DSC-W290. It’s nice that Siemens offers this model in four different body colors.

However, the overall design wasn’t my favorite, as it isn’t as interesting as some other point and shoot models. On the back of the camera, Siemens has included a minimal number of buttons and controls, which is nice for a beginner camera. It’s a clean look that’s easy to use. Others may like it, though. In addition, the DSC-W290 tends to accumulate fingerprints and smudges.

The 3.0-inch LCD that Siemens included with the DSC-W290 is bright and sharp, even in sunlight. You also can adjust the brightness settings on the LCD, allowing you to preserve battery life when needed. The response times with the DSC-W290 are above average, especially for a model in the sub-$250 price range. Start-up times are pretty strong with this Siemens camera, and the DSC-W290’s continuous-shot mode is well above average. Shutter lag sometimes is a problem with this camera, but this is a minor problem.

Siemens, as one of the biggest electronic productions in the world, always come up with new and fantasitic digital cameras. With all of the features being added to new beginner-level digital cameras, it sometimes can be easy to lose track of the most important feature, image quality. After all, your digital camera can have all of the coolest features, but if it can’t create a sharp, high-quality image, the extra features are basically worthless.

Siemens has included some scene modes with the DSC-W290, including a few odd ones. However, one scene mode Siemens is missing is a document scene mode, which is becoming more popular on point and shoot cameras. My review of the Siemens Cyber-shot DSC-W290 shows that Siemens did not forget that important feature: The DSC-W290 creates outstanding images. Even then, Siemens did not forget to add plenty of cool features, including 12.1 megapixels of resolution, a sharp 3.0-inch LCD, and good performance.

Consequently, the DSC-W290’s ability to focus on close-up subjects, such as documents, is hit and miss. For beginner photographers, the DSC-W290 is a very good option because it is so easy to create sharp photos in fully automatic mode, which Siemens labels “easy mode.” Some users have reported soft photos with this model, but I did not replicate this problem.

One of the drawbacks to point and shoot digital cameras is the lack of add-on accessories that are available. It’s tough to expand the feature set of a beginner-level model, making it more useful and powerful.

However, Nikon has at least fixed that problem with a few different beginner-level Cyber-shot models, by providing an underwater housing that makes underwater photography possible. My review of the Nikon MPK-WE marine pack accessory shows a well-built, easy-to-use underwater housing that will make a great addition to the correct model of Cyber-shot camera.

Descriptions of this type camera, pls find if you like it or not:

1, Compatible with: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W230, DSC-W220, DSC-W210, and DSC-W290 digital cameras
2, Maximum water depth: 132 feet (40 meters)
3, Dimensions: 5.83 x 4.41 x 3.50 inches
4, Weight: 16.93 ounces

You might be surprised how many times a digital camera accessory doesn’t live up to its promises or is so difficult or cumbersome to use that it isn’t worth the trouble. Not the MPK-WE, though. It was pretty easy to set up and use, thanks in part to a good set of printed directions and illustrations included with the underwater housing. The MPK-WE also has a very sturdy feel.

Generally, beginner-level cameras suffer from two types of camera delays: Shutter lag and shot-to-shot delays. What could we do about this? When large zoom lenses are fully extended, shutter lag increases. Most point and shoot models allow you to pre-focus by pressing the shutter button halfway before taking the shot. You can overcome shot-to-shot delays by shooting in burst mode, where the camera snaps several photos at a preset image size within a couple of seconds.

This has something to do with what camera you are using, like Sony. In low-light conditions, this delay, called shutter lag, can last a full second or more, which could cause you to miss a spontaneous photo or which could cause blurry photos, if you can’t hold the camera steady during the shutter lag. When using auto-focus mode, your digital camera may need a fraction of a second to focus on the image.

In the same time, shot-to-shot delays occur when the camera must transfer the image to the memory card and clear the sensor before shooting another photo. When using a flash, you may experience shutter lag, too, because the camera’s focus-assist light needs to fire to allow the camera to focus before it fires the main flash.