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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

What camera?

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I am looking for a good digital camera, $200-300 max on everything i will need, suguest away!
 
$200-$300 max huh? I'm not sure what you're going to find in that price range if anything. I'd check www.dpreview.com , you can do a search by price and see what comes up.
 
well i saw some cannon and some sony in the price range, i dont need anything too good, just somthing better then my current camera ( HP photosmart 635 2.1 MP) When i said everything i really just ment camera maybe card, i already hhavbe eduiting software and a good printer.
 
Cool. Here are some things to consider when you're looking.

Zoom - Zooms are a nice thing to have and optical is the only number that matters. A lot of companys will put the 'digital' zoom on there also, it doesn't mean anything it's just cropping into the photo.

Macro Mode - Another good thing to have, especially if you like taking pics of your reps.

Batteries - A lot of cameras are taking AA's now, this is nice in a pinch because you can find them almost anywhere but for your main set or 2 you're going to want something better than what you can pick up in a gas station. Rechargable and lithium are the best.

Card reader - It's an extra $20 or so but well worth it (I always lose that little cable that comes with the camera lol).
 
Macro allows you to take pictures up close, it's usually a flower button on the camera. Without it your minimum focus distance may be a couple feet, with it your minimum focus distance may be a couple inches.
 
I ran a quick search and came up with these models

Fujifilm FinePix S3000 Z Fujifilm FinePix 2800 Zoom Kodak Z700 Fujifilm FinePix S5000 Z Fujifilm FinePix S5100 Zoom Kodak Z740 Fujifilm FinePix S5200 Zoom Kodak Z650 Casio Exilim EX-P505 Kodak Z612

I've actually used a Fuji before and was pleasantly suprised at it's performance (my little brother bought one and I was playing around with it one day when I was over at his house).
 
I have a FujiFilm FinePix s5200 and I'm very happy with it. The only problem I have with this camera is that manual focus is a pain but since the Autofocus works very well and fast it's not that big of a deal. It did make me miss a nice picture of a gray squirrel on a gray tree...
I bought my camera at Beach Camera
Here are some pictures I have taken with it.
Fotki Picture Folder
 
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