Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for July 14, 2002

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Cathy: I haven't see you in ages! Where have you been? Woman: Camera shopping. Robert: We're going digital. Woman: Hot summer days in electronics stores... Robert: Balmy summer nights with stacks of consumer reports.. Woman: Robert's studying the megapixel situation. Robert: 5.0 mp vs. 4.0 mp vs.3.2 mp vs. 3.1 mp vs. 2.0 mp vs. 1.2 mp... Woman: I'm in charge of zoom. 3x optical/2.5x digital vs. 3x optical/6x digital vs. 4x optical/zxdigital vs. 6x optical/2.5 digital vs. 2x optical/3x digital... The kids are researching battery options. Kids: Nickel-metal hydride! Lithium-ion! Photo lithium! Woman: Out dream is to come together as a family at the end of July...Find a ten-minute window where the technology isn't changing..buy our camera...Robert/wife: And then spend two weeks in August studying the instruction book and upgrading our computer! Cathy: Any plans to go anywhere where you could actually take a picture? Wife: Who has time? Robert: Or money?