2 I managed to break the LCD on my HP r717 digital camera a while back, but
3 couldn't find anything that excited me as a replacement, so have been doing
4 without and borrowing my son's camera from time to time. That changed
5 recently... my new camera is a
6 [Casio High Speed EXILIM](http://www.casio.com/products/Cameras/High_Speed_EXILIM/) model
7 [EX-FC100BK](http://www.casio.com/products/Cameras/High_Speed_EXILIM/EX-FC100BK/).
9 I've never been able to get the timing right to take photos of our rockets
10 leaving the launch rails. I manage to get passable videos from time to
11 time, and a lot of pictures of smoke trails... but WOW, the ability to take
12 a burst of high-resolution still photos at a fast frame rate (some of which
13 are even before the shutter release gets fully pressed!) completely and totally
16 I just put a few of the best frames I captured at Saturday's launch up on
17 [Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/28636323@N03/). Enjoy!