New Camera
I bought a new camera this week because I figure if I’m gonna cover the NRA Annual Meeting at the Blog Bash, it’d probably be worthwhile to have a camera. I haven’t owned a camera since I was a kid traveling the world with my parents, and it’s the first digital camera I’ve had.
I bought a Nikon D60 Digital SLR camera. Even though I’m a complete n00b at this photography thing, I wanted to buy a camera that does a decent job at point-and-shoot but that I can also grow into as my skills improve. Also, I’ve heard and read good things about Nikon lenses.
Tonight was the first night I’ve had time to play with the new camera at all. I took some photos of posters and boxes and other still objects yesterday to get a feel for the auto vs manual focus, flash, and framing. I haven’t read the manual yet, so tonight I set the camera on auto-everything and took some shots of my holsters, my 1911s, and my dog.
Kitti is a Yorksire Terrier, and is so named because she spent the first few weeks of her life with cats and when she was a puppy she had a lot of cat-like mannerisms. She loves to play with string and little cat toys almost as much as she loves playing fetch with her toy training duck. She also has the habit of jumping onto my chair while I am typing. The photos are of her laying in one of her favorite spots on the couch.
April 5th, 2009 at 17:03
Well, as digital cameras go, you chose yourself a winner – Les Jones swears by his on almost a daily basis.
And, trust me, taking pictures when they are stored on bytes as opposed to film is an entirely different experience – you can take as many pictures as you want, from as many angles, perspectives, and styles as you like, and then get home and delete whatever you do not want. Electrons are near enough to free that photography by brute-force becomes standard.
Of course, that could explain a lot of the gos-se on Flickr…
April 5th, 2009 at 20:17
I don’t know why Les Jones has never been on my reading list, but he is now. That brings the list of tabs in the “daily reads” folder to an even 80.
I definitely agree with your assessment of the advantages of digital photography. I’ve taken probably 50 pictures so far messing with the manual settings, none of which I care to keep. If the camera used film not only would that be an expensive proposition, but I’d have to have the frames developed before I could see the results of my work. Digital photos allow instant feedback as to whether I’m shooting with the right settings or not. Also, I can come here and post the results in minutes.