Photography

Ars Technica Article

Still, as occasional hobby photographer myself, I find myself wistful in saying goodbye to the film era. I won’t miss the lousy enlargements I get when I break down and go to the drug store for processing, but film has a feel, or maybe a look, that I still can’t quite capture with a digital camera. There’s also something to be said for the beginner who learns to carefully compose a quality shot, knowing he can’t just take a dozen photos, throw ten away, and fix the remaining two in Photoshop.

My sweetie and Joey gave me a new Fuji FinePix S3100, 4 Megapixel digital camera!!

this is what I looked like when they gave it to me:

Well, I’m about to join the ranks of the digital revolution. (::sigh::)

Finally going to buckle-down and get a digital camera. Normally I’d go whole-hog and get a digital SLR, but they’re pricey ($1500 to $10k) and I just like shooting w/film, especially my Voigtlander rangefinder.

Anyway, got one off ebay for pretty cheap: A Nikon Coolpix 3500. Here’s a pic of one:

It’s 3.2 Megapixel, which is reasonably high-res for my use.

Blog topics this morning:

• Disney buys Muppets As they say, resistence is futile

• My cameras ’n’ stuff

Not much to say about Mickey’s hostile takeover of Kermit, really. I just hope that Miss Piggy isn’t starstruck with affection for that uber-powerful mouse. Dang mice, taking all our good, decent pigs!

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Cameras. Photography.

I guess you could say I’ve got a fetish here more than a hobby. I love photography, but I’m one of those photogs who’s pretty-much as into his photo equipment as his pictures. I’ve got several lenses that exist just b/c I though they were neat. I have two basic systems: One uses a lensmount from the 1960’s, the other from the 1930’s. Yes, I’m a luddite when it comes to equipment.