On the road I lost a valuable companion - Theodora the camera. Somewhere between New Orleans' French Quarter, the LSU campus, and being locked in a hot car in Florida, her focus and shutter went out of whack. We've spent three years and thousands of pictures together, and not gonna lie, I'm still in the camera grieving process. I salute you, my valiant little DSLR.
While the wounds were still fresh I had to run out and buy a replacement in time for my week-long school trip. I basically grabbed my cheapest option at Best Buy, but it is a Nikon with 12 megapixels.
I've heard that a skilled photographer can produce interesting shots even with a point-and-shoot, so this will be a good test for me. So far this little cherry-red number has worked pretty well, except for low light and long depth of field. No offense, Theodora ,but it has been nice not to be weighed down with a huge camera while running from museums to historic houses.
I adore my little pocket camera and it literally FITS IN MY POCKET. Love it! Yes, I still pull out the big canon when I need a really good close up shot with detail, but for all that vacation-y stuff? Point and shoot alllllll the way.
ReplyDeleteSorry about your loss. They say time heals all wounds but what do "they" know?
ohhh camera grieving. It is a long and painful road my love. SO sorry for your loss, we'll both get good cameras again some day!
ReplyDeleteI'm a huge camera fan, and we have a collection here. But, all in all, its the Pentax line that's really impressed me. All weather cameras that can use the pre digital lenses.
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