Photography

[debskis]

(06-21-2011 10:42 PM)OrionGal Wrote:  Nice shot, Debskis! (and nice that you got to go to that show, too)

I don't even own a DSLR now - the point & shoots these days will do most of what I want. They'll never be up to DSLR quality of course, but at the same time, I found I just wasn't willing to lug a DSLR around all that often either. Definitely not on a daily sort of basis. Even the 4/3rds with detachable lenses I find too bothersome for daily travels. But a P&S can go with me easily anywhere - and of course, the best camera in the world still won't get the shot for you when you don't have it easily to hand in the first place.

I had to wonder recently - I went to a weekend music festival in late May, and the headliner was Paul Simon. Looking around at some of the younger crowd when he was singing "Kodachrome" - it occurred to me that a lot of them would probably not have any idea what that was, had probably never bought film for a camera in their lives...

Ha! That's a funny/sad observation about the Paul Simon song...probably half of them have never known the world without cell-phones either!

My new camera is a Nikon Coolpix P500...36x zoom but no detachable lenses/gear to lug around. Tons of features, very portable. Goes with me everywhere! Takes amazing photos without the hassle. Very happy with it but I really need to sit down with the tutorial DVD they gave me to learn how to use all the cool features. It also takes HD video, which you can't do with a low-end DSLR to my knowledge.

I'll post a link to a few more of my photos from the concert if anyone is interested. I'm really starting to develop a bad case of the shutter-bug!