Day 145: May Task - Something New

I've been threatening to upgrade from the old hand me down Canon since a blog entry in January, I even mentioned it again a few days later in another post about my planned upgrade path.

About a week ago my gorgeous wife became so frustrated with my constant complaining about 'really needing to get a better camera' that she offered me a solution: I'd had Birthday and Christmas presents that were never 'cashed in' so lieu of these she would buy me a new camera. I of course accepted this proposition very quickly and we ordered my new Nikon J1 twin lens kit online. The J1 doesn't have a built in flash so I also ordered the Speed Light flash as well.

Today's photo was obviously not taken with my new Nikon, instead I used Belinda's point & shoot Sony. Now all I need to do is get used to the new camera and take more photos. I've already discovered the flash is amazing and that I can shoot in rapid fire mode at 60 shots per second... it doesn't take long to accidentally take 200 photos.

Day 103: The "Arty Farty, Had Nothing Else To Blog" Post MkIII

Today was the same old story: I didn't take any photos during the day and nothing exciting happened this evening so just before bed I'm scratching my head wondering what on earth I'm going to take a photo of.

Luckily, Belinda had used some capsicum in tonight's dinner and I spied an opportunity for a little more arty fartiness. I chose to use Belinda's point & shoot Sony camera over her big Nikon or my little Canon for 2 reasons: First, the Macro capabilities of the Sony are much better than the Canon and second, the camera lens is right in the very corner of the Sony which meant I could stick it right into the opening of the capsicum which is something I would not have been able to do with either the Canon or the Nikon.