To those of you who graduated from 1st Grade, you can already infer that I /may/ have gotten a new camera. Indeed, it has happened finally, and it's about fucking time too. Gone are the days of having to extract my figurative left and/or right nut(s) just to be able to borrow a small tool to save everyday bits of life into a woven array of pixels from my stringent as fuck parents.
Impressions after the jump!
The Pre-Buy
I did some research (and by some I mean one evening's worth, probably less than an hour) on what camera to buy and I couldn't decide if I wanted an SLR or Point and Shoot. The price disparity eventually swept me off my feet, at the same time freeing me from the disillusion that I'm actually a good photographer. Initially I wanted to get a Canon Powershot S100 after seeing nothing but fantastic reviews about it from everywhere I looked. But then upon googling, I stumbled upon a comparison between that and the Canon Powershot ELPH 300 HS by some photography guru. According to him, the 300HS performed basically just as well as the S100, but at $100 dollars less give or take. I did further research, and there were no objections to this notion anywhere I looked.
It was then time to find a place to buy the little toy. As luck would have it, it was on sale for a great price at Memory Express, but sold out clean. Not one location, domestic or online, had any left. That made me want it even more, because not only is it a hot item, but that also suggests that it's more than likely an amazing camera. I searched far and wide, eventually surrendering to ebay, where I found an auction going for a black one which I proceeded to snipe 2 to 3 days later.
The Post-Buy
Hands down, this was the best investment I have made in the past 10 years. It's something I should have done ages ago, but always seemed to prioritize spending money on hobbies or my computer. I really haven't been able to put it down much, as I'm constantly finding new things I want to share with the world, which I hadn't been able to do before. The quality of the pictures this camera takes far exceeds my expectations, which opens many more possibilities and options! The camera I used in my previous posts could barely show the title of the cards, but now:
You can clearly see even the smallest card letters, to the texture of the playmat it lays upon.
Big whoop, you got a new camera, whats your point?
To me, this isn't just a new camera, it's like a milestone for me, in the sense that I can now independently take as many pictures as I want, without having to rely on someone else to do so. That was always the problem with doing ANYTHING around my house. If you wanted something, it didn't come for free. I suppose it's a bittersweet concept: bitter in the sense that it's a pain in the fucking ass to accomplish an otherwise simple task, and sweet because it shapes me into a more self-sustaining individual. That's where the New Directions (not the Glee one -.-) comes into focus (or light, or view; it really doesn't matter which of the 3, the pun is still perfectly valid, and perfectly awesome).
I am now equipped with the (THE) invaluable asset that is absolutely essential to a blogger's success. That, coupled with the intangible ability to write properly is the main engine to any good blog. There's other things to write about, but I decided in the midst of writing this one that I would break all of it into chunks. I don't care who you are, you WILL get bored of reading one post for 20 minutes and go dog shit insane.
Here's to a new door opened, the step forward, and the new adventures that lie beyond. *cheers* (I have an Allen's Peach Cocktail juicebox here, I guess that will have to do C:)
Hello, 4:13AM. I have a driving simulator appointment tomorrow...
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