Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything. Anyway. . . . I got a new camera. My waterproof olympus died. The metal bit that slides over the lense stopped moving. We used the camera a ton in and out of water, so it didn’t really owe us anything. I wished it would have lasted a bit longer, but it’s not that big of a deal.
I struggled for a while trying to figure out whether or not to go with a point and shoot or a full out SLR. I really want an SLR, but I really don’t want to carry one. A good friend of mine suggested I look at the Canon G9. I was skeptical, but figured I could take the camera back if I wasn’t thrilled with it.
I gotta say, I’m really impressed with the thing. It’s not an SLR (and I still kinda want one) but it can take some pretty fantastic pictures. The reviews say it starts to get noisey over ISO400, and they’re right. The lowlight perf is not great (better than my olympus, but not as good as an SLR with a good lense). Overall I’m thrilled with the thing. I’ve started to take pictures for the sake of taking pictures which is something I haven’t done since early college. I’ve been having a blast with it.
I’ve also been playing around with flickr a ton recently as well. I found out about groups and joined one for the G9. They’ve been really helpful and have given me some decent feedback about my shots. One of the better online “communities” I’ve run across since my time playing counterstrike.
