Camera

Well, boredom struck me last week, and I decided to buy another camera. I've been meaning to do this for quite some time now, and finally, it's here. The camera I bought is nearly, what, 6 years old? It's a Nikon D1H, a digital SLR.

When this camera first came out, it was more than $4,000. It's about 1/10 of that price now, so since the kid is picking up speed, a good time to buy.

I put up some photos on flickr that I took last night. Some with a flash (mostly) and some without. I'm still playing around with the thing and getting used to it. It's big and heavy (the reasons I bought it) but insanely quick. The flash I've had forever, and it seems to do a great job in lighting up the entire room when bounced off the ceiling. I think the camera will get a lot of outdoor use. I bought a 50mm f/1.8 lens, so it's pretty quick but it gets bumped up to a 75mm thanks to the 1.5x crop of the digital camera. Good for portraits, bad for large groups. Whatever.

Oh, and they've started the house! There's a hole in the ground and some concrete there. It's been raining like crazy for the past two days, so I don't think it's much further than that. I have a meeting with the construction supervisor next Wednesday.

This weekend we're off to Philly for a wedding. Next weekend (Labor Day) we may be heading down to Louisville and onto Nashville. The camera should get a lot of use.