cobaltika

so the “new tool” is here for me to investigate. the panasonic lumix fz50 that i have read so much about. hmmmm. it is mighty sweet, that is for sure. it was a relief to have the familiar lumix menus in front of me again, even though this camera has GREAT capabilities, it is not excessive with options. i am thinking it might be “too much” for me, though. vampires - mosquitos - we don’t need fancy tools, just comfortable and quickly manageable ones. and i seldom enjoy a shot straight out of the camera. if it is not glamorized or transformed in a way to suit me, it does not feel like *mine*. i can’t really take it out for a walk until the weekend, so then i will decide whether to keep it or have the fz7 instead. i feel almost embarrassed to think of walking around with such a Big thing. like who do i think i am? some photographer? ha! i’m not!

i am glad to have this chance to decide. i don’t think i will *ever* buy a new camera that i have not touched again, with no option for return. i realize the handling and management of the camera is *very* important to me. the canon makes a beautiful clean image, but i must “wear” my camera and the only carrying strap i have found is a lanyard-style, which makes for an awfully clunky pendant around my neck. camera in pocket? camera in bag? does not get used by a mosquito. and i *still* don’t understand the canon menu’s! despite even Reading The Manual! i guess i will try to sell it on eBay to help pay off the new one.

it does not feel a bit like xmas and i don’t care at all. each year i become even more detached from “the festivities”. i am glad to be spending the holiday with people who do not have expectations and i do not have to provide some event for them. i did it for years when the girls were little (in a restrained way) but now we are all rebels. yay. it will be a day off from the office - a long weekend! we will probably cook something good to eat. share one gift. go to the movies. by new years i might put up sparkly lights. and leave them up the rest of the winter. new years day is probably my *favorite* holiday! cleaning out, starting over, making posole. and champagne! mmmm!

This entry was posted on Thursday, December 21st, 2006 at 2:04 pm and is filed under random. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

so the “new tool” is here for me to investigate. the panasonic lumix fz50 that i have read so much about. hmmmm. it is mighty sweet, that is for sure. it was a relief to have the familiar lumix menus in front of me again, even though this camera has GREAT capabilities, it is not excessive with options. i am thinking it might be “too much” for me, though. vampires - mosquitos - we don’t need fancy tools, just comfortable and quickly manageable ones. and i seldom enjoy a shot straight out of the camera. if it is not glamorized or transformed in a way to suit me, it does not feel like *mine*. i can’t really take it out for a walk until the weekend, so then i will decide whether to keep it or have the fz7 instead. i feel almost embarrassed to think of walking around with such a Big thing. like who do i think i am? some photographer? ha! i’m not!

i am glad to have this chance to decide. i don’t think i will *ever* buy a new camera that i have not touched again, with no option for return. i realize the handling and management of the camera is *very* important to me. the canon makes a beautiful clean image, but i must “wear” my camera and the only carrying strap i have found is a lanyard-style, which makes for an awfully clunky pendant around my neck. camera in pocket? camera in bag? does not get used by a mosquito. and i *still* don’t understand the canon menu’s! despite even Reading The Manual! i guess i will try to sell it on eBay to help pay off the new one.

it does not feel a bit like xmas and i don’t care at all. each year i become even more detached from “the festivities”. i am glad to be spending the holiday with people who do not have expectations and i do not have to provide some event for them. i did it for years when the girls were little (in a restrained way) but now we are all rebels. yay. it will be a day off from the office - a long weekend! we will probably cook something good to eat. share one gift. go to the movies. by new years i might put up sparkly lights. and leave them up the rest of the winter. new years day is probably my *favorite* holiday! cleaning out, starting over, making posole. and champagne! mmmm!

This entry was posted on Thursday, December 21st, 2006 at 2:04 pm and is filed under random. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.