Tuesday, November 25, 2003

The Joys Of A New Camera

Yay, my new digital camera arrived yesterday, and I?ve had a chance to play with it now. It's a swanky (4 MP & 3x Optical Zoom) Minolta Dimage F200 which I got for a lot cheaper online than I have seen anywhere on the High Street, at least £70 cheaper.

Obviously I will instantly have to get some money back and sell me old camera on Ebay. Not to mention several (yet to be painted) paintings and Elis' toys. But a digital camera has become such a necessity for me I thought what the hell and took the plunge.

I must admit, it?s a corker. By the time my old camera had switched on, fired up the LCD and was ready to shoot, I've taken 3 photos with this one. The delay between shots on my old camera was roughly 20-30 seconds. This one it is a couple. Plus I've now got a zoom - which means I can play a whole new lot of framing games.

I took it out for a spin today. It was very grey, no sun, and I've had to drop the quality as I don't have a large memory card yet. In real life the photos are stunning. The details exquisite, the exposure smart and the speed is snappy. I feel spoilt.

Anyway - here's some I snapped, obviously subjected to the same optimizations as my old camera. Believe me though - the raw files are in another league!

Some closer views of the tower ornaments

And other stuff around the place...

And very importantly - it goes up to 800ASA which means (once I get the tripod out) night shots are a breeze. I did one in near pitch black, handheld, and to my amazement - something came out! In the street lamps it works well - but will need steadying.

I can't emphasise enough how bad the light was today, it was grim. I am really happy with the camera's performance in those conditions. Good stuff. Now I have to spend the whole trip paranoid that I don't get mugged.

Posted by Dio Bach at 23:21

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