Monday, May 07, 2007

Parting Shots

Well, in the end I went for a new cheap camera. I'm awaiting delivery of a Canon PowerShot A460. It worked out quite cheap as I had a £10 Amazon voucher and get my little affiliate commission on top. For stats fans, it's got 5 Mega Pixel resolution and 4x zoom. The lens looks a bit sturdier than the Minolta's, and at a shade over seventy quid, it shows how much prices have come down as I paid over £220 for the Minolta way back in 2004. That only had the 4 Mega Pixels and 3x zoom. I'll hold out for a DSLR, I can't really justify one at the minute.

As the new Canon hasn't arrived yet, and we were out with it being Bank Holiday, I managed to get a few more shots out of the old Minolta. It was rather cloudy and blowy, but the air was nice. We went for a wander down South Beach towards Giltar Point. There were some evil looking clouds out over the Bristol Channel - towards Worm's Head on the Gower. A few nice shots were had but I'd neglected the fresh batteries so I only had a couple and had to call it a day. For your entertainment they follow.

As for the Minolta, farewell my old friend - you've done well over the last few years and given many hours of pleasurable snapping, but now it's time to rest. You've earned it.

Worm's Head on the horizon - evil looking clouds from Tenby's South Beach

Braving Tenby's South Beach on a miserable Bank Holiday Monday

View half way down Tenby's South Beach, looking back to the Esplanade

St Catherine's from Tenby's South Beach

Posted by Dio Bach at 22:15

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