First Shoot w/ the New Rig
First Day shooting with Canon SD870So with a Friday off (yeah unbelievable, huh?) we took the morning hours as a chance to visit the beach. Now typically we do this often, but I had not seen the beach for some 5-6 weeks, so that’s where we decided to go, since I’ve been to the Delta so many times in that stretch as well.
It was also my first chance to try and make use of my new Point-and-shoot camera, after giving up the DSLR gig. Verdict?
I’m certainly going to miss the DSLR. Don’t get me wrong, the new camera is nice. It’s very nice, I got quite a few decent pics, but yeah that last 5% or so is lacking, I can see that. Of course I knew that would be the case, so it’s no surprise, but there were some shots that I was like “if only I had a lens…” And yeah, if only. BUT, if I had the SLR with that huge honkin’ lens, chances are that I wouldn’t have gotten any shots, as I wouldn’t have brought it. Seriously. That was one of the issues for me, was that yeah it takes pictures that are, on a scale of 1-10, an 8 or 9 as opposed to the 7-8 I’m going to be shooting with the P&S, but now? Now I’ll have bunches of 7-8 shots, where before – since I wasn’t taking the dang camera with me – I was only getting a handful of 8-9 shots, and for that chance extra point shot here and there was doing tons more work.
So I know, and I knew, that there would be this tradeoff. I wish it wasn’t so, and I wish that I could magically make a good DSLR appear when the situation calls for it, but I think I’ll get used to the new rig well enough. After all, it’s mostly about sharing some decent pics anymore, I realize I’ll never be printing large-scale pics to sell professionally or even semi-pro. Now I have the gear that suits me.
Another Nice Canon SD870 Quality
Shoots movies. Hell. Yes. Say it with me now: PORN!
Oh come on, don’t look at me like that. You know we were all thinking it. I just said it.
And another thing that I thought
One thought that hit me while I was trying to zoom to a too-far subject was that this camera would probably be a good replacement for having a wide-angle lens on a DSLR. You know, just get a newer, nicer DSLR with a GOOD telephoto lens, and keep this on me for all those shots the DSLR really wouldn’t be handy for.
No really, it’s a possibility. The Girl said that if I didn’t like the P&S route, there’s nothing stopping me from “going bigger” later. And that might be the best of both worlds. Except of course that I might still not take the DSLR with me anywhere, I suppose…
Not that I’m contemplating that right now, but I’m writing it here for future reference, just in case. You never know. But hey, the pics I took today aren’t that bad...
Yes, yes they are
All the pics posted here with this blog entry are indeed from my new lil’ Canon SD870. So obviously the camera takes well-enough pictures, huh? Probably why the DSLR will never come.
But of course that probably won’t stop my from pining, so get used to it.
Peace.
