I’m working on a personal project for the next few months. Part of it involves taking better photos than I’ve been doing. I mean—my mobile is fine for those what-did-I-just-see shots, but I want to do better.
So I asked my friends who are professionals to spec me out a
camera and lens that will give me the tools and power to achieve that. Not only
did they do that—Nikon D780 with a 24-120mm lens (although, in the end, I opted
for a 28-300mm lens because of the better (for me) f-stop range)—but TM called
round to Ace Camera in Ashburn to reserve them and then spent an hour with me
last Thursday, picking up the body and lens and adding on filter, twin memory
cards, extra battery; the whole megillah.
Then he assembled everything for me and patiently walked me
through the major food groups of its operation. Listen, folks: this camera’s
bells have whistles and its whistles have bells; this is going to be a long
learning curve. Also, it weighs 3.675 lbs (1.67 kg), so I need to work on my upper body strength.
Since then, I have progressed from being able to turn it on and
turn it off to actually going around yesterday afternoon to take a few shots. I
have it in your basic point-and-shoot mode, but I’m quiet pleased with the
results.
That’s my gratitude for today, the new toy, the new goals, the old
friends. Nothing better than that, IMO.
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