Out of sheer boredom while studying for an exam 2 days ago, I went online and made the biggest impulse buy of my life to date: a camera. It's a Canon film SLR, the 'cheap' kind with only 1.5 fps and a plastic body, but it's something I can afford. I've always wanted one. No more ripping off other people's wonderful talent online; from now on, I'm on the straight and narrow. Feel free to read whatever meaning you want into the previous statement.
The impulse camera purchase forced me to think hard about buying lenses, and the result was 3-4 hours of online research for lenses that could have been used for studying. That said, I didn't think studying for this test actually mattered too much. I think I was right. Let's hope the results are as rosy as I thought it would be. As for the lenses, I've done more than 18 hours of reading about various kinds and comparisons by now, and am no where close to feeling comfortable with any of them. I decided to buy two low end Canon lenses, a 50 mm f/1.8 and a kit zoom lens that's been rated by everyone to be crap. We'll see. There's plenty of beauty in a blurred photograph.
Spring break is almost here. yay. bermuda shorts! In boston (hopefully!?!)
1 comment:
I hate to say it, but a digital camera would've been cheaper. While you paid less up front, you're gonna pay more for film and development costs. I've already taken a few hundred pictures on my digital camera in the last three months, which equals a few hundred dollars worth of film costs. The camera's already paid for itself. :)
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