Camera Repair Day 2:
Something I hear fairly regularly is a version of: “Nice photo, that’s an amazing camera.” I do have a nice camera, but that comment always stings a bit, like the machine is doing all the heavy lifting. I often compare this to complimenting a carpenter by praising his hammer. It helps that its a nice camera, but if you don’t know what you’re doing it doesn’t matter. Going back to using my first digital camera has thankfully bolstered this sentiment. I have managed to take a handful of high quality photos with it even though its almost a decade old.
However… I can not wait to get my nice “hammer” back from the shop. I miss my non noisy high ISO, my vastly improved AF, my higher framerate, and my decent sized LCD. I will say this, my old camera looks significantly less beat up than the one I use daily.