So Everyone, I'm still alive and kicking. I've been working my butt off, having fun with the new car, contemplating selling my Busa, riding a bunch of different bikes... The Wife is good, everything is going great...
Anyhoo, been needing to update my camera, I've been happily using digital Elphs for the last 6-7 years and they are fantastic pocketable, and rugged cameras. So I thought I'd do something different get some muscle in my Camera and step it up a bit. I've been wanting something more flexible, with more manual controls.
So, I bought a Leica D-Lux3. Very Nice 10megapixel camera with a fantastic lens, great rugged body, and fast image processor. I enjoyed it, I liked the results, but... It didn't fit in my pocket... It was just a little too big. Pisser.
Here's a couple of sample shots from the Leica.
Forgive the subject matter, it's what I've been messing with the last few months.
No crop on these the cool part of the Leica was the WIDE lense.
So yeah, Great clear wide format shots, BUT doesn't fit in my pocket.
Hmm, What to do??? Well I want a camera that fits in my pocket and goes everywhere I go. I know I will not lug around big cameras on a day to day basis so it must be pocketable. So Out goes the Leica, and In comes this little Guy.
Canon SD1000. Best part is it's dirt cheap, super tiny and takes great shots. The SD1000 is NOT Canons latest and greatest Elph. But it is their smallest and least expensive. You give up a lot of features for the sake of size, but at $200 +/- I'm willing to give them up.
Couple of sample pictures from the SD1000
Part of my 1.5 mile commute to work.
Macro Work
And of course a couple of my current obsession. Same angle just about as the one above.
Here's the trouble though, while the SD1000 takes fine snapshots, I still want the power of the bigger camera... So it look slike I'll be buying a new G7 in a Few months then I'll have both ends of the enthusiast photographer realm covered. Small and compact, and feature rich and powerful.
Both Camera Rock, the Leica is the nicest camera I've ever had and took fantastic pictures. but it just wasn't tiny enough. The SD1000 is basic, takes nice pictures, and gets the shot when the shot is there... Hard to beat.
Cheers!
And yeah I've got many more photos if we are all still picture junkies here...
Anyhoo, been needing to update my camera, I've been happily using digital Elphs for the last 6-7 years and they are fantastic pocketable, and rugged cameras. So I thought I'd do something different get some muscle in my Camera and step it up a bit. I've been wanting something more flexible, with more manual controls.
So, I bought a Leica D-Lux3. Very Nice 10megapixel camera with a fantastic lens, great rugged body, and fast image processor. I enjoyed it, I liked the results, but... It didn't fit in my pocket... It was just a little too big. Pisser.
Here's a couple of sample shots from the Leica.
Forgive the subject matter, it's what I've been messing with the last few months.
No crop on these the cool part of the Leica was the WIDE lense.
So yeah, Great clear wide format shots, BUT doesn't fit in my pocket.
Hmm, What to do??? Well I want a camera that fits in my pocket and goes everywhere I go. I know I will not lug around big cameras on a day to day basis so it must be pocketable. So Out goes the Leica, and In comes this little Guy.
Canon SD1000. Best part is it's dirt cheap, super tiny and takes great shots. The SD1000 is NOT Canons latest and greatest Elph. But it is their smallest and least expensive. You give up a lot of features for the sake of size, but at $200 +/- I'm willing to give them up.
Couple of sample pictures from the SD1000
Part of my 1.5 mile commute to work.
Macro Work
And of course a couple of my current obsession. Same angle just about as the one above.
Here's the trouble though, while the SD1000 takes fine snapshots, I still want the power of the bigger camera... So it look slike I'll be buying a new G7 in a Few months then I'll have both ends of the enthusiast photographer realm covered. Small and compact, and feature rich and powerful.
Both Camera Rock, the Leica is the nicest camera I've ever had and took fantastic pictures. but it just wasn't tiny enough. The SD1000 is basic, takes nice pictures, and gets the shot when the shot is there... Hard to beat.
Cheers!
And yeah I've got many more photos if we are all still picture junkies here...