I blame Sony. If it weren’t for the fact that my Sony DSC-F717 broke on the day before leaving for SHARE, I wouldn’t have had to break the freeze. So it’s their fault I now have a nice new Nikon D50 D-SLR. Sorry Susan. 🙂
I did a bit of research before I left (about 1am Sunday morning, when I should have been finishing packing), and the Nikon came up trumps in several reviews. I would like to have stretched to the D70, which has a few improvements that take it out of the “amateur” class compared to the D50, but I really couldn’t justify it given that I’m barely going to use most of the features of the D50 as it is. I did get the dual-lens rig though — I think I can get use out of a telephoto lens, and it was worth getting the whole setup together rather than going shopping for a tele lens later.
I got a good deal on it too — Nikon has just dropped the price, and with the help of Roger and his uncle at the Chinese-owned camera shop we went to I managed to get a deal that was very competitive.
When the Sony broke, Susan told me that it must have happened for a reason. I’d like to think that the reason was that it was time for me to start into DSLR photography. I reckon there’s a chance that Susan’s idea of the reason was to see if I could resist the temptation to buy a new toy while overseas. Sorry, honey… 🙂
Crossed Wires 