Toys!

[katallison]

I am such a hopeless gizmo-whore.

See, I have a perfectly fine digital camera. Nice quality, takes really good pictures, etc. But ... it's a bit large and clunky to carry around routinely, and the moments of routine movement through the day are when I usually find myself wishing I had a camera at hand. So I did some idle window-shopping through camera websites, and came across the Canon S200, and was smitten. I spent some time being firm with myself, and then some time rationalizing, and finally I caved, and it arrived yesterday. Oh my golly. Not only is it ridiculously pretty, but it is tiny -- exactly the size of a pack of cigarettes, so that I can simply drop it every morning in the little inner pocket in my leather jacket.

I haven't had a chance to put it through its paces yet, but I took a quick shot yesterday on my way home from work, which I might pretentiously title "Moonrise with Grain Elevators." It's not good-- grainy as hell, because of the very low light conditions--but I rather like the impressionistic quality the grain lends, and hey, if it weren't for the convenience of this little gadget, I wouldn't have had the picture at all.

Electronic stuff is to me what shoes are to some women. (The downside is that it's generally more expensive than shoes. Ah well.)

Comments

[lunaris1013.livejournal.com]

Back when I was still married, I had unlimited access to the ex's S100 (precursor to your S200). Same small size, great features, great picture quality. It absolutely ruined me for digi-cams of lesser quality and portability. I'm sure you'll have great fun with it!