Man, I miss having a digital camera. I thought I’d be OK using a decent camera that Amy had that takes 35mm film, but I guess I had been taking for granted that what you see in a viewfinder in a digicam is generally what you will get in the photo. With this film one (apart from the lens cover not opening all the way) what you see in the viewfinder is slightly to the left of what you will get. So a perfectly centered truck becomes half a truck and the left side of a remote that was out of the frame I had established. Supposedly focused letters are not, and macro shots are terrible.

I liked being able to see the photo right after taking it. Then I would know if it was super fuzzy, washed out from the flash, or not where I wanted it in the frame. I can’t blame the camera – I realize that people have taken photos for a really long time without the ability to preview them. I just had not considered that I would need to compensate my frame. At least I have a roll and a half that i know I need to do this with.

Hopefully I will be acquiring one of these. A dear friend of mine is upgrading and I have requested the privilege of buying her old model. I’ve wanted a DSLR for a while, which is part of the reason I had left my camera in Paraguay. In doing some research, I was considering purchasing a Canon Rebel XS or Nikon D3000, but fortune smiled upon this lad. I like this idea better because I will spend less on a probably superior camera (thought it’s a bit older), and it’s a great entry into the DSLR world. Now my mediocre photography will become slightly less mediocre!

-j