New camera, same old lovable Ben.
Since my last post I have officially graduated from college, you can see all the embarrassing photos of myself and my classmates in our graduation gowns and caps over on my bebo page. I spent some time in cork working/training in the 3Store on Patrick’s Street, and other than that I’ve just been playing around with my new toy. I finally got my dream camera - the Fuji Finepix S5600 - it was a graduation gift from my parents, and by gift I mean they handed me money and said “We were afraid of getting you the wrong one.”
So far, I’ve yet to master the finer “complicated” functions of the camera, which is frustrating but also makes me realise that for once in my life I should probably read the manual. The camera takes fantastic photos and it’s really quick, making multiple shots very easy to take. The 10x zoom is incredible, it makes you feel like a spy. It’s a lot of fun. Getting clear close-up shots of small objects isn’t easy though, having tried to take shots of a bearded dragon at the weekend I’ve come to the conclusion that I must (yes, must!) purchase a fisheye lens and macro, for panoramic and close-up shots. I don’t have any other negative comments, I’m very happy with my purchase, I did have one small problem with it though.
After less than a week of it being in my possession there was one very annoying problem – the additional memory card I purchased with it was faulty. I lost all of the photos I took at the weekend. However, I was pleasantly surprised to come up against no hassle whatsoever in Pixels, where I purchased the camera. When I explained the situation, they simply gave me a new memory card, none of the usual arguments or “I’ll have to talk to the manager” bull that I’m used to from sales people.
So, to make sure it was working perfectly with the replacement card, I took some shots of my dog Ben, who is definitely no stranger to the camera, in fact he is quite the little poser as you can see below.
November 13th, 2006 at 11:34 pm
Be carefull getting a fisheye for the fugi.. Since its not an slr, its not designed to take it etc.
Pretty fun little camera though when you get to know the different settings and that :)
November 14th, 2006 at 3:52 pm
Actually, they make specialised fisheye/macro lenses for it, one of the reasons I bought it :) It’s just a start for now. Once I’ve played with this one for at least a year, and if I actually USE it a lot, I’ll move onto a DSLR. :) Did you get your new camera?
November 24th, 2006 at 10:20 am
Ah right, i just remember reading warnings from fugi about outside companies making macros for it.
Did indeed, got a canon 30d, tis quite nice.
November 24th, 2006 at 3:43 pm
Warnings aye? Hmm… maybe I’ll stay clear then. Wow, a canon 30D, that’s impressive. I hope you put it to good use.