I Want A New Camera
Friday, April 25, 2008 Filed in: Things
I want a new camera that I don't need, but the camera
I want is much better. The camera I want costs four
times as the camera I have.
It's difficult to justify a new camera when there isn't really anything wrong with the camera I have now, which, arguably is the best camera I've ever owned. The camera I want is, well, it's just so much better.
Actually, the camera I want is probably the same amount better than the camera I have, than the camera I have is better than the camera I had before that camera.
Still with me?
The camera I have is a Canon 20D. A digital camera with a price tag of around $1,500. The camera I had before was also a Canon, a film camera, and, with lens, it also cost about $1,500.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with either camera. They work perfectly, as in, there's nothing wrong with either camera. But they're not perfect. Good cameras? Yes. Professional level? Not quite. But then, my photographic skills are not quite, so it's been a good match.
My ancient Pentax Spotmatic was easier to use. There's something about centering an exposure meter needle that is more comforting than twisting a dial to get a digital readout of an exposure setting.
The camera I want is a Nikon D3. 12.1 megapixels of digital lust in a photographer's dream design. No light? No problem? High speed? What's the number just before infinity?
Unfortunately, the Nikon actually costs more money than all the cameras I've ever purchased put together. Digital lust seems to work that way, exponentially driving costs and desires to new stratospheric levels, usually just beyond affordability, even with a mortgage.
When all is said and done, I want want what I want but cannot have, unless either my wife or I decide not to eat in 2008.
Come to think of it, she could lose a few pounds.
It's difficult to justify a new camera when there isn't really anything wrong with the camera I have now, which, arguably is the best camera I've ever owned. The camera I want is, well, it's just so much better.
Actually, the camera I want is probably the same amount better than the camera I have, than the camera I have is better than the camera I had before that camera.
Still with me?
The camera I have is a Canon 20D. A digital camera with a price tag of around $1,500. The camera I had before was also a Canon, a film camera, and, with lens, it also cost about $1,500.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with either camera. They work perfectly, as in, there's nothing wrong with either camera. But they're not perfect. Good cameras? Yes. Professional level? Not quite. But then, my photographic skills are not quite, so it's been a good match.
My ancient Pentax Spotmatic was easier to use. There's something about centering an exposure meter needle that is more comforting than twisting a dial to get a digital readout of an exposure setting.
The camera I want is a Nikon D3. 12.1 megapixels of digital lust in a photographer's dream design. No light? No problem? High speed? What's the number just before infinity?
Unfortunately, the Nikon actually costs more money than all the cameras I've ever purchased put together. Digital lust seems to work that way, exponentially driving costs and desires to new stratospheric levels, usually just beyond affordability, even with a mortgage.
When all is said and done, I want want what I want but cannot have, unless either my wife or I decide not to eat in 2008.
Come to think of it, she could lose a few pounds.
