I have returned from working on Saturday, which I do not like. I did not rush into the three player EDEE (Python will scream) because I wanted to play with my new camera (Thygocanberra will understand).
After much research over several months, and despite being tempted by a DSLR, I have opted for a "bridge" camera, the Nikon P520. Although not a sophisticated camera, it still seems complicated to me. After charging the battery, I put the settings on 'auto' everything and charged outside for the obligatory moon shot, in the middle of the afternoon, as you do.
At least this is my first moon shot that is not blurry. Now that I have got this out of the way I will read the manual, which reminds me of a law text book, and then try out some other shots.
My last camera was a new one that I only bought in April but it is the worst camera I have ever had. It is the Samsung WBBOOF and was an impulse buy at the airport. Never buy a camera on impulse. This Samsung has a dial that always moved by itself, horrible holding areas that always resulted in accidently touching overly sensitive controls, and the zoom was crap after about x10. I think stick to Samsung for TV screens, not cameras.
The photo above is taken by the Samsung of the new Nikon.
The Nikon feels great in the hand, and everything is in a logical place. Now I'll see if my research has led me to the right camera.
PS Can you see the Dalek?
Number 3 daughter has always been much more interested in cameras than the other two: she has basically run off with the Nikon and tried it out and taken some excellent shots, especially using the macro settings. This is great for me: she can teach me how to use it!
I saw a show on TV about Nikon's sensors and how good they are: it is probably a good thing that I now have a camera for a company that specialises in such things. The big brother of this camera is the Nikon DSLR P5200 which looks like a super camera. I notice the price on this beast has dropped from $1,600 down to about $1,000.
Posted by: Paul | Sunday, 08 December 2013 at 11:43 PM
How's the new beast going - bad moon conditions here in Canberra - a bot of high cloud.
Posted by: Thygocanberra | Sunday, 08 December 2013 at 11:26 PM
mmmm bright shiny and new !
Congrats. Tripod too !
Now you have to try the moon on MANUAL :-)
I take it St Saba was not your lineage?
Posted by: Thygocanberra | Saturday, 07 December 2013 at 10:57 PM