You Get More in the Picture

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This is the first official shot taken with my new "second-best" camera, bought as a kind of birthday present to myself. I wanted something really small that I could carry around with me everywhere. I love my Rebel, but no one could say it was light, easy to carry, or unobtrusive.

The title of my post comes from a particularly banal comment made by the young salesperson. He hadn't quite twigged yet to the fact that I actually know something about cameras and photography. He showed me one camera, and said what was particularly nice about that one was that it had a wide angle lens so that you got "more in the picture." That falls somewhere in the range of "turn it up to 11" - don't you think?

I ended up buying a Sony Cybershot, mostly because it has a 5X zoom and a Zeiss lens. I'm a sucker for good glass. And no, it's not the one with the handy wide-angle lens.

Comments

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Mm, nice picture. (I like good glass too).

[superfoo.livejournal.com]

YESSSSS sony cybershot!! I have that camera. It rocks.

Beware, though, if you plan on making movies in imovie you'll have to download a de-muxer. I still don't know what a "muxed" file is (i think basically it means that the audio & visual components of the file are actually separate), but sony's files come up muxed in imovie.

But I LOVE THAT CAMERA.

I also like the AWESOME feature of "getting more in the picture". lol

[sjkasabi.livejournal.com]

Great picture of a gorgeous kitty!

[lidocafe.livejournal.com]

I agree about the picture. Good teeth, too! I've always liked it that cats look fierce when they're yawning.

[debbie-g.livejournal.com]

One day, I'll catch her with her eyes wide open - you know how they get that astonished look with eyes and mouth both open?

(oops- you can probably guess it's me. Just been marking student blogs and couldn't be bothered to logout and back in again)