ad Hominem: The government made me do it.

The government made me do it.

May 12 2005

Fortunately for me, I am still at an age (um, tax bracket) when tax day is something to look forward to, as it is usually a signal that money is coming my way. This year the government literally compelled me to purchase the Nikon D70. We have had an N80 for some years now, so the only requirement to move from film to digital was the purchase of the camera body. And what a body it is. The difference between pictures taken with this camera and our Olympus digital are significant. Here are a few of my favorites:

This camera has given me new desires to play with photography, as I can get immediate feedback on my pictures with digital. Before, if I felt like experimenting, I would have to wait to develop the pictures. By the time I remembered to develop the film, I had long since forgotten what I did right or wrong on a particular photo.

Another aside: though I was aware on an abstract level of what flickr could do, I have fallen in love with the service since signing up. For $25 / year, I can store unlimited amounts of photos, and am limited only by a monthly upload cap of 2 gigabytes. How can you compete with that?

The fact that I don’t stay awake at night worrying if all of my images are going to vanish into thin air with a busted harddrive is the best part for me. The organization is the kicker though. It provides you with the closest thing to how my brain actually remembers that I have seen. Connections between my images through tags and sets and photostream make me giddy.

Very jealous of your camera purchase. Very Jealous.

Posted by: Timothy at May 12, 2005 06:40 PM

It’s amazing that we’ve reached a point where I prefer a web service to IPhoto, isn’t it?

Posted by: Trent at May 13, 2005 09:33 AM

I need me one of them thar D70s… You can use all your old Nikon lenses on ‘em, right?

Posted by: BillB at May 13, 2005 11:44 AM

BillB - Yes, you can use your older lenses. (Though their might be some qualifications to that statement. IANAL)

Depth of field is a little different on the older lenses with the new camera. You can’t get quite the wide angle using an older lens, due to the different focal lengths inherent to the digital body as opposed to the film body.

Posted by: Trent at May 13, 2005 12:07 PM

Went out and actually looked at the D70 this weekend. My girlfriend is really getting worried. I have done nothing but talk aobut it since then. That camera is freaking sexy.

Posted by: Timothy at May 16, 2005 03:31 PM

Tim,
You should point out to The Girlfriend that the mere fact you were able to go look at The Toy and walk away is ample evidence that you are worthy, responsible, and deserving of The Toy.

Posted by: Trent at May 16, 2005 04:24 PM

The government made me do it.

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