Sorry about the
interruption but I was so excited when I saw the great pictures taken with the
Brownie 127 last week I just had to share it with you guys. That’s really what
this blog is all about after all.
Some of you are probably
wondering why a blog trumpeting the advantages and joys of shooting film would
be dealing with the subject of digital cameras at all. While I do love film
photography and intend to keep on shooting film as long as there is film to
shoot I would be foolish to ignore or deny the reality of digital photography. I
have already admitted that I like the idea of digital photography, it’s just
that digital photography, is so “soulless,” and I have yet to find a digital camera
I like as well as my film cameras. Hopefully that last one is about to change.
After much research,
meditation and rumination I finally ordered a Nikon P-300 like the one shown
above. The price was right and this
little camera seems to have everything I want in a digital camera, except a
viewer of course. It does profess to have a feature to brighten the viewing
screen in bright daylight and if I can figure out and remember how to work it
without having to consult the manual each time that may help.
It is clearly small
& compact, easy to carry with me everywhere I go. It has a 12 megapixel
sensor. The optical zoom equivalent is approximately 24mm to 100mm with a 2X
digital zoom. The lens is a fast f1.8 and there is a pop up flash.
I never could locate
one of these in the stores but I did find and tinker with a Nikon S9100 which
seems very similar in many respects and I found that camera to be very intuitive
and easy to operate. Hopefully this one’s buttons, dials & menus will be
similar.
With a little luck I
will be taking pictures with it soon and I can post some and let you know how
my decision turned out. I’ve had one reassuring experience already. The day
after I ordered the camera I stumbled across the latest copy of Consumer
Reports and thumbing through it found that they had rated this camera a top
choice! Hopefully we’re both right.
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