Waaaagh!

Being back in TX - i finally got the pictures I took in my yard when borrowing Mel's old Digital SLR (click on the skeeterhawk to see em). Honestly - the image quality is good - but not as good as I'd want when it comes to spending serious money on a camera. The autofocus funcitonality is silly - it's never as good at it as i am - and the damned thing spins up and down all the time - and when you're shooting moving things that's a pain (oh look, tracking that bird the tree suddenly became important enough to take the bird out of focus... great...). The lenses were ok - but they still feel cheap compared to my old SLR film gear (even if they're not). I got ok with it - learned to cheat depth of field out of it too, which unfortunately ends up costing you in graininess. Just going to end up needing a bigger (and thus more expensive) camera i suppose.

I do think a good camera is something I'd like. I'm a fair shot with one still (i did spend years getting paid to take pictures afterall) - probably something of a 'when i actually spend money on myself that's something i'll probably do' - but not today. Maybe next year though.