June '09I got me a D300 for my birthday (my parents didn't know what to get me, so they handed me a wad of cash - I was quite taken aback, but the lure of the D300 caused me to overcome the awkwardness of being handed cash) Specification-wise, it's only a slight step up from my D80 (ignoring the awesome new sensor and Expeed), but the operation of this thing is amazing. It just feels overall better than my old reliable D80, which I'm keeping as a backup body.
Earlier in May, my grandparents sent me two old cameras from my grandfather's 150+ camera collection. I was given an Exakta Varex IIa in beautiful condition, with a (drool) Zeiss Jena 58mm f/2 and a Primotar 135mm f/3.5. The second camera was an Olympus Pen FT with several lenses (nothing quite as exotic as my Zeiss lens), it's quite an interesting camera, as it shoots half frame shots, meaning that when held level it takes portrait-oriented shots. Unfortunately, the cloth shutter in the Varex is degrading, it has holes in it and will cost $1200HKD to fix... Otherwise the camera is in perfect condition, and would probably fetch a pretty penny, though I'm not ever planning on selling it
Holy crap, that means I now have 12 cameras, this is absurd, since last year I only had one. But hey, at least I got them all for free (I'm no rich kid, unlike certain Leica owners my age from my high school, that's right, I'm calling you out Joe, haha) from generous family and friends. Paying for film and developing is expensive enough.
Anyway, I can't wait to be at SCAD Savannah, I'm dying to try my hand at large format, 4x5 (and if they have it, 8x10) photography. It'll be my first time living in the states, though I was born there and hold an American passport.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, I'm heading up to Beijing for a week, should be awesome fun and a great opportunity for photography. I'd like to bring my D300, but it's probably safer if I bring my D80 instead...
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Jake.
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'When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep - not screaming, like the passengers in his car.'
'Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where the hell is my ceiling?'
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'When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep - not screaming, like the passengers in his car.'
'Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where the hell is my ceiling?'
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clicking my life away
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