For several months now, I've been fancying myself on owning a Digital Single-Lens Reflex or more commonly a DSLR camera. With the proliferation of megapixel camera-phones (have you seen the 5MP Nokia N95?) and dirt-cheap digital cameras coming in all shapes, colors and sizes at your suking tindahan, preserving that perfect Kodak moment is now as easy as "point-and-shoot". With the piles of pictures I've collected and the narrowing price gap of the latest point-and-shoot with entry-level DSLRs however, I've realized that I wanted to capture moments in more detail, more style, and more drama. More and more, I guess I've (re)discovered an "eye for photography". And this I could achieve with a DSLR - "ung mukhang Pro na camera"!
Having a DSLR would be a rekindling of sorts into this vivid world I plunged into as an innocent little boy of 6 (or 7, can't remember exactly) with my dad. My dad, who taught me the basics of which I've lost though time without practice, was a part-time photographer for then Kameraworld (now Picture City after the original co-owners have split up) and owned several mechanical SLRs. Among his stuff which I have recently unearthed were ...
a 1976 Yashica MF35, ...
a 1977 Nikon FM, ...
and a 1979 Yashica FX-3 ...
... with a bevy of accessories ranging from detachable lens kits and filters to remote triggers and tripods, not to mention your run-off-the-mill photographer's bag. If time permits, having a trip down memory lane with these 3 snappers would be a great way to immerse myself (again) in photography from a historical perspective. That's also 3 new posts for this month. Haha!
My interest has reawakened so to speak ever since I've started snapping away with my trusty old Sony Ericsson W800i. With its decent 2MP-Auto Focus camera, I've been taking pretty neat snapshots of varying subjects (check it out) that I decided it was time I needed a "true" camera that could do more.
It's been almost a year since my so called reawakening. My friend Ronnie (you can check out his blog by clicking on his name) has just recently grabbed his own Canon EOS 400D and is now finding time to tinker with it. As for me, I'm still without one. I mean hey, these things don't come cheap. The neophyte-friendly Nikon D40 is a hefty P26k in Quiapo. And that's already in photographer-haven Hidalgo where cameras are often at least 6-7k cheaper than malls. That's why they're called investments. And like all investments, these things need planning. To kill time, or should I say "While planning...", I plan (again that word) to brush up on the technical stuff like lighting, apertures, metering and the like. I've also been working my butt off (I wish there was OT) and saving up on unnecessary expenses. And so I've been planning since. Sheesh...
Somebody wake me up please... or better yet hand me a DSLR!
Hmmm... I think I just found the perfect birthday gift for me this May!
[keeps dreaming...]
Having a DSLR would be a rekindling of sorts into this vivid world I plunged into as an innocent little boy of 6 (or 7, can't remember exactly) with my dad. My dad, who taught me the basics of which I've lost though time without practice, was a part-time photographer for then Kameraworld (now Picture City after the original co-owners have split up) and owned several mechanical SLRs. Among his stuff which I have recently unearthed were ...
a 1976 Yashica MF35, ...
a 1977 Nikon FM, ...
and a 1979 Yashica FX-3 ...
... with a bevy of accessories ranging from detachable lens kits and filters to remote triggers and tripods, not to mention your run-off-the-mill photographer's bag. If time permits, having a trip down memory lane with these 3 snappers would be a great way to immerse myself (again) in photography from a historical perspective. That's also 3 new posts for this month. Haha!My interest has reawakened so to speak ever since I've started snapping away with my trusty old Sony Ericsson W800i. With its decent 2MP-Auto Focus camera, I've been taking pretty neat snapshots of varying subjects (check it out) that I decided it was time I needed a "true" camera that could do more.
It's been almost a year since my so called reawakening. My friend Ronnie (you can check out his blog by clicking on his name) has just recently grabbed his own Canon EOS 400D and is now finding time to tinker with it. As for me, I'm still without one. I mean hey, these things don't come cheap. The neophyte-friendly Nikon D40 is a hefty P26k in Quiapo. And that's already in photographer-haven Hidalgo where cameras are often at least 6-7k cheaper than malls. That's why they're called investments. And like all investments, these things need planning. To kill time, or should I say "While planning...", I plan (again that word) to brush up on the technical stuff like lighting, apertures, metering and the like. I've also been working my butt off (I wish there was OT) and saving up on unnecessary expenses. And so I've been planning since. Sheesh...
Somebody wake me up please... or better yet hand me a DSLR!
Hmmm... I think I just found the perfect birthday gift for me this May!
[keeps dreaming...]
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nicec photos! :)
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