Uh... um...
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kribuOn my way to work today, my, um, foot seems to have slipped. So I quite accidentally landed in the camera store which is right beside us. And, uh... somehow I was given the Pentax K20D to play with, and it turned out to be not nearly as much larger and heavier than the K100D as I'd feared, and... um. Do I need to tell the rest? ;-)
Thing is that mum told me this morning that she'd even be willing to buy my K100D from me. So it appears that she really is serious about wanting a DSLR. Which sort of would have meant that I'd have been left quite DSLR-less. And there really didn't seem to be any point (apart from the price) to buy another K100D, or its successor K200D, or K10D (the predecessor to K20D) for that matter, so I decided to go for the biggest and bestest that Pentax has got.
Also, as an excuse, while I got another tooth fixed this morning (nothing awful this time, although I suspect there may be tenderness once the anaesthetics wear off as there was quite a bit of blood around), I also got told that next time (in two weeks, eek) I'll get the one quite irreparable molar pulled out. So I'll need comforting. Lots and lots of comforting. I am thinking a new shiny camera will help. Can't hurt at least.
Right. Should start working now, I suspect, as all that money I've just spent will need to be regained.
Thing is that mum told me this morning that she'd even be willing to buy my K100D from me. So it appears that she really is serious about wanting a DSLR. Which sort of would have meant that I'd have been left quite DSLR-less. And there really didn't seem to be any point (apart from the price) to buy another K100D, or its successor K200D, or K10D (the predecessor to K20D) for that matter, so I decided to go for the biggest and bestest that Pentax has got.
Also, as an excuse, while I got another tooth fixed this morning (nothing awful this time, although I suspect there may be tenderness once the anaesthetics wear off as there was quite a bit of blood around), I also got told that next time (in two weeks, eek) I'll get the one quite irreparable molar pulled out. So I'll need comforting. Lots and lots of comforting. I am thinking a new shiny camera will help. Can't hurt at least.
Right. Should start working now, I suspect, as all that money I've just spent will need to be regained.
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Date: 24 April 2008 09:06 (UTC)So we're going to be treated to lots and lots of picspam. Please?!
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Date: 24 April 2008 09:18 (UTC)It will probably take a bit of getting used to, the new camera. It's not much bigger and bulkier than the old one, but it is a bit (and I think the grip is pretty much the largest I could comfortably hold - no pro career for me, not unless I grow bigger hands!), and it's definitely quite a bit more advanced. More buttons and dials and stuff... will need to figure out what they're all good for!
The foot is surprisingly good, thank you. *would whistle innocently, if half her mouth wasn't a bit numb still*
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Date: 24 April 2008 10:12 (UTC)*is still ever hopeful*
Just make sure your mum doesn't nick this one too...
Erm. Comforting with the tooth pulling... does that mean you'll accidentally on purpose get another camera? Or is the one you've just got a preemptive comfort?
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Date: 24 April 2008 10:20 (UTC)Didn't get a lens as I've got a nice selection at home. I do suspect that mum will want to keep the 18-250mm universal zoom on what can probably be considered her camera now, so I'll have to figure out what to put on mine to use most of the time.
I did want a macro lens, really, but after today, I suspect I won't want to spend more on camera stuff for a few months. *sniffles*
I was thinking preemptive comfort. No more cameras for now. Lenses, on the other hand...
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Date: 24 April 2008 10:34 (UTC)Absolutely! LOL
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Date: 24 April 2008 10:35 (UTC)I'd really like to have such a camera as well,
but I'm fidgeting with my little kodak v1003 instead.
it's not a bad camera, but still.. nothing like that pentax *shiny eyes*
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Date: 24 April 2008 10:37 (UTC)no subject
Date: 24 April 2008 10:39 (UTC)The world of DSLRs is a bottomless pit though as far as spending money goes. *sighs* I've got two bodies now and six lenses, and I keep thinking of new lenses I "need". And I still would like an external flash. *sighs some more*
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Date: 24 April 2008 11:31 (UTC)no subject
Date: 24 April 2008 11:44 (UTC)Thank you. I think I'll agree. ;-)
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Date: 24 April 2008 14:55 (UTC)no subject
Date: 24 April 2008 15:53 (UTC)no subject
Date: 24 April 2008 16:12 (UTC)*hugs* You definitely need a new toy to cheer you up after undergoing more tooth torture!
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Date: 24 April 2008 16:27 (UTC)Although I think not much in the immediate future after that one tooth gets pulled out. Will need a recovery period...
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Date: 24 April 2008 17:07 (UTC)Definitely sounds like you deserve a treat, too! Hope you don't hear a peep from any ouchies even with the tenderness. (And I'm already wincing in sympathy re: the molar.)
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Date: 24 April 2008 17:35 (UTC)Thanks. The tooth's feeling a bit better already. Should be fine by morning. I'm so not looking forward to the next visit though... not sure if it's a good or a bad thing that it will be on the day before I get two weeks holiday. At least it'll give me recovery time.
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Date: 25 April 2008 00:09 (UTC)And we get pretty pics from it! *grins*
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Date: 25 April 2008 05:14 (UTC)