Man bites bullet.....
Yep, I bit the bullet, the digital bullet and bought a new camera today. I had been wanting, acutally needing, a new one for a long, long time. My old Sony was made when Herbert Hoover was President and is long past it's prime. I have to say though that over the eight years that I've owned it, I've become accustomed to it's limitations and quirks and have adapted to get some very special shots.
After trying out various cameras over the last month or so, I bought the recently released Nikon D-80. It had come down to this or the similar quality Pentax, but the Pentax won't be making it's debute until December, and I wanted to shoot the remainer of football season with my new camera. What an upgrade for me. The D-80 sports 10.2 effective megapixels and a burst/continuous shoot rate of 3 frames per second. Hold the trigger down and it just keeps shooting, no time wasted while the camera reboots after every shot. Also the new color sensors are supposed to render stunning colors and sharpenss. Can't wait to try it out. It should arrive Thursday.
In other big news, and you may have heard it here first, Johnny's Barbeque has been sold! Hard to believe that after 6 decades Johnny could give it up. But it has been purchased by an Odessa steakhouse owner and should continue on in it's old tradition.
Yep, I bit the bullet, the digital bullet and bought a new camera today. I had been wanting, acutally needing, a new one for a long, long time. My old Sony was made when Herbert Hoover was President and is long past it's prime. I have to say though that over the eight years that I've owned it, I've become accustomed to it's limitations and quirks and have adapted to get some very special shots.
After trying out various cameras over the last month or so, I bought the recently released Nikon D-80. It had come down to this or the similar quality Pentax, but the Pentax won't be making it's debute until December, and I wanted to shoot the remainer of football season with my new camera. What an upgrade for me. The D-80 sports 10.2 effective megapixels and a burst/continuous shoot rate of 3 frames per second. Hold the trigger down and it just keeps shooting, no time wasted while the camera reboots after every shot. Also the new color sensors are supposed to render stunning colors and sharpenss. Can't wait to try it out. It should arrive Thursday.
In other big news, and you may have heard it here first, Johnny's Barbeque has been sold! Hard to believe that after 6 decades Johnny could give it up. But it has been purchased by an Odessa steakhouse owner and should continue on in it's old tradition.
