Camera I brought to Vancouver

I brought the Nikon 35Ti and a borrowed Nikon Digital P1. The P1 turned out to be very useful for mini videos and the images (jpg as they were) quite good!

Here is one...

I left the image on the small size setting, but you can still see how it worked out quite well.
The 35Ti also was really nice, though the digital really took the picture as it were... Out of the 4-5 rolls of film I barely shot maybe 5 pictures tops! Pathetic really.

iPhone have to post

Here I am resisting making a post on this - after all everyone has a post about this.. well all I will say is that 50% of me is eager to just run to the store and buy one (assuming I don't have to line up for 10hours) and 50% is not happy about the whole iTunes, DRM stuff, ATT exclusive contract thing... really, I know there will be 3rd party apps to replace iTunes, but still...

We will see what I decide... wish it had 3G support.. come on Apple!

Point and Shoot for trip to Vancouver

I spent hours on Sunday debating whether to purchase a new digital Point and Shoot camera. In the end I concluded that all of the cameras have one or more must-haves - they either lack RAW mode, too large or too small etc. Top pics were Canon G7 and... well that really was the top pic! Unfortunately it has some problems for me:
1) It is Canon. Not that there is anything wrong with Canon, it is just that the camera accessories must be Canon - so all my accessories will not work.
2) Lack of RAW mode. Sorry this is a clincher. Burning the final image into a compressed lossy format isn't for me.

In the end I think I will take the Nikon D70 with one lens and Nikon 35Ti
Here are two web links referencing the 35Ti:
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/htmls/models/compact-images/Nikon35Ti28Ti/Html/index.htm
http://nikonimaging.com/global/products/filmcamera/compact/1990-1994/35ti_quartz_date/index.htm
There are a few reviews on the web. Retail was about $1000 used I paid maybe $300-$400. I am not sure now what the price would be.

Oh.. the pictures are really amazing! People compare the camera to SLR quality!

Well the camera isn't made anymore. It is a film camera and more of a Rangefinder than Point and Shoot (meaning more than anything that it requires some manual override to really appreciate its full ability).
So I will be buying and testing some film this week before the trip.
Thankfully we can still buy film.