If the gallery does nothing else, it demonstrates some of the factors that make me happy with my new camera...
I am not very artistic, but I am quite technical.
Therefore, it is important that my camera give me a fair degree of control over the technical aspects of the photographic process.
My new G3 does just that. As you can see from some of the pictures in the gallery, one of the things that interests me is control over depth of field. This is well illustrated in the "Garden Angel" and in the "Nectarine Buds" where I wanted to intentionally blur the foreground or background, and in the pictures from Colorado, where I wanted sharpness both in the foreground and the background for the landscapes.
I also wanted control over exposure compensation as illustrated in the "Nectarine Buds" where I needed to underexpose to retain detail.
One of the few issues that I was unhappy with - the driver conflict between the G3 and my scanner has been resolved. Not directly, but resolved with a little "out of the box thinking." The G3 came with only a 32MB CF card, which was only enough for a handful of photos at maximum resolution, so, I ordered a 256MB CF card so I could store a day's worth of shooting. Along with the new CF card, I ordered an inexpensive USB CF reader. I am happy to say the reader installed with no problem - the "installation" consisted of plugging it in *period*. And now, downloading the pictures is as simple as inserting the CF card into the reader, and then dragging and dropping them from the card to the "My Photos" folder. "Problem" solved!
Now that I have been using the camera for a few weeks, I must say that I am quite happy with it. I think the photographs have great sharpness and color. The camera is small enough to not be a bother. And, it gives me the control that I was seeking. All at a price that didn't require me to cry as I paid...
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Posted by David at March 16, 2003 08:35 AM | Categorized under: A day in the life