Oh my word, is this camera sharp. In all the senses of the word.
I discussed this with Robin on Tuesday. Yes, we appear to have enough in savings or enough coming in to handle taxes, the roof for the office, and a camera.
So yesterday I walked into Glazers. "So, how long is the waiting list now for the Canon DS1 Mark II?" "Let me look—well, it appears we have one in stock. Do you want it?"
16 megapixels. Huge, honking sharp files. More buttons than I’ll ever know what do do with. Shallow depth of field again (I’ll have to relearn to be careful about focus now).
Today my Photonica check showed up, which is partially how I planned to finance this camera. A thousand dollars beneath my worst case projection. Then came a phone call from an art director I hadn’t heard from in years. A shoot next Tuesday, of a CEO in Redmond. The thousand dollars went back into the plus column.
Now, some perspective. I watched the premiere of 30 Days on FX last night (by Morgan Spurlock, the "Supersize Me" guy). The premise for this episode—can a middle-class couple survive on minimum wage jobs for a month? A great segue into the issues of the working underclass, like, do you pay for food, or the electric bill? There's not enough for both, even if you work full-time. An entire year's wages at minimum wage would have barely paid for this new camera. It put my professional middle-class whining about money into the proper light, namely, that I have absolutely no reason, ever, to complain. I’ll stop now, so I can write a check to the Downtown Emergency Service Center.
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