Got a text message last night from the local courier service I joined recently saying that my package had arrived and was ready for pick-up, so being the typical civil servant in Jamaica I took it upon myself to take time off from the government’s work to go pick up my package first thing yesterday morning. It was my first time using one of these courier services/clubs where you join for a fee and then get an American address where you would ship items bought online to as long as you place your membership number as part of the address, they would then ship the item to Jamaica for me charging a fee depending on the weight of the item, it’s really simple and quick to get courier quotes I don’t know why I never used the service before now. Bought my cam online on the 5th of December and on yesterday the 1th it is safe and sound in my hands. Anyway enough of that, please allow me to geek out about my cam ^_^.
Following Taylor‘s recommendation I discarded my plans for a SLR and went for a easy to use semi professional digital cam with great zoom and features. The number one candidate was the Sony Cybershot DSC-H9 and thats the cam that I got.
First picture I took after unwrapping cam, resized image to fit screen
I’m still tinkering around with the features and going through the manual but I love this camera, which with the carrying case and a 4gb memory card cost me over us$500. Yes I maxed out my credit card just before Christmas -_-, so much for a gift for grandma, because that’s pretty much my gift giving budget for my entire list of about 8 or so family and friends ^_^, don’t worry though I have discovered a great invention called greeting cards and I’ve always been good with words, hey it’s the thought that counts right?
I am so intrigued by this cam and serious about taking up photography as a hobby, I even grabbed a domain name a while back with plans for a photography blog, didn’t want to stray too much from Jamaica, Japan, tech, movies, anime, music and a couple of my other interests covered on this blog, so please look out for the launch of that website as I will partnering up with my love interest on that project.
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Now join me and taylor over at flickr me(http://www.flickr.com/photo…) and taylor(http://www.flickr.com/photo…). Purchase a pro account while you at it, and start snapping:P
@ Gordon, the flickr plans are already ironed out, can’t take up photography without a pro account 😀
@ Contamination, look out for an email from me.
Thats one sexy cam! I know ur happy :o) Take some pics and send me! ^_^
Oh wow! That looks sexy! I can’t wait to take you places here in Japan so you can test out that badboy!
BTW, seriously, check your mail.
Wow, nice camera! and bad debt =(.
I still have my Canon Powershot G6. It has been a good little fella to me; it’s still truckin’. I would love yours right about now though :O
@ Olivia, I’ll be sure to do that hun
@ David, bad dept indeed, but I will survive…i hope
@ Justin, maybe we can share pics as well
That’s an awesome X’mas gift to reward yourself after a year’s of hard work!
A couple of month’s back, I was toying with the idea of upgrading to a DSLR from my current point-and-shoot digital camera.
Maybe I should be considering using such prosumer first rather than jump into DSLR.
@ justin i really want a g series powershot. looking at the power shot g5 or g6.. slr’s are great but pocket cams are good for ocasions at time
Congrats star! Can’t wait to see the pics! I’m still saving for my Nikon D40X. I’ll be buying it the next time I travel to NY.
You can check out the shots from my Kodak Z650 at http://myworldmylens.aminus…
Very nice camera. That’s one thing I don’t have, other than the one that’s on my cell phone. One day when I become rich I’ll buy one. Well, wait, if I’m rich, I’ll have people to take pictures for me so I won’t need it then. 😀
Nice camera. I’ve been contemplating getting a good camera like that so I can take pictures for my blog that represent what I really want instead of just downloaded stuff. I just haven’t found the time to do the required research and ofcourse raise the money yet. Am sure you’re happy. Enjoy it to the fullest.
daz a great cam. i just opted for a sony dvd cam myself and am pleased. as for the price tag, u know sony is like nike and all dem other short namebrand items u gotta pay for the 4 letters too.
Have fun. Hopefully now u can actually post some more pics on ur sites. hmmm yeh rite.
u cud also join up one of the photography clubs, to meet up with other enthusiasts and get the most out of the cam.