Day 217: This isn't the very first picture I took with my new SX70 camera, but it was in the first batch, and I thought it made for a better celebratory post. Merry is never quite sure about cameras, although he's more tolerant of the Big Black Eye than a lot of cats. Even so, I was disturbing his nap and he wasn't exactly pleased with me slapping my thigh, whistling, calling his name to try to get him to open his eyes. In any event, I am back in full operation at this point. The adapter for my macro filters mounts on this camera (one reason I chose to stay with the same camera in the new model), but changes in port style and software mean I have to read images from the SD card instead of via a transfer cable. It's not a big change for me, just something new I need to accustom myself to doing. The menus are a bit different as well, but I'm getting that sorted fairly quickly. I did a few test shots last night, and at the higher ISOs, the image quality is much better (repeat: much!) than it was with the SX30. Ah, but it feels good to be taking pictures with a "real" camera again after a week or so of using a chintzy point-and-shoot!
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