Photography is one of those things I love to get into but just can't help feeling inadequate about when I check out what's happening out there. Still the self-deprecation doesn't in any way hamper my lust for new cameras.
I've been lugging around my Canon G3 for something like 2 or 3 years now. I remember chugging it along and taking great pics of the great wall or whatever but regretting that I didn't tell my dad to get me the Sony DSC V-1 instead.
It was my birthday present and I could pick one camera and my dad was really into it too so he thought I ought to get a Canon. At the time, he honestly believed only Canons were top notch. So I checked with friends and checked out DP Review and the G3 was the top cam of the time, excluding digital SLRs obviously. So I decided that I'd get the G3.
He went to the store without me to get it and told me that "Oh hey, there's this really good looking Sony just out, do you think you'd like this one instead?" And I went, "But the Canon comes with a free printer, let's get the G3 then." I'm so bloody stupid. (btw the damn free printer conked out after a few months...)
So now, I've wised up and know more about what I want from a camera. The simple truth is, I'm not and probably never will need a top of the line digital SLR. Yet, I'm not going to just accept any old point and shoot (or mickey mouse camera like my choir conductor used to say) either. So it would have to be a "prosumer" (god I hate that word) cam like the G3 or a high end P&S.
Looking at what's on the market, I'm really keen on Sony's new products. I previously stated that I'd settle for a DSC-W5/7 to my girlfriend but I'd like to take that back and say that what I really want now is the DSC-N1. 3 inch LCD touchscreen with minimal buttons, 8.1 megapixels... That and the LOMO LC-A and I'll never need another camera until they update the Sony again. Haha. Hope that damn thing has a full manual.
