Comments on: shutter and shimmy http://houseofnezua.com/lucha/2008/04/22/shutter-and-shimmy/ home of the fabulous and the freaky Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:49:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: annie http://houseofnezua.com/lucha/2008/04/22/shutter-and-shimmy/#comment-459 annie Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:37:31 +0000 http://houseofnezua.com/lucha/?p=145#comment-459 i know the feeling about wanting a digital slr. i haven't decided if i'm just gonna save for that or purchase a new digital camera first. mine has begun sucking the life out of batteries faster than i can charge them. i know the feeling about wanting a digital slr.
i haven’t decided if i’m just gonna save for that or purchase a new digital camera first.
mine has begun sucking the life out of batteries faster than i can charge them.

]]> By: nezua http://houseofnezua.com/lucha/2008/04/22/shutter-and-shimmy/#comment-452 nezua Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:31:36 +0000 http://houseofnezua.com/lucha/?p=145#comment-452 thanks. you are so right. megapixels is not all, tho it does matter. as they say "it is the lens that takes the picture" and the body that captures it. so if i camera has a big brain (chip/megapixels) but a lousy system integrating of displaying the data (capture) as well as a puny lens (this camera does, its a point n shoot, about the size of a tiger milk bar or somethin) its gonna look crummy. which is your point. and anyway, before you know it, 20 megapixels will be the standard and the bodies will be replaced. so of course yes, it makes more sense to consider the lens line. this is where i've been deliberating. its tuff. the pentax has a big selection cuz of the backward compatibility...(as well as three of my own lenses now! tho i dont think they are anything special). i trust nikon to the max because of their longevity and history of quality. but canon's line is legendary in the digital world. we spoke of the XT. i like what i've seen from it. i've been looking at the XTi, cuz it improves on the XT in ways that begin to satisfy me. i wasn't looking at the XT because of a few features that the nikon D80 and the pentax K10 had over it. but the XTi (tho almost twice as much?) meets that bar. so that's what i'm looking at now. of course i'm just looking. :) no way to afford that right away. but its good to take time and narrow it down. thats what i love about the internet, reviews, google...its made shopping for something so much more satisfying and effective. thanks. you are so right. megapixels is not all, tho it does matter. as they say “it is the lens that takes the picture” and the body that captures it. so if i camera has a big brain (chip/megapixels) but a lousy system integrating of displaying the data (capture) as well as a puny lens (this camera does, its a point n shoot, about the size of a tiger milk bar or somethin) its gonna look crummy. which is your point. and anyway, before you know it, 20 megapixels will be the standard and the bodies will be replaced.

so of course yes, it makes more sense to consider the lens line. this is where i’ve been deliberating. its tuff. the pentax has a big selection cuz of the backward compatibility…(as well as three of my own lenses now! tho i dont think they are anything special). i trust nikon to the max because of their longevity and history of quality. but canon’s line is legendary in the digital world.

we spoke of the XT. i like what i’ve seen from it. i’ve been looking at the XTi, cuz it improves on the XT in ways that begin to satisfy me. i wasn’t looking at the XT because of a few features that the nikon D80 and the pentax K10 had over it. but the XTi (tho almost twice as much?) meets that bar. so that’s what i’m looking at now.

of course i’m just looking. :) no way to afford that right away. but its good to take time and narrow it down. thats what i love about the internet, reviews, google…its made shopping for something so much more satisfying and effective.

]]> By: elmira bojangles http://houseofnezua.com/lucha/2008/04/22/shutter-and-shimmy/#comment-451 elmira bojangles Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:10:29 +0000 http://houseofnezua.com/lucha/?p=145#comment-451 i love all those. there are many, many digital cameras out there that claim 7 or 8 or 10 megapixels and yield very low-quality shots. the megapixel size is somewhat of a myth used in advertising to pull the consumer in. picture sharpness and detail have a lot more to do with the actual quality and variations in tone of the lens, and the manufacturer. i love all those. there are many, many digital cameras out there that claim 7 or 8 or 10 megapixels and yield very low-quality shots. the megapixel size is somewhat of a myth used in advertising to pull the consumer in. picture sharpness and detail have a lot more to do with the actual quality and variations in tone of the lens, and the manufacturer.

]]> By: nezua http://houseofnezua.com/lucha/2008/04/22/shutter-and-shimmy/#comment-448 nezua Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:30:24 +0000 http://houseofnezua.com/lucha/?p=145#comment-448 let's give her just a couple of years to imagine i have something to teach worth paying attention to before she realizes that truth! :) thanks man. let’s give her just a couple of years to imagine i have something to teach worth paying attention to before she realizes that truth! :) thanks man.

]]> By: peasant http://houseofnezua.com/lucha/2008/04/22/shutter-and-shimmy/#comment-447 peasant Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:23:12 +0000 http://houseofnezua.com/lucha/?p=145#comment-447 Great pix, especially the one of Lunita, unreserved love and delight. I can't wait for the next decade to pass when she says, "Daddy, you're so full of shit!" and you will be proud! Then you can relax. Great pix, especially the one of Lunita, unreserved love and delight. I can’t wait for the next decade to pass when she says, “Daddy, you’re so full of shit!” and you will be proud! Then you can relax.

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