Digital Photography

Last weekend I was taking a couple pics of the garage sale and so I had my camera in my pocket. Some of you may have already known that my camera was acting up a little, but no matter if you didn't, because I bumped it against the wall, effectively ending the life of the camera. I got one last picture out of it, but now it doesn't want to turn on properly. After 1586 photos taken all over Europe and Canada I have to say Rest In Peace good old, not so trusty, Kodac DX3600 digital camera, you were there for me when I needed you... some times.

I had been planning on buying a new camera anyway, so I wasn't too heart broken. After a somewhat annoying (and patience testing) experience at future shopped, I walked away happy with a shiny new Canon PowerShot A85:

I wanted a camera that could take pictures at a higher resolution, at night, and have control over most of the functions such as shutter speed and whatnot. So far I'm pretty happy with it, but I still need to learn how to use most of the functions.

A guy at work sent me a link comparing digital versus film photographs. I haven't had a chance to read it all yet but what I have read has been pretty interesting.
Digital cameras vs. film

Another thing I've been working on is this "26 Things". Leslie sent me the link a while ago but I've only just had a chance to look at it. What it is is a photographic scavenger hunt. You have to take pictures of all 26 items on the list. So far I've gotten about half, some old, some new.

My 26 things photo gallery.