I guess everyone remembers that feeling you got when you were a little kid and it was just 1 day before your birthday and you were waiting for that 1 gift you wanted. That feeling of anticipation that gave you little butterflies in your tummy. Well, even though I’m 37, I still get that feeling from time to time. Today it’s because I am expecting the arrival of a new toy/gadget: a brand new digital camera.
After holding back 4 years, I finally decided to give in and buy myself a piece of the new digital photography era: an Olympus C 765 4 megapixel, 10x zoom camera. I was looking for the right balance between options and usability, meaning I want to be able to take the no-brainer snapshots, but also be able to control everything. I looked at some ultra-compact camera’s too, like the Pentax Optio S4i and the Sony Cybershot DSC T-1 and the Canon Ixus 430 and 500.
See, my problem is that I used to my Olympus OM-2N SLR and I did my own developing and printing for a while. But going on a vacation and taking all that equipment with me, just wasn’t practical. And ever since I saw the first digital camera’s and how easy it is to digitally retouch your photo’s, I knew that one day I would have to go digital too.
So I was looking for a good compromise between options and ease of use and stumbled onto this Olympus (which I think is funny, cause a few years ago I considered them to have lost the digital race).
Update: while I was writing this the postman rang twcie and delivered the little box! Time to unpack my present 😉 In a few hours I will update my blog again….
In the words of Ren & Stimpy: Happy, happy, joy, joy. Happy, happy, joy, joy.