Even with already having a DSLR camera, I’ve been wanting a high megapixel compact camera that would easily fit in my pocket that I could take on bike rides. My D200 would be awesome to have with me all the time, but there are times when I’d rather be a bit more discrete and others when I don’t exactly have the room for it. So I picked up a factory refurbished Nikon Coolpix S550 off of eBay last week. I went with another Nikon because I’ve very much enjoyed the one that I have now so far and really like the quality of their products. It’s about the same size as my enV2 phone and is going to be great for snapping some shots while out on some bike rides this summer. I’m not by any means going to make it my priority camera, as that would be kind of silly, but it’ll be nice to be able to capture some of the things that I would like to shoot when I don’t have the D200 with me.
I mentioned a little while back that I wanted to step up my digital camera, so I just recently did so. I now have a Nikon D200, 10.2MP. At first I was a little overwhelmed with all of the settings, I mean after all I am used to a point and shoot, but after playing around with it a little bit and going through the guide written by Ken Rockwell I am becoming more and more familiar with it.
I bought it slightly used to save a little cash; only 365 shutter actuations. It came with alot of accessories, including Nikkor 28-80mm, 70-300mm lenses and a Nikon storage bag.
The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew. Seek therefore, not to find out Who You Are, but seek to determine Who You Want to Be.
— Conversations with God
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