Maybe Jenn's outta Town...

Breakfast this morning was oatmeal. He, as in RomiE, ran off to work and I satyed home, at the new computer, which we set up this weekend and bought a brand new desk for. It sits in the media room i.e. the USE to be empty second bedroom—empty until we stuffed it full of desk and electronics. We also ordered the room a Futon and bought the bed a frame yesterday too. In fact this weekend was pretty much dedicated to getting stuff done. We got dishes, a blender, a toaster, new accents for the bathroom and a computer!—I have my homework station and RomiE can download his music without ever having to borrow the laptop from work EVER again. This is good. Things are happening.

So I found the camera that I THINK I wanna buy—a little more than I would’ve bargained for, but I think I can afford it. I’m sure this puts the I pod and Laptops on hold until further Junior year, but I think it’ll be worth it. I wanna get serious with my photography.

What has me liking this Camera, The Nikon D200, Is that the number of megapixels for the price are just outrageous. !0.2 megapixels for under 3 grand AND the camera comes with lens…most professional Digital SLR’s, if you didn’t know, don’t come with a lens, normally you have to buy the body of the camera and THEN shell out hundreds upon thousands of more dollars to buy a lens, and though this camera’s a meager pennies outta my price range this seems the better deal. I can’t imagine passing up a bargain. My mother use to buy candy coated raisins from a dark man in periwinkle blue seeling merchandise outside of the grocery store, just because they were cheap and on sale. They were nastiest things ever christened by artificial flavoring and brought no benefit to the household except during the holidays when we were able to unload our cargo of rainbow colored raisins to charity. All of that to say I’ve dealt with worse and I need a camera…so I’m thinking this might be it. I emailed Jennifer, from the OckenPhotography studio, whom I use to work with, about my decision and asked her for advice:

http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product_Code=NKN+D200%2fKIT&JRSource=zdnet.datafeed.NKN+D200%2fKIT#productTabDetails

THIS, Jennifer, is the camera i'm tempted to purchase. THIS, Jennifer, is the camera, i want you to teach me how to use, THIS, Jennifer, is the where i THINK i wanna begin learning all there is to know about digital photography so i can be a photo-snapping guru like you and the rest of the Oken clan! Jennifer!! Talk to me, Damnit!


Okay, so the issues i'm having with THIS camera is that its a tad bit outta my price range...maybe a couple of hundred bucks, but its only a couple hundred bucks is what i'm thinking..and i gotta job. Just my luck after saying that, they'll fire me next week, but we'll hope for the best, shall we. Anywho, on the Plus side (the side with all the plusses on it) its a 10.2 megapixels SLR for under three grand, so I'm excited AND it comes WITH a lens versus without... and from the many i've seen that seems to me a bargain. But who the hell am I, right? Because i no nothing about purchasing SLR's, it being all fancy and cheaper than what i've seen others to be, might not mean much.

What i do know is that i want a REAL camera, semi-pro to pro--none of that pick-off, wanna-be shit. I can't afford to upgrade every other year so I need to get what I can get NoW while i can afford to get it. Ya feel me, Jennie-baby?
Bottom line is I need to talk with the professionals! I NEED you! You're my resource. Advise me, Resource! Guide me, Resource!

Thank you for listening to my rant. I hope i haven't scared you. How were the weddings in February? Talk to you soon.

Ken


And she hasn’t emailed me back. Secretly I want her to direct me to something cheaper. Something just as nice but something even cheaper. I even checked on ebay for the camera and it was still pricy, and the sales I saw on ebay had the camera but without the lens. ARGH!!! I want this camera. ARGH!!! I want a camera… but this camera would be nice. Maybe Jenn's outta town...