as for me, i'm in the opposite side of the spectrum. i have already enough chaos - figuratively that is, at work and i would deeply appreciate nice and neat things.
a lengthy explanation for this random photo.
recently, i found myself taking photos around me because i am still getting the hang of the manual settings of s100.
and i'm finally handing over my loyal ixy 510is to my mother - the small blue camera that had been with me for 3 years now and functionality-wise, it's good as new except that i have to move on to a better one for more vivid photos. huge cameras are out of the question, by the way.
since i have a bittersweet feeling of this remarkable phase, i want to write down the very first experience that i had with my camera, just plain camera because i don't name my things.
summer of 2009, while i was in japan, the little geek in me surfaced as i diligently searched for a point and shoot that would not burn a hole in my pocket. it was supposed to be lx3 but i couldn't afford it and how serious it looked then gave me more reason not to. so, i ended up with ixy 510is and through www.kakaku.com where you can find a price list of anything under the sun, across the entire country, i was able to find a store in akihabara that had it the cheapest. the store was not in plain sight and i was able to test my sense of direction to its limits with only the help of a snapshot of google map in my phone. the store was more of a stockroom with a small counter to entertain its customers. there were piles of cartons everywhere and the people there didn't talk much english, a normal situation that i always got into.
effort 1: figuring out my way around the kakaku site because translating it in google confused me more.
effort 2: finding the secluded store that was far from the rest.
effort 3: buying my camera with only a bunch of japanese words with me.
well, that camera gave up on me less than a month, giving me a black screen on top of the himeji castle which gave me a wild thinking that the ghosts in the castle didn't like me reaching out the camera through the small opening of the window.
effort 4: going back to the store again and had it replaced. i lived in yokohama then and the train to akihabara in tokyo takes about an hour!
because calling directly the store was beyond my talent, i asked the help of a receptionist in my study center to bring up my case to the store through phone and i'm forever grateful to him for that. when i got back to the store, i got a replacement ready for pick-up, with no questions asked! or maybe, even if they had, i still wouldn't understand. haha
arigatou, dear camera. :)
*ixy 510is is a canon version in japan while s100, is a powershot still from canon.
lx3 is a panasonic lumix camera.
a lengthy explanation for this random photo.
recently, i found myself taking photos around me because i am still getting the hang of the manual settings of s100.
and i'm finally handing over my loyal ixy 510is to my mother - the small blue camera that had been with me for 3 years now and functionality-wise, it's good as new except that i have to move on to a better one for more vivid photos. huge cameras are out of the question, by the way.
since i have a bittersweet feeling of this remarkable phase, i want to write down the very first experience that i had with my camera, just plain camera because i don't name my things.
summer of 2009, while i was in japan, the little geek in me surfaced as i diligently searched for a point and shoot that would not burn a hole in my pocket. it was supposed to be lx3 but i couldn't afford it and how serious it looked then gave me more reason not to. so, i ended up with ixy 510is and through www.kakaku.com where you can find a price list of anything under the sun, across the entire country, i was able to find a store in akihabara that had it the cheapest. the store was not in plain sight and i was able to test my sense of direction to its limits with only the help of a snapshot of google map in my phone. the store was more of a stockroom with a small counter to entertain its customers. there were piles of cartons everywhere and the people there didn't talk much english, a normal situation that i always got into.
effort 1: figuring out my way around the kakaku site because translating it in google confused me more.
effort 2: finding the secluded store that was far from the rest.
effort 3: buying my camera with only a bunch of japanese words with me.
well, that camera gave up on me less than a month, giving me a black screen on top of the himeji castle which gave me a wild thinking that the ghosts in the castle didn't like me reaching out the camera through the small opening of the window.
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because calling directly the store was beyond my talent, i asked the help of a receptionist in my study center to bring up my case to the store through phone and i'm forever grateful to him for that. when i got back to the store, i got a replacement ready for pick-up, with no questions asked! or maybe, even if they had, i still wouldn't understand. haha
arigatou, dear camera. :)
*ixy 510is is a canon version in japan while s100, is a powershot still from canon.
lx3 is a panasonic lumix camera.
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