Wednesday, March 26, 2008
You know that feeling, when you feel so crippled without a camera, especially during quite important events like your graduation party? I attended two graduation parties tonight and yesterday, and in both events, I could not use my dying Canon S31s -- an indeed simple point and shoot camera which I have been using in the last two years... Before this, I was using a horrendous Minolta z5, another consumer camera, which I successfully sold to HBB (hehe) a few months after I bought it.
Since Nikon D300 was released in Japan in November last year, I have been a frequent visitor of Shibuya's Sakuraya and Biccamera just to stare at the amazing gadget and to dream that someday (when the product is not yet obsolete) I'd be able to afford to get myself one.
So I have been trying to save up for things which I've always wanted but could not get. Last month, HBB offered to share for the payment of our Nikkormat FTN, an equipment which I so need when I go finally go home and fulfill a long overdue visit to one of UP's darkrooms...
Today, I decided to get myself a "jibun he no gohobi" (present for oneself)... I cannot consider it just a whim, for I intend to put my spanking new camera to good use. Once I figure out how my new gadget works, I am off to launch my little photo project...
And oh, those who are planning to buy any gadgets in Japan should really avoid buying at the big and mainstream electronic superstores. Who wants to pay 30 percent more than what smaller, yet reliable, outlets are offering? Try searching for the cheapest prices at http://kakaku.com.
Since Nikon D300 was released in Japan in November last year, I have been a frequent visitor of Shibuya's Sakuraya and Biccamera just to stare at the amazing gadget and to dream that someday (when the product is not yet obsolete) I'd be able to afford to get myself one.
So I have been trying to save up for things which I've always wanted but could not get. Last month, HBB offered to share for the payment of our Nikkormat FTN, an equipment which I so need when I go finally go home and fulfill a long overdue visit to one of UP's darkrooms...
Today, I decided to get myself a "jibun he no gohobi" (present for oneself)... I cannot consider it just a whim, for I intend to put my spanking new camera to good use. Once I figure out how my new gadget works, I am off to launch my little photo project...
And oh, those who are planning to buy any gadgets in Japan should really avoid buying at the big and mainstream electronic superstores. Who wants to pay 30 percent more than what smaller, yet reliable, outlets are offering? Try searching for the cheapest prices at http://kakaku.com.
