I Hate When…

People leave crappy reviews on an item they purchase and the only real reason they have for not liking it is something stupid like they didn’t know how to use it. I’m going to be purchasing a Sony Cybershot DSC-W170 and like everyone else I like to read up on what I’m buying and look at the specs. I have an older Cybershot that’s 6 megapixels and it works great, but it’s definitely time to upgrade. The new camera will have 10.1 mp but what really sold me was the in camera editing features. I’m a tech geek so reading those just made me excited. I wanted to read the reviews so I scrimmaged through them for the most part it got excellent reviews, but as always there’s always that one sour note in the bunch. He complained that there was no manual mode and that was pretty much his only arguement. It’s a point and shoot what do you expect? It’s not going to go in the kitchen and make you a burger with cheese on it! Most people don’t sit there and tweak their point and shoots because the name says it all! You just point and shoot! If you really want to have that much power over your image than go buy an SLR than you can be a camera God! Besides I find that Program mode does all that junk anyways and it was just such a pointless review. It didn’t make me not want the camera any less and I think 10 great reviews and 1 single complaint isn’t enough to change my mind. Go Sony! Oh and my grandpa just called and told me Circuit City filed Ch. 11 bankruptcy. I bet all those Geeks at Best Buy are throwing a party now!

Photography Is Not Cheap

I was browsing through Amazon looking for some lenses for my SLR and holy crap! Talk about expensive! The cheapest I found were Sigma  lenses I can get a nice 300mm one for about $200 bucks and they’ve gotten slightly good reviews problem is…I don’t think I need anything that huge! 300mm is a lot I mean the lense I use right now only goes to about 55mm and I have heard some people have such trouble using the lense they have to resort to using a tripod. I am not toting a tripod with me everywhere I go I’ll look like the biggest freak of nature and I know people will be like “Oh look at that kid with his tripod I bet he thinks he’s big stuff!” Well I do think I am the shiz, but not that much I’m also looking into getting a new point and shoot but the one I want is way out of my price range. Ugh! I want the Olympus 1010, but $300 is a little steep for me. That’s like more than half of my paycheck and I have bills to pay. Yes I at 17 have bills. It’s called my Apple iMac and my T-Mobile bill, which thank God it expires in January! I will not be signing up with them again my Sidekick never worked worth a shit and I went back to AT&T. I hate how expensive things are today, but at least I am working and making some money. I have a lot more independence than most kids my age and for that I am sooo thankful. Hooray for being able to pay for my own stuff!