In the throws of post-purchase nausea

So I did it. I bought ( the mongo camera of doom )

Knowing that my job is coming to an end in a matter of months, I'd be utterly nauseous about the amount of money I just spent is it weren't also for ( this )

Experimenting

OK, I finally got one of the batteries charged and took my first few pictures with the new camera. Behold the art that is the first picture with the new camera:

Yes, I accidentally hit the shutter button and took a picture of the floor. It was an auspicious moment. But it is a really high resolution picture of the floor. This is a crop from the unresized version of the photo above. Eight megapixels of carpet and cat-hair!

( A couple more crappy "what does this button do?" experiments )

And, getting the hang of it now, this is an indication of what I can do in the dark with this camera.