In the throws of post-purchase nausea

[mbarrick]

So I did it. I bought the mongo camera of doom:

Here it is. In addition to the base camera kit I also bought the external battery/grip and a second battery. This will serve me well during fashion shows where I typically run through a set of batteries. Not only does the grip allow me to have two sets of batteries loaded, there is an extra shutter release that makes the camera easier to use on a vertical orientation. It'll be even more fun down the road when I get a longer lens.

So what's so great about the new camera? For one, it is big and black and clearly not a toy so I no longer have to feel like a fool skittering around catwalks. Now I'll look the part. And the images I make will be useful for more than presentation on the web and guides for paintings. The graphic above shows the difference in maximum resolution between my old camera and the new one. At offset press resolution I can get a 45" x 34" print out of this thing. For photo-quality prints I can output to 32" x 24". This means my photos will be able to stand alone as work unto themselves and I can start selling prints. I can't show off any test images from the camera yet since I'm still putting the inital charge on the batteries.

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 little ray of sunshine that arrived in the mail today:

My very last statement from the student loan Nazis. Note the highlighted "paid in full". I have - 10½ years after graduating - finally completely paid for my Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts. So maybe I deserve to treat myself to a swanky new camera with which I will make some art, eh?

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_disdain_/]

Very nice. We have a Canon EOS digital rebel SLR at work, and it is fabulous -- I would so love to have a digital SLR.

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

This is very equivalent to the new EOS Digital Rebel "T2" 350D coming out soon. Until this came along I was seriously looking at the Digital Rebel and actually made my mind up that it was the one I was going to get. Of course by the time I could afford it, something better had come along. Next week there will surely be something even better.

[sebastian6.livejournal.com]

Almost as cool as my Fisher-Price!

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

My other other camera is one of these (http://www.epinions.com/pr-KB_Gear_Jamcam_2_0_Digital_Camera). It rules in its own freakish way.

[nicosian.livejournal.com]

When I get a letter like that from CBCL, I'm FRAMING it.

only 6k to go. Bleh.

Yay on the camera. May it serve you well.

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

It's an unbelievable feeling. The last conversation I had with one of thier agents involved her saying "...$420.74 and you'll never have to talk to me again."

To which I replied, "Nothing against you personally, but you have no idea how pleased I am by that."

Admittedly they got a *lot* better after they closed the Edmonton office. The people I had to deal with in Toronto seemed like actual humans with lives.