New camera!

Christmas came early!

My other decent digital camera is wearing out. After thousands of photos and thousands of miles and hundreds of projects.... the lens motor is starting to get rough.
Especially at very close macro settings, it's gets jumpy.

Clearly a new camera was in order! (Oh Boy, Oh Boy, A new toy!)

I'm a fan of proven technology. Bells and whistles are fun, but tried and true works for me. While my older boys are pushing processor limits and resorting to water based computer cooling, I muddle along with the same box I built a few years ago. Maybe mine is slower, but it bloody well starts up and works every day!
(Unlike theirs, which smoke out on a consistent basis).

This Canon S3-IS followed me home last night. We have another like it in the family and it's been bullet proof so far. While not the latest and greatest, it's way more than I technically need and it was on sale since the newer models are out.
Full featured a year ago, it's still regarded as pretty great camera.

One thing I really like... a lot..... are the manual controls.
Not since my old Ricoh 35mm's have I been able to manually set
ISO, shutter speed, and aperture so readily.

I see a few days learning curve ahead, then glory once again!

Stay tuned!