Out of Focus
By Kerry Adamo
20 Nov 2009
Have I gone to far? Have I lost the ability to use one camera or has the media, the tools, and the technology taken me over?
I remember when my mom gave me a Kodak 110 camera in the 8th grade just point, shoot and click away. Simple to use, easy and fun, no computers to see what the photo looked like. Just drop off the film at the drug store and wait a week to see what the photos looked like. Film developed in an hour your kidding right.
But then after awhile and the years go by, you get to a point when you must have something new and something with bells, beeps and fake shutter noise.
After more than 30 years with a film camera in hand the digital age comes in and then next thing you know your 35 mm film camera is out of date. So you move into the digital age but within a year or two your 4.1 mega pixel camera is out of date, then your 7 mega pixel camera, the 9 mega pixel is so out of date. But then you try the12.1. mega pixel top of the line camera, only to fine out that within two years it is old news and out of date.
Stop the madness at this rate for every new camera I go out a buy I need to up date my computer, hard drives, need extra storage, need new software, need to be able to sleep....
On the bright side this is so much fun......
2 responses
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photogregd said (1 Dec 2009):
You should change this story so everyone can vote on it and maybe you can get it published. This is very funny and very true.
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Michele Randell said (28 Dec 2009):
Yes very true.......the way of modern life now...you just have to keep balance.
There will always be something bigger and better but do you really need it ?
Voted :)
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