Nice one Cory. Looks like an angry truck. However up here, all trucks are angry between Oct and march.:-)
Dave On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Cory Waters <cbwat...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Snow and ice again in northern Georgia: > http://cwaters.smugmug.com/photos/1152605696_dsW9H-L.jpg > > It's been quite a while since I posted an image here. Some of you have seen > many more photos from me on Facebook over the last year. > That's mainly because it's so damned easy to snap a shot with my phone and > upload it on the spot. > > Also, I haven't had many opportunities this year to get out of town. > Vacations allow me to get out of pattern, usually presenting me with new > places, faces, and stuff I want to remember (inspiration). I'll totally be > carrying my K10 through Disney World, or the museums in Washington D.C. but > not so much on my daily trip to work, you see. > > My 2010 production was so lean that I was afraid I wouldn't be able to pick > ANYTHING to submit for the PDML Annual. Fear not though, dear readers, for > I did find a few images I'm proud of and submitted three this morning. > > This image was taken with the W90 I recently picked up second hand. I > figured it would be nice to have a small rugged camera to carry around when > I didn't want the bulk of the K10 kit. > A few weeks into ownership and aside from the underwater stuff, I'm not sure > what it does that my Motorola Droid2 doesn't do. In fact, the camera apps I > have for the Droid do LOTS of cool stuff this P&S won't. > > The W90 has a lanyard and belt clip, it's more shock and water resistant, > it's a cooler color than the Droid (green), it has lots of shooting "modes" > (the image was made with "Surf and Snow" mode), and it does make cool > time-lapse movies. I'm pretty sure the image quality is better, though I've > seen some less than encouraging images so far. I'm not making a judgment > about IQ just yet as I haven't used it enough to know that I'm not just > doing it wrong. > > It does NOT, however share with facebook, SMS, email, or upload the photos > with a few strokes of the fingertip. And this is where I'm not sure it > makes much sense to carry it around in addition to my phone. Maybe an Eye-Fi > card would help but I don't think P&S cameras are destined to be around too > long if they don't get web access somehow. How does a camera that costs what > this one does and is marketed like it is not have GPS? > > I guess where I'm at so far is that for day to day situations where I'm just > at work or whatever, the phone is already on me so I don't need to carry > another camera. If I'm going out somewhere that I'd like a little better > image quality but don't want to carry the K10, I guess that's when I'll clip > the W90 on. > I'm sure I wouldn't pay full price for one though. > > Cory > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
