Went in to town today to splash out on something I've wanted for a good while - a "baby SLR" digital camera.
It looks sort of like the step inbetween a compact and an SLR, with a slightly bigger body and a pretty massive zoom for such a small camera. Got some vouchers from work for xmas, otherwise I wouldn't spend that kind of money on a gadget - but since my old compact has decided to die I don't really have a camera (apart from on my phone, which is rather crap). I'm thinking with the upcoming move and various holidays there's going to be a few things I'd like to be able to document. And I need to collect stuff to keep myself busy when I move to my new city, where I don't know anyone! Is taking a picture of someone a good way to start a conversation or would it just piss them off I wonder...?
Anyways, the only one they had left was the display model - which is fine with me - there were no scratches or anything like that. I was ready to pay and go, but my camera savvy friend who I'd brought with me for buying support spotted that there was a tiny speck of dust underneath the lens. That's not something which can be easily removed, and it would show up as a black spot on every single picture I'd take...plenty annoying. So now I have to wait for the shop to order a replacement. Oh well - the sales guy said there is a chance the price might come down by the time I get it - fingers crossed. I don't mind having to wait a bit longer as I had no idea I would be able to buy it until I got the xmas present from work, so it was an unexpected bonus anyway.
I'm supposed to do yoga tomorrow - they do a beginners drop in session at 7pm - but since I finish work at 6pm and have nearly an hour commute I suspect I won't make that one (unless I can somehow manage to finish early on the first day back from the holidays - fat chance). So that means I'm going to have to go to the standard drop-in class and not the easy one. Oh well...will just have to do my best I suppose!
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