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20.2.06

Buying a Camera


This photo was one of the first shot with my new camera. Note the exesive noise in dark areas.

After being in China for a week I realised that not having a digital camera on such a trip would be really lame. So I went out and bought one.

Usually when I do things like spending money, I set aside a short while - perhaps a matter of weeks - to decide which product to buy. I care quite a lot about this sort of thing so it was a surprise to me that when it came to buying a digital camera I would not think about it at all and just go shopping.

I told a few of the guys from the lab that I needed to buy a camera and asked if they would show me where cameras could be found. They took me to a digital supermarket which had quite a selection of products and vendors and we strolled around for a while. Realizing these people may be busy next time I could get a camera, I decided to buy one on the spot. My budget was about 6000 RMB and the products I was interested in were prosumers or something close. We looked for quite some time and in the end I decided to buy a little Panasonic.

The next day I was a little sad because it was far too noisy in most situations. After some time I worked out how to take photos that are not bad with it.

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