Pathetique Punt (41/365)

Where: My apartment
When: Today

Oh man, total punt today. I was running around like crazy, and did not have a second to play with the camera until now. BUT part of the reason I was running around was that I was on Camera Quest 2009!! Which, like any good quest, ended up being rather epic - my friend and I anticipated an easy stroll to B&H, but it was closed! Oh no!

So then we found two other places she knew about, one of which had excellent customer service, but did not have the items I wanted to see (I'm thinking about a P&S to make this project a little easier on the days I don't want to carry my D80). The other had such terrible customer service I went "you know what, nevermind", and walked out.

Then we went to J&R, who had two of the cameras I could play with, but neither in stock... and it turned out that I hated them both. BUT, when, dejected, we started to leave, we decided - what the hell, let's look at the SLRs, and I got to play with a D*90*, and oh my goodness I got HEART PALPITATIONS people! The speed! The pretty huge LCD screen! The NOISE - I took a shot at 2500 iso, and saw LESS noise than I get with the D80 at iso 800. Oh man. So I think the result is that I am giving up on the P&S quest, and instead getting myself a new SLR body. (squee!!)