Dad fixed the camera hunting... surprised me with a Pro1 today ^_^
So instead of taking me into the city to go to B&H with him... he snuck off early this morning and went down to the city (NYC) by himself... comes back a little late for dinner at our relatives today, and then continually won't admit where he went while we were missing him...
He then has me drive us home and when I park he's just like "surprise!" since I'm going away from June 10th-August 12th (Middlebury College's Japanese Language school, full immersion language program, don't expect to see me on the forums during that time) and my birthday is August 4th / I had been continually talking about wanting to upgrade... he decided to give me an early birthday gift... he was evidently down there for a lot of time today (hence him being late) and decided that this would probably be the best camera for me (my dad had been letting me borrow his Olympus E-10 this week... and he personally uses a DSLR, I think it's a Nikon...)...
I had recently been debating between it and the Canon G6 as many of you know... so hopefully I will like this camera a lot and it will meet my needs... I am currently charging the battery, and will be going on an experimental photo shoot... if for whatever reason I dislike it we can easily return it to B&H within the first week or so... and if there is something wrong after that, he got me a 5 year warranty.
My dad rocks
(p.s.- any pro1 users out there- if you wish to give me tips, please do! going to check to see if the latest firmware is on this...)
(p.p.s.- anyone know what would be a good close up filter to purchase for this model?)
He then has me drive us home and when I park he's just like "surprise!" since I'm going away from June 10th-August 12th (Middlebury College's Japanese Language school, full immersion language program, don't expect to see me on the forums during that time) and my birthday is August 4th / I had been continually talking about wanting to upgrade... he decided to give me an early birthday gift... he was evidently down there for a lot of time today (hence him being late) and decided that this would probably be the best camera for me (my dad had been letting me borrow his Olympus E-10 this week... and he personally uses a DSLR, I think it's a Nikon...)...
I had recently been debating between it and the Canon G6 as many of you know... so hopefully I will like this camera a lot and it will meet my needs... I am currently charging the battery, and will be going on an experimental photo shoot... if for whatever reason I dislike it we can easily return it to B&H within the first week or so... and if there is something wrong after that, he got me a 5 year warranty.
My dad rocks
(p.s.- any pro1 users out there- if you wish to give me tips, please do! going to check to see if the latest firmware is on this...)
(p.p.s.- anyone know what would be a good close up filter to purchase for this model?)
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Eric
It's better to be hated for who you are than to be loved for who you're not.
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You have a great dad! Should be a wonderful camera for you. Looking forward to your photos.
Lee
All the best Shima, huge smiles here for ya, I guess his E-10 is safe
Danny.
EDIT: nevermind, I see you replied in the other thread
And yes, my dad rocks my world right now
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Not the best picture of him, he wasn't expecting it, but it's better than the other picture I have of him yawning, heh:
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Danny.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
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Well - a camera in hand certainly takes better pictures than a long advice thread. Hope you enjoy it.
Maybe it has a Japanese menu option for the language camp.
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Where exactly is this school at? If I'm anywhere around the area I can do a little research for you or maybe provide you with some advice as to where you should be taking that camera!!!
I should have just replied to your email......oh well. And the only other 2 options in this range of camera from all my research were the Olympus C8080 and the Sony F-828 (which has a very fast lens and has manual zoom but, also some pf problems).
I have heard a lot of complaints about the AF speed, and startup time. But, I have also seen some exceptional images from the Pro1. But, don't let me disuade you and your purchase.......it's a better camera than I have and I have no experience with it. It's quite the investment buying a high end camera. I just wanted to make sure you did your research. But, most importantly test the heck out of it. Then decide.
There is an excellent 5 camera comparison at:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonpro1/
Ian
Middlebury is located in Vermont... about an hour from Burlington airport. It won't help to tell me where I should go shooting- we're not supposed to leave campus unless it's for a trip, as we take a 9 week language pledge vowing only to speak our Japanese, and going off campus would make it way too easy to break our pledge, so it's highly discouraged
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I totally mis-understood! I thought you were coming to Japan! And I was thinking that it would be a great way to practice Japanese - By leaving the campus.
I'm glad to hear about the camera. I was unaware of the firware improvements. I'm sure it will be great for you.
I've been to Japan once so far, March 1st-10th and I took plenty of pictures while I was there, so you can check them out on my website... they were taken with my old Kodak (a 3.1mp point and shoot camera)...
I really hope to get back there one day... it's a personal goal of mine being that I am a Japanese major and all...
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I see that you went to Osaka and Kyoto. Very nice. Kyoto is rich with Historical Japanese culture.
You managed to find geisha's as well. That's pretty cool! I haven't found any yet in Kyoto and I've been there 3 or 4 times. Ohh well.
Ian
I also went to Nara as well Saw lots of deer at Nara park, went to the oldest Buddhist temple (the name of which I'm having a memory block on the moment... Gyodai or something like that I think, might be confusing it with another)...
So do you teach english through the JET program or some other program, how do you like it? I'd love to go back and I hear that's a great way to spend a year or two or three. (now if only I could convince my fiance!)
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Cheers!
David
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