Archive for January, 2009

With only thirty minutes to spare before a friend dropped by for a visit, I walked around my neighborhood and took a few long-exposure shots in the late night.

The 5D Mark II definitely is an superior camera to the original 5D.  But does it feel as groundbreaking as the original 5D felt to me when I upgraded?  Not really.  The original 5D was a sort of an epiphany of what a DSLR was capable of doing.  The Mark II just keeps that and gives you a few million more pixels and a wider ISO range to play with.

I suppose that’s a good thing, but in a way, I’d kinda hoped the Mark II would blow me away.  (Considering the cash I dropped on that thing).  Since it didn’t, I’ll just have to work harder and come up with some photos that blow me away.

I guess that when living next door to one of the largest Chinese communities in the country – it should not come quite as a complete surprise to me when browsing the candy section of Walgreens that I would see this.  

No, I did not buy it.  There are certain experiences that I’m quite content to go without.

After two weeks of unseasonably warm and sunny weather – the good old Lady Weather noticed that things weren’t quite right and as of late afternoon yesterday, big gray clouds heavy with moisture moved in over The City.

It rained on and off all night, and the forecast is more of the same through monday.

Ive started back on my gym regimen.  I kind of let it drop over the holidays and the first couple weeks I was back here, but after one afternoon of overeating, I felt that unfamiliar tightness around the waist, a clear signal that I was getting too big for my pants.

Like all similiar moments in the past, that’s a clear indicator that I need to trim things up a wee bit.  I suppose some people would just buy bigger pants, but I do things the hard way.

I also got a new camera strap for my 5D II.  I hated the stock strap that came with the camera.  I didn’t feel like being a walking advertisement for everyone that I was carrying around a “Canon EOS 5D Mark II” in big bold white letters against a blue/red backdrop.

This is what I got.  Its a bit flashy, but I like it!

I bought it from My Funky Camera.