This year, in the interests of preserving our economic situation and focusing the spirit of the holiday on our children, Carol Ann and I decided we'd like to get each other one Christmas present instead of several. And since our old point-and-shoot digital camera is starting to go the way of the Australopithecus, we decided we'd get each other a new, higher end camera. I immediately started doing research, based on what we wanted the new camera to do - more control over picture shooting, higher zoom, and better resolution were all on the menu. Changing lenses and cleaning sensors were not. So, after all the research I did, as well as the welcome advice of a few knowledgable souls at The Shutterbug up at NW 23rd and Glisan, and we ended up with a camera that neither had I looked into, but that neither CA nor I knew anything about. Because, you know, shopping is much more exciting that way.
So far, we've been very happy with the new camera - a
Nikon P90. It's a pretty middle-of-the-road zoom reflex lens camera, part of a sub-category called Ultrazoom Point-and-Shoots. The optical zoom capability is 24x (!) with 12 megapixels of resolution, an effective ISO range of 64 - 1600 (it can do more, but only at a greatly reduced 3 megapixels), variable aperture and shutter speed, and lots of other goodies that we're just starting to explore.
Here are some of the photos we've taken so far. Rankly amateur, but worthy I think. Enjoy.
