So recently I have been thinking about getting myself a really nice camera so I can finally take pictures of all the amazing things I see while on the road. The camera I have now is past it’s glory days and didn’t fair to well after my trip to Thailand in 2009 (none of the buttons work except, luckily, a few key ones like on and off and the shoot button).
Fortunately for me, I have a friend Eddie (aka Eddie the Greek) who among his many talents he is also a very knowledgeable shutterbug to which I have been taking great advantage of (mmm taking advantage of Eddie…, I’ve heard so many girls and men, *cough*David, want to do this too). So following in the path he has trail blazed I have been really interested in the Micro 4/3 cameras. Particularly the ones released by Panasonic. Eddie right now has a Lumix GH1 which, in my opinion takes absolutely amazing pictures and beautiful movies. So naturally in my version of nerdy idolization I would want to emulate that and go for the new generation of the camera the GH2. Although, as I age and become a more mature adult (and much to my annoyance) I’m becoming more responsible with money, which means I’m not so apt to blow a whole paycheck on getting a nice new toy (even if I’m loosing sleep struggling with not doing this).
Also another thing for me to consider is that I don’t have a firm rooting in photography. It would be one thing to invest in such a nice camera if I have been playing with nice cameras for a long time, but alas I have not. One issue is something I’ve discovered about myself over time, is that I have trouble sticking with the hobbies and habits I want to pick up (unless they are lazy and passive hobbies like reading or surfing the web). So I don’t want to throw money at a new hobby that is very expensive to not fully make use of the stuff I spent hard earned money on. I do like photography and I think it’s a great match for me. I love going to see things and photography would give me more interaction with the things I see than just looking at the stuff.
Anyways I digress… here are the cameras I have been looking at:
The problems just down to figuring out if I’m ok with the 14-42mm kit lens when I want the 14-140mm lens. The latter of the two jacks the price way up! And seeing if I can overcome my more financially responsible-self.