I’ve been collecting new gadgets for my big trip. First up… I got a refurbished 8 gig ipod Nano from apple.com. It’s really cute and all I really need since before the end of the summer I’m going to get one of those eagerly anticipated 3G iPhones. (I’m so ready for a new phone!) Plus I like the idea of having a tiny incognito device that will not attract pickpockets. (Sorry. That’s culture of fear talking, I know.) I made a little iPod cozy for it too. I used some Trendsetter Blossom scraps that were from a grab bag I got from a friend and put a little wooden button on to secure the flap. I made a double yarnover on the top edge of the flap to allow the headphone cord to feed through. And there was no seaming since I knitted it in the round.
iPod Nano Cozy, Trendsetter Blossom, Size 3 needles, cast on 24 stitches using Judy’s Magic Cast-on from Cat Bordhi’s New Pathways for Sock Knitters.
But here’s the purchase I’m most excited about…
Two weeks ago I started the quest for the elusive, yet to be officially released, Canon Rebel XSi. They were trickling into Best Buy two at a time about once a week or so, so I knew I’d have to be on top of it. (As of today you can get them pretty much anywhere though.) I got lucky and when I called last Tuesday morning, the lovely woman on the phone said they had just come in and she would put my name on one so I could pick it up after work, no worries. Yay! I heart that lady.
I’ve already used it a ton. The first day I had it, I brought it to work and was commissioned by my boss to photograph the baby shower she was hosting that day. So I spent a hour or two before the shower speed reading the manual and trying to figure out all the bells and whistles. But like cramming for any exam, I forgot nearly everything I leaned by the next day and so I am now slowly reviewing and figuring out the cameras quirks. It’s a really nice bit of technology and takes really fantastic pictures. The macro/flower setting is very good. So good that I may, for now, hold off on getting the 100mm macro lens I thought I had to have. I get the sense that the kit lens (18-55mm with built in image stabilization) will be just fine for my trip to Paris/Ireland and it is nice and compact for traveling as well… unlike the 100mm which is kind of long and heavy.
I don’t want to downplay the fine performance I gotten from my little Kodak EasyShare V550 though. (The pictures of the Canon were taken with it and everything thing that came before, obviously) It’s been a great little work horse and my constant companion for the last three year. And it takes nice close-ups too. I’m sure that the Canon will not be a totally replacement for the Kodak, especially since the one up it has on the Canon is the ability to take videos. Which is awesome. (I just need to get a computer that has a processor fast enough to view them. All in due time.) Here’s a little spring time in Los Angeles photo homage to the abilities of my trusty little point and shoot…
I got most of these shots in the neighborhood by the Westside YMCA. There’s so much purple out right now!
Sorry there wasn’t much knitting action today. I promise there has been tons of knitting going on and I will have updates soon…
xo, Jill P.
4 Comments
April 30, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Beautiful pics. Glad you got a nano. I *love* my iPhone and am excited about the new ones coming out too.
April 30, 2008 at 6:47 pm
What great pictures! I love the colors and the way you have caught the light!
May 1, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Eeeee!! Congrats on the new camera! The pics are great (especially the passionflower ones). May you and the Canon have many happy photography moments together.
May 2, 2008 at 5:20 pm
So cool! Your pics stopped me in my tracks!