A bunch of smooshed-car photos, none taken with a Pentax (because
all my Pentax cameras use film and I haven't gotten to the lab yet
with the film I shot -- these were all done with my widdle P&S
digital), from the hit-and-run accident involving my car and three
other parked cars twenty minutes before the start of my birthday.
<http://dglenn.livejournal.com/881401.html>
I spent most of my birthday editing photos (the P&S does not do
very well at night -- it's got the expected too-small built-in
flash but has major contrast problems even when the subject is
close enough for that -- so I had to dredge detail up from the
dark end of the histogram) to email to the police, then emailing
copies to neighbours. The good news: they caught the driver.
The bad news: the owner said the driver din't have permission
(stole the keys) so it's probably going to be treated as an
uninsured motorist claim, which means a deductible about half
as much as my car is worth (and the car is old enough that any
suspension damage will total it, so knock wood and hope all I
need is an alighnment and the bodywork).
I'll say this much about having a P&S digital camera to use:
the more I use it, the more I want a DSLR. I'm getting a
greater appreciation of digital photography from seeing what
this camera can do ... and a greater appreciation for my film
cameras from seeing what it _won't_ do that I'd been taking
for granted for so long. I spent most of the week before last
carrying around the digital and a K1000, switching off between
the two.
-- Glenn
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