Wheelistically @ Claire.NU

After mis­lay­ing the instruc­tion book for my digital cam­era [Nikon Coolpix 3200, incase any­one is vaguely inter­ested] and spend­ing an hour search­ing for and down­load­ing an E-version, it has been brought to my atten­tion (via a dis­tinct lack of dia­grams and writ­ten instruc­tion on the sub­ject in ques­tion) that when it comes to depth of field, my cam­era doesn’t deliver.

It has a mediocre sub­sti­tute in the form of a dubi­ously titled “Por­trait Mode” that claims it trains the main focus to the sub­ject placed within given lines and gives a softer focus to all other areas. Yeah, right. If it does, it does so in such a fine divi­sion that its unnotice­able to the naked human eye.

So, back to the draw­ing board on that one it seems. The only way around it that I can see (without pur­chas­ing a Digital SLR) is to dig out my good old 35mm Min­olta from col­lege and go through the rig­mar­ole of get­ting the film developed. Not an ideal solu­tion to say the least.

I –would– put a digital SLR on the impend­ing Birth­day List, but see­ings as Katie is in need of replace­ment, I have to pri­or­it­ise. Katie comes first, espe­cially as I’m start­ing my second HEC this year.

Hav­ing just recovered from the after-effects of look­ing at the price ranges of digital SLRs at Amazon, I think I’ve got some wait­ing to do…It looks like for what I want, I’m look­ing at a price tage of atleast £650–700, £900 for the one I’d sac­rafice a limb for…