Post #251547 by Sabina on Tue, Aug 29, 2006 11:07 PM

Mahalo Tiki-Tim :) Again, my partner, OakTiki, is deserving of a portion of the praise here.

We had been working with a Cannon- Powershot G-3- which I REALLY like for getting low light shots in dim bars. Lots of the earlier pix on sevenpleasures.org came via the powershot (take a look through the Hale Tiki album if you want to see how well it captured low light environments.) But, the powershot being well loved, a bit on the big side, and pretty much obsolete these days, has now become our second camera, or everyday, have on hand kind of camera.

So what did we do? Naturally, we replaced it with something bigger, D'oh! Both OakTiki and I wanted something a bit more familiar from our pre-digital film days (yes, I actually did know my way around a darkroom, once upon a forever ago), and non-Tiki-wise we do a fair amount of photography, so we recently upgraded to a Cannon Rebel XT 8MP. We got a good deal that came with a zoom lens. It's digital, but it looks and feels very much like a real 35mm film camera. Lots of nice features- and we've also invested in some accessories like a wide angle for it that hopefully will arrive before we head down for Hukilau (yup- we're going! You bet I'll take you up on that drink- MAHALO!- but only if you're willing to hang out and talk story!)

Speedcult- look, any artists running around with a scale selling 'art by the pound' is tops in my book! I used to buy 'precious pre-art' supplies at junkyards by the pound!

And as for blowing off steam, and coming back with exotica to show for it? THAT belongs somewhere in the TC FAQ- don't fight it out- go buy some vinyl instead! So much better for the blood pressure!