I posted several photos from a short trip we took recently. Have a look at the flickr set, why don’t you?

Those who know me know that I love cameras and taking photos. I’ve been thinking about new cameras, mainly the Olympus E-P1 and the Canon D10. But now a new camera has entered the picture (pun intended). It’s an instant-film Fuji Instax Mini camera which a couple of my friends have, but this one is the Hello Kitty version. There is even Hello Kitty film! In case you think I am a big fan of Hello Kitty, I’m not. This is my wife’s idea. We actually have a couple instant-film polaroids (a Joycam and an i-Zone pocket camera) and they are a lot of fun. We’ll see if Mariko actually orders this, but I’d say there’s a pretty good chance!

My friend Jeremy just sent me a link to this video. If you are at all into dSLR photography, you’ll love this. As Jeremy said, “It’s like a dpreview thread played out.”

I bought a used Olympus XA 35mm film camera from Craigslist the other day. I love this camera! I missed my other one when it broke.

My Konica-Minolta 7D is back at Precision Camera Repair for service. For the third time. While on vacation, the shutter would lock up constantly. The last time I sent the camera in, they sent it back saying they couldn’t find anything wrong with it. But I noticed there was a screw missing, there is some fabric coming out of the remote shutter release socket, and it looks like the sticker with the serial # on it is loose. I am not really sure if this is my original camera. But one thing is for sure, it’s broken. This time I sent in a cd-rom with the camera with many examples of messed up photos. Hopefully they will get it right this time. I am not too impressed with Precision Camera Repair.

I’ve been pretty busy lately, these past two days I have been at the Hyatt downtown taking photos for a User Group for work. On Sunday, however, we went out to Fredericksburg and visited Wild Seed Farms. they have a nice butterfly house, and lots and lots of flowers to take photos of. It’s a great place to try out a new lens! (Unfortunately, I was just using my old lenses) Anyways, here’s a pic, and you can see a few more on my Flickr photostream.

The new Sony dSLR lineup looks pretty nice, with live-view and tiltable lcd. I still love my 7D and won’t upgrade from it just yet, but I like the direction Sony is going! The Alpha 700 is pretty sweet, though. I checked it out at Yodobashi and also at Precision Camera here in Austin.

And by “Baby”, I mean my camera. It’s been gone too long at the repair center. Awaiting parts.

Shoot! My Konica-Minolta 7D went in for service this week, but it has been delayed! Part are on order. Can’t wait to get my baby returned to me.