When you ignore your umbrella as you think you hear it calling out to you
It wouldn't be a total loss if Alan pays attention to my message and brings down one of their umbrellas. No sign of him yet. (One more drink with his colleagues, he said.).
I am still in semi-mourning for the camera that was stolen from me. I mourn for the pictures and video clips which, though not many, are now lost forever. I'm back to a 2mg camera which, remembering my first ever digital camera 7 years ago was not even the maximum resolution for the first one I called my own. So I try to console myself that I am not totally "armless".
This weekend, Angel and I have a date in the city and I have resolved to go back to film. (After all, all developers now give the option of having the prints burned to a CD so I will still be able to produce the pictures in a digital format. I just want to capture the moment literally.
I found myself browsing for cameras today, but being torn between my old Fuji Finepix S700 and a Canon Digital Rebel xTI helped to stave off the longing to get a new one. While it's basically apples and oranges, still, the question of whether or not it's time to upgrade presents itself because I am in the market for one.
Add to that the "distraction" of the thought of getting a Holga, borne out of envy for the photos produced by my blogfriends Jher and Jerome, now sharing a "conjugal" blog at The Two Jeromes. I had been thinking of using lomography as my vehicle back to film, but I wanted to do it only after having done some preliminary research on it. I've been reading up on it and I continue to be very interested, but I told myself it would have to wait until after the trip to Manila almos 2 months ago. I'm just thinking now that although the basic camera itself is reasonably priced at just over $50, there are a whole lot of accessories one might be tempted to get that might make the total purchase price something close to the cost of a new Fuji Finepix s700. So again, I'm holding off.
The arguments for and against picking up a Rebel are a whole new post altogether which I will save for later.
The rains finally came just as Alan and I boarded our bus home. And yes, he brought an umbrella.
