Today I bought a replacement camera. After over a year of considering a purchase today I went "Yup - I really do miss taking photos without wondering if my old one (5 years old and treated with less than loving care) would work as I wanted it to"... the interesting, and thus worth blogging about fact is this - instead of purchasing the $600+ model I was thinking of I bought one for $132.
Does it take photos? Yes
Is it the top of the line, just released, whiz bang camera that you can survive being crushed, submerged, dropped and treated like crap? No
Is it the best camera for me? Yes
It may be second (or fifth!) rate in the world of compact digital cameras, but is it second best? No.
I'm hoping to transition this thought into other areas of my life where media hype and consumerism states one thing but the worth is actually very different - as Tim Gunn says "The cost of an article is not the same as it's value"
... mind you - my other purchase this week was a dress reduced from $430 to $50 :)
Saturday, April 18, 2009
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