Studying the PDF doc for my new camera

  I am studying the pdf how to file on my new Sony camera.  I always turn off digital zoom.  I just use the optical zoom.  I also turn off flash.  I do not like flash and never have…even before digital cameras.  In the old film days I was one of those people that liked to shoot film using just available light.  I also liked black and white film for the longest time.  I did get into color for a long time and that was an error.
  My oldest daughter has my love of taking photos.  One reason, I think, is I gave my kids my old cameras.  I oldest daughter loved my old (film) camera and was late going to digital.
  Digital is so great.  You can take all the photos you want and not have to worry about film cost.  You can see them right away and get them on your computer.  It is so easy to share them with people.

                                                 I loved 35 mm SLR cameras.  (I wish I could afford a digital SLR camera.)  I think the camera I enjoyed most, for some reason, was an old twin-lens reflex camera (TLR). 

  Now I never owned a Rolleiflex.  I had a cheap one from Sears or Wards.  I think it cost a little over $100.00 at the time.
  I took a great photo of my father with the TLR camera.  I got right up in his face with the camera. I think it is the best photo of my father.
  I always pass on my cameras to my kids.
  I think those days are over.  They can afford their own cameras now. 
  Plus one of my sons does not love cameras the way I do.  He is happy with some cheap piece of crap.  It drives me crazy.  He makes a 100K a year and can afford any camera he wants and he buys the cheapest digital camera that WalMart sells.  My other son I have given him a couple great digital cameras and I have told him what great cameras they are and he turns around right away and sells them on eBay.

  I will keep my Casio EX-Z1080 camera.  I love some of the functions of the camera.  The "BestShot" menu is great.  It has 40 types of photo shots you can take and you can pick them from the menu.  It has eBay, photo IDs, YouTube, food, business cards, white boards etc.  It is great.
  I guess I will carry the Sony with me now all the time and the Casio will be the camera I pick up when I want to do something special with it.  My ex-wife calls me to come over and take some photos of stuff she is going to sell on eBay (VHS tapes, DVDs etc) and I will use the Casio for those shots.
  
  I do love photography. There are some great photography blogs on the web.

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[Joe2PointOh]

btw, the sign in with Facebook option isn't working here. Had to use Twitter. To be honest this has become by biggest pet peeve concerning attempting to comment *anywhere* these days. Everyone wants access to one another's accounts in order to accomplish login and this would be great if only it would work properly. Naturally it doesn't.

Oh yeah, to the point, what model Sony camera did you get Jim? I can't see where you actually stated this.

And the reason the photo of your Dad came out so well is you did something with the composition that many people fail to do when taking pictures! You filled the frame with your subject! It's Composition, not camera gear, megapixels, lenses or gadgets, that makes the biggest difference between a portrait and a snapshot!

[Jim Howard]

Yes, you are correct on the composition. I filled the entire photo just with his face. That is what made it so good.
God, I do not want people doing that with a photo of me. Smile
The camera I got the other days is a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H55. I need to do a better review of it than the one the other day. I did not show the zoom at all. I also need to talk about the "Intelligent Auto" and I need to show what the Sweep Panorama will do.
The Sweep Panormama I want to use to make some mastheads for my sites.. If I can find some skyline here in Fort Worth.
I also hate all these sign in options on sits. They are just a pain in the ass.