Friday, March 2, 2012

Not Always So



It took me a while to notice that the maple was budding again
I should know better than to spend time reading internet chat forums, but when I was looking for a new camera, I did a fair amount of research before buying the Fuji X10, and occasionally I go back to popular digital camera sites to see what people are saying. In the few months since I got it, I have taken about 3500 photos, and overall I have been extremely happy with it; there are a couple of quirks that have momentarily frustrated me, but people have commented on the visible improvement in the shots I take. If I were to believe what I read online, however, the camera is a disaster because it has a flaw in the sensor under certain light conditions - which so far has not impacted any picture I have tried to take - and the company should be hounded out of business for failing to deal with the inadequacy in a fitting manner. Definitely no right-minded person would fork out the $600 to buy such a defective machine. Oh well. Sometimes it seems like this is a particular kind of hell realm, resounding with the constantly re-iterated din of certainty. Perhaps one day I will curse this camera, but for now, I am enjoying it, flaws and all.

6 comments:

Shonen said...

internet chat forums do seem to be a new form of hell realm (as is social media in general IMHO).

It gives a good insight into the workings of the mind however. Why focus on the many good things that are working when we can pick apart the one flaw??!! The trap is that we think if that one flaw were fixed, then we'd be happy. I recall the photos you took in the courtyard New Year's Eve - the detail that the camera captured in the low light was amazing - you couldn't get that just a few years ago (unless you used a tripod). The sensor seems to be working just fine for you....

Shundo said...

Shonen, I couldn't agree more.

m said...

Lovely pics.

A haiku from Feb -

distant sneeze;
on the bare cherry branches-
just raindrops !

-manoj

Shundo said...

Thanks Manoj

kelly said...

http://xkcd.com/1014/

Shundo said...

Thanks Kelly, I think that illustrates my point beautifully.