My New Camera!

I wanted to write about this yesterday, but was too tired. I got a new digital camera yesterday, from my husband. Its my early Christmas present. Jeremy thought it would be really nice, if I had the camera to use, and somewhat mastered, by Christmas. I can't wait to use it. I am really, really happy with it. I still have a lot to learn about it, but I am excited about learning all there is to know about this camera. This girl that I work with is actually the one that introduced me to this camera. I had a Kodak digital camera before hand. It took okay pictures during the day, but SUCKED at taking pictures in the dark. I was kind of let down, because I really did expect it to be better than it was. My co-worker got the Cannon SD880, for a birthday present, and brought it into work, to share with us. She let me play around with it, and quickly showed me some of the things it could do. I fell in love with it, and later told Jeremy all about it. I certainly didn't expect this as a gift, but I am really excited to have it! Thank you so much Jeremy!!! I have attached some random pictures that I have taken with it so far.

The picture below was taken very close up, obviously...This camera has a digital macros option. I love how incredibly clear this picture looks to me. Its exactly the way I wanted my camera to take pictures. Its really great that I can finally get the look that I have always wanted.

This picture, is of one of our aquarium tanks. The camera has an aquarium option. There is no annoying glare, off the glass. I love again, how clear it appears.

I still haven't gotten the hang of this next feature. It has an accent color option. Basically you point the camera at a specific color you want to "accent" and the camera identifies the color you are looking at, by using a small square screen that appears on your main screen. You can tell the camera how much you want the color accented and it will turn everything else, black and white. I "tried" to accent everything that was red....Jeremy sort of looks like he has a sunburn, but you get the general idea right?

This shot was taken using the indoor setting. My other camera would give me grainy pictures in this sort of setting. Its pretty bright.

See....I still can't get the color accent thing right! But I thought this was a cute picture of Jeremy and Reci.

Now here come all the cat (Kat) pictures. Again, the clarity, is my favorite! I had more fun taking pictures of the cat than anything else! As you can clearly see...she has several shots added to this blog!

Noticed her ears are pricked back? She doesn't enjoy that shutter sound.

I like this picture of Reci. She does NOT sit still for pictures. So I had to try and get one of her in a calm mood. She loves to sit with Jeremy.

And finally! I got the color accent down! I told the camera to accent Reci's pink color and turn the rest of the scene black and white. Viola! It worked. Jeremy and I plan to take a drive tomorrow, so I will test out how the camera works outdoors. I'll post those pictures on our other blog. We also have a Holiday party to attend tomorrow, so I am insisting we bring the camera with us. I really do love this camera. So far, it is meeting my expectations.