I think I've gotten that once a year "yuck" that puts me down for a few days...so no sewing here AT ALL this weekend...
However, my grandson dropped my trusty Canon ELPH and broke the lens...
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I had been going back and forth over whether I should upgrade to a Canon Rebel. After this accident and reading a few reviews on the internet, I bought a Canon Rebel T3i...
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...and people this thing scares me! *LOL* I've known for awhile that I probably should upgrade my camera but I was comfortable with my ELPH...plus it was gifted to me by my old boss. So it was important to me and I was loathe to part with it especially since it still worked.
Because I had no service contract on the ELPH, when I took it to Radio Shack to see if it could be fixed, it was suggested that I purchase another one. Cost of repair vs. cost of new one plus wait time for it to show back up 'cause no one does repairs in-house anymore, meant I bought a new one. Now I have to learn another camera. It's been here a few days and I've managed to get the date and time set, get the lens on, remember to take the lens cap off when shooting and do a few other basic adjustments by reading the instruction manual.
I know that a year from now I'll be twirling the lens, touching all of those buttons with ease but right now, it's just overwhelming. So overwhelming that I cheated and bought another ELPH, just in case. I think I'm going to take the ELPH back and learn to use the Rebel especially since it's unboxed now! *LOL*
Any hints or tips that you can share with the neophyte would be appreciated. Here are a few of my first photos taken of the sewing cave...
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...oh yeah and I might have bought a couple of pieces of fabric...but I was stressed alright?! I think the quality of the photo is better than my ELPH but I still have to learn how to make this sucker work...
Finally, I will be picking two new winners tomorrow because I haven't heard from the previous winners. I'm a little sad about that but I need to move on because believe it or not, I have another giveaway to offer and I need to get it up on the blog!
...as always more later!
However, my grandson dropped my trusty Canon ELPH and broke the lens...
I had been going back and forth over whether I should upgrade to a Canon Rebel. After this accident and reading a few reviews on the internet, I bought a Canon Rebel T3i...
...and people this thing scares me! *LOL* I've known for awhile that I probably should upgrade my camera but I was comfortable with my ELPH...plus it was gifted to me by my old boss. So it was important to me and I was loathe to part with it especially since it still worked.
Because I had no service contract on the ELPH, when I took it to Radio Shack to see if it could be fixed, it was suggested that I purchase another one. Cost of repair vs. cost of new one plus wait time for it to show back up 'cause no one does repairs in-house anymore, meant I bought a new one. Now I have to learn another camera. It's been here a few days and I've managed to get the date and time set, get the lens on, remember to take the lens cap off when shooting and do a few other basic adjustments by reading the instruction manual.
I know that a year from now I'll be twirling the lens, touching all of those buttons with ease but right now, it's just overwhelming. So overwhelming that I cheated and bought another ELPH, just in case. I think I'm going to take the ELPH back and learn to use the Rebel especially since it's unboxed now! *LOL*
Any hints or tips that you can share with the neophyte would be appreciated. Here are a few of my first photos taken of the sewing cave...
...oh yeah and I might have bought a couple of pieces of fabric...but I was stressed alright?! I think the quality of the photo is better than my ELPH but I still have to learn how to make this sucker work...
Finally, I will be picking two new winners tomorrow because I haven't heard from the previous winners. I'm a little sad about that but I need to move on because believe it or not, I have another giveaway to offer and I need to get it up on the blog!
...as always more later!