shiny things
I just got the Fujifilm 40fd. It’s fun and pleasantly small, but I suppose I’ve been spoiled by my big SLR (which ain’t even all that). The 40fd’s picture quality has been underwhelming so far. I suppose for 200-something bucks, it’s hard to complain.
I have kind of been in a cave for the past 4 years, but I think the movie capabilities of the current crop of compacts are awesome. 10 years ago, I’d never have believed that you could get 640×480 30 fps video out of a device this size, and then store 30 minutes of it on a $20 chip the size of my thumbnail. Yay progress.
Anyway, tonight the heavens made this rather striking show of celestial alignment: the crescent moon, Venus, Saturn, and Regulus (in Leo) were all bright and shiny in a line along the ecliptic. Pretty.