London, United Kingdom - It's been almost two years since I bought my first camera - a Nikon D70s. I saved up for a year. Spent hours researching it. And when it finally arrived in is huge, golden Nikon box it was almost the happiest day of my life.
Before the D70s I never really had a camera of my own. I learnt the basics with the old Pentax K1000s in high school and then used my father's SLR or borrowed from friends (thanks Dave!)
The D70s was a great piece of kit. It made me get up early and stay out late for sunrises and sunsets.
Travelling through Asia last year it pushed me to explore places I otherwise would have ignored - the thought of capturing an amazing picture always egging me on.
But shortly after arriving in the UK the sensor on the D70s developed a bright red dot with a red line bleeding from it. A hot pixel. Same place, every image.
Not so noticeable when shooting busy street scenes or colourful objects, but it rendered portraits and landscape shots unsalvageable. Even with Photoshop it was at best time consuming, at worst impossible.
So recently I went online and dropped £500 for a Nikon D80. Picked it up in Wimbledon the next day too. No fanfare or anticipation. I just realised I needed a camera to capture my travels and the current model wasn't doing the job.
Welcome to the age of disposable digital cameras hey? I wonder how long the new one will last.
Before the D70s I never really had a camera of my own. I learnt the basics with the old Pentax K1000s in high school and then used my father's SLR or borrowed from friends (thanks Dave!)
The D70s was a great piece of kit. It made me get up early and stay out late for sunrises and sunsets.
Travelling through Asia last year it pushed me to explore places I otherwise would have ignored - the thought of capturing an amazing picture always egging me on.
But shortly after arriving in the UK the sensor on the D70s developed a bright red dot with a red line bleeding from it. A hot pixel. Same place, every image.
Not so noticeable when shooting busy street scenes or colourful objects, but it rendered portraits and landscape shots unsalvageable. Even with Photoshop it was at best time consuming, at worst impossible.
So recently I went online and dropped £500 for a Nikon D80. Picked it up in Wimbledon the next day too. No fanfare or anticipation. I just realised I needed a camera to capture my travels and the current model wasn't doing the job.
Welcome to the age of disposable digital cameras hey? I wonder how long the new one will last.
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