Wasted Continuum

I just got back from San Francisco Sunday night. I was there to support Mai at her first fashion show. It was held at the San Francisco Design Center on Saturday night. This was the first fashion I’ve been to. It was definitely a new challenge for me to photograph it. I shot over 1100 photos at the show. I blew through my 8GB and had to use my 4GB backup. I almost didn’t even bring my backup card. I shot the whole runway show with the 85mm 1.8 lens that I rented from LensProToGo. I’m loving it so far and I have it for another week and a half. I had a lot of fun and I’m definitely really proud of Mai. I know how much work she put into it and it looked amazing on the runway. I have some of the photos up on my Flickr. I will definitely put more up later.

I am once again flying out to California Thursday night. This will be my fourth time there this year. That doesn’t sound right in my head. My best friend, Mai, is showing her some of her work in a fashion show. It’s her first show and I want to be there to support her.

It should be fun. I’m renting a Canon 85mm 1.8 lens from LensProToGo. I’m really excited about that. I’m renting it for two weeks so I will be able to play with it more after I return Sunday night.

You regular readers probably know my drill when I’m out in Cali. I’ll have limited internet access when I’m there so I probably won’t blog while I’m there. I will as always twitter all the time, like I do. Those will be summarized and automatically posted here everyday at midnight. If you want live “coverage” of my trip you can follow me on twitter (JavaJunky)

Fashion Show
June 14 at the San Francisco Design Center

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A little disclaimer before I start talking about the EOS Rebel XSi DSLR, I have to tell you that this is not any sort of a review. Nor is it even a thorough hands on article. It’s really more of a “ooh my co-worker just bought one over the weekend and let me play with it for a while today” type of an article. Let me start by stating what I used today. It was the newest model in the Rebel line from Canon, the XSi. It is the successor to the XTi, which is the successor to the XT, the camera that I own. That means that it is two generations newer than mine and I have to say, it blatantly obvious.

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So one of the worst things that could happen to a photographer happened to me today. I had my camera in a tripod which I though was locked in. When let go of my camera, it came off of the tripod and fell to the hardwood floor. My camera landed on my 50mm 1.8 lens that was attached at the moment. It all happened so quickly. My lens was in two pieces.

I immediately checked to see the extent of the damage, but I already knew that my lens was done for. Luckily my camera body was still working fine. At first I thought my camera broke too because it wouldn’t turn on. After I switched the battery, I saw that my camera was okay. I’m just really sad that my 50mm is gone now. That was my favorite lens. Now the question is should I replace it with another 1.8 or should I save up a little and get the 1.4. The 1.8 is $86.28 and the 1.4 is $325. I don’t know I did get to use the 1.4 for a day and it was fun.

Last week, I let my aunt borrow my Canon Rebel XT for a day. It was not pretty. I had to use my Razr to take my 365 shot. I’ve become completely accustomed to taking photos on a daily basis. This is good. This is what I wanted to achieve. It’s not so good right now because yesterday I let my aunt borrow my camera again. I was even more prepared this time. I shot my daily photos before I gave it to her last night. I was going to pick it up today and not miss a beat. However, when I called her on my way back from work, she told me that she needed to borrow it for the week. So now I’m currently camera-less. I again had to shoot with my Razr today.

It’s not real treasure. It’s just my old film camera, a Canon Sure Shot Telemax. I found it today while I was looking for some lucky money envelopes for Chinese New Year. It still has film in it. The battery is dead though. I wonder if it still works. It probably does. It’s a Canon and they rock. I think I’m going to buy a new battery for it.