Tuesday night follies.

[gurdymonkey]

Another night of fun with o-daiko stands, another night of profound right handedness. I was Just Fine (TM) until Sean-sensei decided to try to teach us some side-stance moves on o-daiko and I sucked muchly. Ah well. Nowhere to go but up. ;-D

Took the Fujifilm Finepix F100 with me and took a few test photos down at the Point after class, using the sunset and night modes. It's fully 1/3 smaller than my old Fujifilm Finepix 3800. This means it'll fit in a pocket and be more likely to go places with me. I like the fact that the on-off switch is not a knob can be inadvertently knocked into the "on" position while crammed into a coat pocket or bag, draining the battery. It doesn't have a viewfinder, but the LED on the back is a generous size.  I definitely need to get the hang of the very sensitive zoom lever, learn my way around the menus and get a feel for how fast or slow the shutter reacts, but tonight's experiments were a good start.

Curious about the image stabilizaiton features, I deliberately did not try to hold the camera terribly still on certain shots - and it shows. However, when I was more careful:







Using internal memory only, I got about 20 shots before it asked for a memory card.

The Asian Art Museum is open late on Thursday evening: maybe I'll head over and try some low-light shots of the permanent collection - this camera actually has something called "museum mode!" And perhaps a zoo trip or something this weekend.

This 12 megapixel thing though. This computer is OLD and it takes time to upload files this big. Come to think of it, the memory card that was just fine for the 3 megapixel 3800 is going to fill up pretty quickly.....

Comments

[takadai-no-tora.livejournal.com]

Nice pictures! I particularly like the bottom one--is that the Bay Bridge?

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

Yes, simply because you can't see the Golden Gate from Alameda Point.

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

The first image is just lovely. You really captured the light.

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

I was pretty impressed at how well the camera did that. The light looks right. The color looks right. Unless it's a complete bomb at the museum, I think this camera's a keeper.

[helblonde.livejournal.com]

Nice shots.

[cayswann.livejournal.com]

I absolutely ADORE these shots! :) *squee*

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

Alameda Point is an interesting place. Much of it is empty buildings from the old Naval Air Station, though some have become home to a number of local businesses. My taiko classes are held in the old Officer's Club, for example, and the Bladium Sports Complex and St. George Spirits/Hangar One Vodka are run out of aircraft hangars. And of course, the Mythbusters and the Antiques By The Bay Flea Market put the old runways to some use.

To the east is the Port of Oakland, to the west, San Francisco. There's a ferry dock that runs into SF, and some of the old base housing has been turned into rental units, but there are spots where I shot from that should've felt a little creepy at dusk, yet didn't. For each building that's been turned into business space, there are half a dozen with dark windows and peeling paint.

Definitely an interesting place to take a camera. I should do some more exploring and shooting out there. I also need to visit the USS Hornet some afternoon!