Saturday, March 22, 2008

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Nikon D80... Meet the world. World, may I present my D80:


There seems to be a smude over at the right side, but I'm not sure if it is a speck of dust or a cloud... I saw it on the same pic, but the others had stuff in the way.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

More prep stuff... my new camera!!!

Sooo... I got a new camera. It's the Nikon D80 with 2 lenses and I also got 2 4GB memory cards for it. They should be delivered on Thursday or Friday.

Clickie here for the cam:
http://www.adorama.com/INKD80K2A.html
and here for the cards:
http://www.adorama.com/IDSSD4GE3.html

I'm considering taking one of my film cameras as a back up. But I'm not sure if 1) I will use it, 2) I want to risk damage thereto, and 3) which one to take, a) my workhorse Nikon F100 which is heavy and expensive, but it is my baby, or b) my cheep and light, but useful Nikon N55 which is the camera that got me started in film photography to begin with. Needless to say, the N55 would be less of a loss, but it is somewhat limited and I would be upset it it got broken.

Anyway, I don't have that many more items to get. The only major thing is a backpack that can cary both my camera(s) and my laptop. There are some good Tamrak ones on ebay for about $100. I need to make a list...

I'm about to be soooooo poor. :-( Well, poorer, anyway.

Saturday, February 9, 2008

New Blog, First Post

Hi. Welcome to my Italian Adventure Blog. Not much will happen here until I actually get to Italy in late July. I am going to be going to Italy from June 25 to July 24, 2008. Based in Florence, I will be studying art and art history. I will be going on excursions to Rome, Siena, Venice, and Pisa. So far, I have pretty much everything done to go. I'm currently waiting for my student loan check and passport.