New York 2004

Thanks to my ever expanding collection of pictures I had to buy yet another pair or hard drives today. This actually prompted me to think of how it all started and funny enough it started right here in New York.

It was here in 2004 when I bought my very first digital camera, it was the not so impressive but quite capable Pentax Optio S40. The camera works to this day and aside from using up batteries in only 30 pictures it's quite nice.

This made me look back and I decided to post a series from 2004. These are some of my more interesting pictures from that time and my first digital pictures. Don't expect much as my understanding of photography at that time was zero and got only as far as choosing a scene mode. I also had the stupid idea that pictures taken at 1600x1200 resolution are enough since it would fill my screen.
The pictures are all taken with the Pentax S40 and the Canon G3, that I had with me for that trip but disliked due to the size.

Looking Back

S40, f2.6, 1.3 sec., ISO 100, JPG, 35mm - Taken on 09/02/2006

While creating a backup for all my pictures I realized that there are quite a few pictures I really like but never got round to upload anywhere. This is why I decided to look back at some of my favorite pictures from before I started my blog and post some of them here. This week will be all dedicated to my older pictures.

Today's picture has been taken with my old Pentax Option S40, my first digital camera and the camera I replaced with the Ricoh GRD. This picture is my favorite picture from this camera and made it clear to me that the camera you have with you at any time is the camera that will give you the picture. This was basically the day I decided that a dSLR would just not work fo me due to the bulk. I took this picture while walking home from work and after I decided to met a friend at a pub, I had the camera with me because it was small and so I could take this picture.

Since I will use older pictures this week, I can relax and use the GR1 again to take pictures.