So today Lisa came with me to J&R near City Hall to pick out my new camera---a birthday gift from my parents that I was to gift myself because it was easier that way (and nicer, because I got to pick my own camera). Of course, Lisa and I got lost on the subway and ended up deep in Brooklyn (when going to J&R and from Chelsea, make sure not to take the N train--take the R or the W!) Anyway, my friend James Felder (who is a photographer and has his own category on this site, as well as his own photo website) recommended I get the S70 after a long discussion in which I said, "If you were given unlimited money and had to buy me a camera based on my needs and what you think would be best for me what would you buy me?" And he said the S70---so that was enough for me.

And so far I love it. I love how you have so much control over your image. There are all these settings like "portrait," "landscape," "night," etc etc that do all these cool things I barely understand. Lisa and I had cashew bars at Amy's Bread for dessert tonight (after a really good dinner at an Italian place on Bleeker) and I snapped this photo of Lisa on a setting I barely remember, but which came out great---look at those sexy cashew bars! I Photoshopped it---adjusted levels, colors and contrast--and this is the result: (you really need to click it to notice any major difference from this and the old pictures...)

So a new age has begun! The age of the S70! Can I get a wut wut?