Up and about early this morning.
First off, the usual tasks include taking Paisley outside for a bit of business, returning for breakfast and in my case brew coffee.
After cleaning up, pour another cup of coffee and then with cup of coffee in hand, we move to the computer area. She finds her spot as I turn on the computer and she settles in and is soon asleep.
As today is Friday, began to plan a blog entry. Usually start off by selecting image / images to post.
Now recent processed results are stored in a flash drive along with other drives in a tray near the computer. Not really all that awake, reach in, grab a drive and plug it into the computer.
Open the drive and discover picked up the wrong drive as it contains not the recent but a collection of earlier results.
O.K., time to take a deep breath, drink some coffee and attempt to wake up.
Coming around, take a quick look at the images on the wrong drive, realize what they are and decide to take time to view them as it's been some ten years since these photographs were taken and viewed.
Poured another cup coffee, turned on Windows Picture program and watched as the images came and went. Besides recognizing locations, was impressed with their color / detail quality.
One - for me - that stood out was
this Pizza Hut result.
That could have been taken today as the location is the pretty much same and using today's Panasonic FZ 2500 camera wouldn't improve the result all that much.
Now, the photographs on this flash drive were taken with the Panasonic G3 Micro Four Thirds camera
with a 16MP sensor and electronic viewfinder that was introduced in May 2011.
Another result on that old flash drive that stood out was
taken in the center of town.
Yes, digital cameras / lenses have improved in the years since the introduction of the Panasonic G3, but the early equipment and software wasn't all that bad. The results they produced still are acceptable.
While the opportunity to purchase a new G3 is long gone, used G3's are widely available for $100 - $200. Such a camera would be an inexpensive way to move to a digital camera.
You know, might just be a fine time to dust off my G3, charge the battery and take it out on a photo wander. Yes, believe I will.
All writing and images © Richard W. Rodgers unless expressly noted. Do not use without permission.
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