There are a few things about my Nikon N80 that I don’t like. A cou­ple of those prob­lems man­i­fested them­selves today. It would seem that the sim­ple solu­tion is to trade up to an F100. But, incred­i­bly, the top-of-the-line Nikon F5 can be had for the same price these days. Unfor­tu­nately the F5 is also twice as heavy as the F100, since it essen­tially hewn from a solid block of mag­ne­sium. Not a great vaca­tion cam­era, unless you need it to dou­ble as a weapon.

What if I got a Leica M6 instead? It’s light, it’s silent, it has zero shut­ter lag, and it doesn’t even need bat­ter­ies. Those wily Germans.

Or I could get my own Widelux, and take pic­tures that dig­i­tal cam­eras will never be able to make. The Tech has one, but it is presently bro­ken (Thanks kids!). It’s not a great general-purpose cam­era, of course. It doesn’t even have a light meter.

Or I could turn my life around and buy a Sinar, a heav­ier tri­pod, and a big sturdy case. Then I could take pic­tures the way God intended for them to be taken.

Or I could get back to work.