Say Cheese!

One of the first things I brought when I left school was a Pentax P30N SLR camera. It was this great camera that took great photos, and went with me everywhere to capture every moment of my life. That, unfortunatally was its downfall. One day, while out in my 4WD I managed to get stuck in a rather deep hole in a river. Everything floated out the door of the Subaru, except my camera. As I scurried down stream after my check book and NOW! Cassette tapes, my camera was sitting behind the passengers seat soaking up the river water.
I learnt my lessons from that, and so when I finally managed to save up an replace my camera (with another P30) I didn't take it to quite as many places. The sad thing was that it meant that now I was not taking anywhere near as many photos. Instead of a roll or two a week, it was now a roll every month or two.
Eventually, that would drop right off, so a roll of film could last almost a year. But it sure was exciting to get the film back, you really didn't know what was going to be on it.
When Eli was born, I brought Shelley a new Pentax M50 SLR. This one had two things that my P30 didn't. A built in Flash, and Auto Focus. Now we were taking photos of the new baby doing everything. Eventually, Shelley complained that the camera was too big to take everywhere so it got left behind when we went out. Then, for Shelley's birthday the first year we were in Singapore, I got her a digital camera. They had just come down to an "acceptable" price. I got her a 3 megapixal Ricoh for just under $800 (A Bargin!) Now this camera was small enough to fit in her handbag, So it started to go everywhere with us and it wasn't long before Shelley had over 1000 photos in her iPhoto library. But before long that camera too would be too big - Shelley didn't take a bag with her anymore, so a new camera would have to be got. One that could fit into her jeans pocket. So, we got a 4 MP Casio. Quite a bit cheaper than the Ricoh, but a good camera none the less.
Now, its time for another camera. This time with a phone attached. Which brings me to the orginal reason for this post anyway. I also have a phone with a camera (try finding one that doesn't) and when I was looking for a new phone I was certain that I wouldn't get a phone with a camera. They were just a waste of space as far as I was concerned. But after having it for a couple of months now, I've come to realise that they are good for one thing. Capturing the moment - and that is exactly what I brought my expensive Pentax P30 for 20 years ago!