Life Without a Camera
27 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
It’s been…3-4 days since I turned in my camera for repairs. I’m already getting sneaking thoughts of buying another one (used, specifically) to pass the time by while waiting for my travel comp-…I mean camera, to come back from the shop.
I’m sure we’ve seen those documentaries on Dateline or some other prime-time/late-night news show, about taking a cell phone, computer, or some device away from someone for a while, observing their reactions, and getting the subject’s opinions and thoughts. I feel like I’m in one of those experiments.
Your eyes are your best camera, but my memory card (brain, har har) doesn’t have the capacity to hold all of those pictures. That’s why my camera is my lifeline to remembering everything I do, every place I go, and everyone I meet.
Sure, I live in Japan, the country that somehow is able to throw in a high-megapixel, decent-lens camera into their phones, but I still like to have my Pentax in my hand with the sound of the shutter. Also, I’m pretty sure DSLR > Cell-phone camera, anyday.
But life goes on. Not smoothly without the camera, but it goes on, nonetheless.
