I figured I’d renew this site despite its inactivity. I’ve already earned some income even if all I post here are pictures. I was able to bring back the amount that I invested that’s why it shouldn’t be that much of a problem considering that I’ve gained something out of this.

For now, I’m still pretty much busy with a lot of stuff online and offline that’s why it’s pretty lame of me to miss out on updating this blog.

I’ve so many pictures on my hard drive and I don’t even have that much time to update. Sigh. Till the next blog entry.

and I’ m glad.

Today I felt a sense of relief to get my camera, my DSLR, my Nikon D80 back from the repair shop after almost two months!

I had my camera repaired because of problems after I used my camera at the beach. Somehow, it wouldn’t take any picture but the shutter would still function. I was really upset to realize that my camera was broken and it hasn’t even reached a year of use!

I felt weak in most point especially when I would have to go to events since I couldn’t capture the moment. Although it’s also good since I’m able to focus myself on other things such as maximizing my blog to earn more money and such, I still wanted to get my camera as soon as possible.

I had the camera repaired at Camera Care in Cebu. The repair man told me that I could get it back after two weeks. But then after how many follow-ups, it went up to two months. Right now, I’m really just happy that I got it back. It cost me an arm too. darn it.

I was planning to sent it to Manila to have it serviced in the Nikon Service Center, I don’t know why Nikon still hasn’t set up a service center here in Cebu. Anyway, when I called them up, they told me that it wasn’t covered with warranty even if I had the warranty slip since it was purchased in the black market. Sigh. To think that I had the official international warranty with me, they told me that the warranty was only good outside the Philippines (which explains the international tag, duh!).

Anyway, the good thing is that I got it back and it has two months warranty from the local repair shop (Camera Care). What’s up with the number 2? hehe.

Now I’m ready to snap away… only I have to get used to the camera again. My skills have somewhat decayed due to its absence. Sheesh.

I’m still waiting for my camera to get fixed. It’s still with the local technician and it has been with them for over a month already. I don’t think I’ll recognize my camera if I see it again –> too much exaggeration.

But I hope that all will be well. I don’t like it when I’m not able to utilize and maximize my snapping capabilities.

I am still inactive these days because my camera is still broken. I have to get it fixed because I don’t really feel good waiting for the results on what has happened to my DSLR. I kept on calling the local service tech to follow up on the device because I feel stagnant with the way things are going.
For now I can only wait and I’m losing patience as the day goes by.

I am writing this blog in response to a comment made by Twerlyn in my Shoutbox, sorry it took so long to reply. Been pretty busy with other stuff.

twerlyn: “kung snapshots naman would you agree na maganda ang cyber shot ng sony?im planning to buy one kac but don’t know kung ano ang nice na cam.any advice?”

She wanted to know what type if point and shoot camera would go best. So here’s my two cent’s worth.

I’ve also had a number of cameras tried out before I bought when my Olympus SW790 about two years ago. I’ve tried Kodak, Sony, Casio, Pentax, Nikon, Canon, Olympus and some generic ones. Ever wonder why I was able to try a number of brands? Simple, I work in a call center and team buildings/outings are abound. In each of those occasions, I usually borrow the cameras of my colleagues since they usually end up wanting to be in front of the lens while I prefer to be at the back. At those times, I get to handle those gadgets which helped me also in choosing a point and shoot cam that I wanted to purchase one day.

When that day came, I was gunning for something that coincided with my personality and I went with a waterproof camera. I am clumsy and I also like to go to the beach so I really wanted it to be sturdy. I was actually debating which one I’d rather buy. If I’d go for a Pentax or an Olympus since those were the only two who had the waterproof feature. I even blogged about it before buying to get opinions from other people.

Here’s my blog entry: Olympus SW790 vs Pentax W30 - 2 underwater cameras

My Olympus SW 790

In the end, I went with this baby and I was satisfied. There are actually newer models now with higher resolutions and are sturdier. Some brands like Canon and Pentax have also expanded their models to compete with Olympus. But don’t get me wrong, I’m not being paid by Olympus to sell this camera. hehe. To tell you honestly too, I have difficulty with Olympus’ night shots especially its noise when I just use the regular mode. With Canon, the noise is less visible; but then only when it’s in a regular shoot mode. I initially wanted to go with a Canon or Nikon or Sony (which is also a good brand) and Pentax (since not most people use a Pentax here), but then the prices really varied a lot. I chose Olympus again because of the waterproof future. –> I couldn’t stress this enough, hehe.

I usually went to different websites as well before buying one. I just search for the camera in steves-digicams.com for more information as Steve does a full review of those cameras he has tested. I wish I were like him wherein companies get to send him stuff to try out. But then, I only know a little about cameras. However, I hope I’m able to enlighten you in some way.

As for Professional DSLR cameras, that’s where I really have lesser ideas on how to buy one. hehe

This is one of my first shots when I p purchased my Nikon D80. Was so happy that I got a hold of this baby that I kept on clicking what I could. I’m a trigger-happy person that’s why I was excited to be able to buy this camera.

This shot was taken at the passenger seat of my friend’s wheels.

For now, I only have two photo editing softwares installed in my laptop. One is Photoscape and the other is Picasa. I have to blog about Photoscape later on but I’m just glad that Nizza informed me about the benefits of Picasa as I’ve always wanted to create a collage of pictures and I was really having difficulty looking for a program that would be easy to use –> I’m not fluent with Photoshop. This is what I plan to use most of the time in this application.

A screenshot of my screen. I want to get more pictures but I’m a bit too tired to even think which ones I’m going to edit. I’m just glad to finally get the Picasa software in my laptop. Thanks nizza!