Last time, i went to Vern-sur-Seiche and took some pictures with the Fujifilm All-in-One camera i got at a yard sale for 15 bucks.
i had been looking to buy a Digital Single-Lens Reflex for about as long as it has been commercially viable for non-pros. i am not entirely sure what happened in the world of camera technology, but the second hand market is flooded with perfectly good DSLRs at a somewhat affordable price.
So the other day i got a second-hand Nikon D5100 and a lens for a good enough price, and the next Sunday i decided to get out and walk around downtown to test it.
One of the features i had been looking for is the power inherent to editing RAWs vs JPEGs. Every camera i had owned before already processed the image into a container format, discarding a lot of valuable information that could have helped me save a shot. This power comes with a great deal of confusion however: editing RAWs is kind of a mess for me. i have found a routine that seems to work and produce okay results, so i just stick to it, and the images are crisp.
The trip started around the old mills downtown. Rennes used to have mills running over a part of the Vilaine rivers. The old part of the mill is, as far as i am aware, currently disused, even if the buildings aren't. One of the enormous wooden wheels is visible to onlookers walking in the district.
My path then goes through the Odorico footbridge, adjacent to Rennes' old Grand Mills, followed by the Pierre Gardin de la Gerberie promenade, the Red Berets footbridge, and the Red Berets promenade.
Oddly enough, it took me enough time to edit these pictures and put them online that the D5100 actually broke due to a known defect on that model: the command wheel (used to select aperture and shutter speed in manual mode) progressively stopped responding until it no longer did.
Fortunately, by a twist of fate, the other camera i had been eyeing, a Nikon D7100, had reduced in price at the second hand store i got the D5100 first. Warranty be blessed, i upgraded to a better camera and got back 10€.