Two lenses are better than one
My wife and I do photography, commercial and for our sites. We started out back in 2003 when we opened our first bike event site. We had a Sony Mavica CD400 that we purchased at Best Buy here in Melbourne. I bought the extended warranty on the camera and was glad that I did.
Although the camera worked well, when it was working, it had to go to the shop at the geek squad too many times. It ended up being deemed a lemon, so I got to get a new camera from the store. I was happy with the fact that I could get a new camera, but not happy that they no longer made or stocked the Sony Mavica. We shared the camera when we worked and Cindi really like to use it to take her “on the road” shots for Bike Week and Biketoberfest.
I ended up picking out the a Nikon D50 from the camera department at Best Buy and I am really happy with it. However, we took a loss on not being able to get a new Mavica to replace the bad one. We had purchased many accessories to go with the camera. Extra batteries, car charger, etc. I really like the simplicity of the Sony and you can not beat the fact that your pictures are recorded to a mini CD! When you start running out of space, about 300 high resolution pictures, you just pop in a new CD. This really comes in handy when you shoot a few thousand pictures during a motorcycle event.
I am really happy with my Nikon D50. It is an SLR digital and there are many things that I can do with this camera that I could not with the Mavica. At the same time I missed the Sony and we still have to share, being we only have one camera.
Today I won a used Sony Mavica on EBay for under $200.00 shipped! I am really excited that now we will have the best of both cameras and not have to share. I purchased the Sony especially for Cindi to use, because she already knows the camera and we still have all the accessories to go with it. With Biketoberfest right around the corner this is going to make our coverage of the event twice as good in pictures.
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