Seems like it’s been an extremely windy autumn with some big storms doing damage, although luckily this region has been spared from the worst. But even so, with the winds we had today it was a bit tough to do half of my walk against the wind… I had to brace myself against the heaviest gusts. With the wind in mind, I didn’t take the SLR with me. Well, not like there’s anything to shoot anyway. But I digress. I sold my Powershot S95 when I realised that I hardly ever use it. For ”serious” pictures it’s the SLR, and for the snapshots, I can make do with the phone. I have a Samsung Galaxy mini with a 6 MP camera and although the pictures don’t hold up at closer inspection, it’s still plenty of quality for web use. No wonder that compact cameras are becoming less popular… who wants to invest in a dedicated camera when their phone produces same quality pictures? And when you have the phone with you at all times, whereas the dedicated camera is something you have to remember to take with you. At the same time, when everybody and their brother now get introduced to the world of photography, the sales of SLRs are going up. People just simply skip the compacts. You can see how manufacturers respond to this shift in the market… system cameras are getting smaller and compacts bigger! Five years ago the manufacturers were competing in the amount of megapixels. Now they’re one-upping each other in optical zoom, I mean how about the Canon Powershot SX50 with a 24-1200mm zoom? Ridiculous. But the only way to beat the ubiquitous camera phone.

But I still prefer my SLR. I just need some snow to decorate the landscape so I will have a reason to use it.