I'm getting the Itch!

What itch is that you ask? The  I-NEED-A-NEW-CAMERA-ITCH. I'm horrible I know. Ha. But first anyone that knows me, ( a few of you bloggers do) should know my area of concentration on college was Photography. Film photography. So the digital thing was just bursting onto the scene as I finished school. It's heart breaking to me that film is pretty much obsolete. Being in a darkroom is unheard of. And developing prints the old school way is just practically dead.

I collect vintage cameras. I have for the last 5 years. I still have and use my film cameras from college which I have blogged about before.

I have gone through 3 digital cameras.


I had a canon first,

Not this exact model, I can't remember the exact model I had, but it was big and bulky and heavy.


 a Kodak duel lens as my second,

Mine was sliver :) I actually sold mine to a co worker at my old school district that I worked in. He loved it! 

and my 3rd right now is a Nikon
This exact one

which I have to be honest about, I think it takes SHITTY pictures.  A Nikon take shitty pictures? How can that be???


Anyone who truly knows photo, knows MEGAPIXELS has nothing to do with photo other than how big you wanna blow the print up. Got that? So I love hearing people say well how many megapixels does it have? DOES IT REALLY MATTER? Are you planning on printing larger than life prints? I doubt it! What I did/do love about my point and shoot camera now is unlike most digital little cameras out there, most have 3x zoom mine has 7x. Very nice. But other than that, I think my pictures often turn out pixelated looking. I think the images look unclear and trust me, I have played with all the settings numerous times and the pics still don't look so hot. I don't know.

So for the last year, I have been asking around. Many of you fellow bloggers I have enquired to, asking what fabulous cameras you use to capture your beautiful moments with. The majority have said you own a DSLR.... aka a big girl camera. the kind that professionals use! :)

A very good girlfriend of mine works for Lifetouch photography, and a fellow blogger  Emily P. :) both seem to highly recommend this latest model of Nikon D3100. I think this may be the one!


I am scared and nervous all at the same time. Mister Wonderful asked me when I wanted to get this. He of course wants me to pay off my Credit Cards first. Which I fully plan on doing....well at least getting one paid off, but only to turn around and get this camera! Is that bad? hehe

And of course every camera needs a camera bag.....which most are super ugly and boring that I've seen. I found this one on Etsy..

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I will ask again, What do you all Use as your camera? even with point and shoot ones. List away because I truly do want to know!