by Kevin Thom | Nov 28, 2005 | General, Personal, Photography
My camera finally arrived in California. I’m so relieved. I thought I was going to have to enter into a long and expensive battle with insurance and UPS and Adorama. Thankfully all of that is averted at the nick of time. It must have been the work of Jack Bauer...
by Kevin Thom | Nov 22, 2005 | General, Personal, Photography
Well today has been a day of setbacks. I’m pretty grouchy. I ordered the camera on November 8 from www.adorama.com. They shipped it on November 10. It hasn’t arrived yet. I’ve got a tracking number for it, but the tracking number doesn’t work....
by Kevin Thom | Nov 14, 2005 | General, Personal, Photography
Well I stayed away from a lot of “optional” things that I do each day, like turning on the TV, hanging out in chat rooms, etc. It turns out I got a lot more done. Wow. Seems obvious, eh? Yeah, I suppose it is. But it’s easy to get distracted these...
by Kevin Thom | Nov 8, 2005 | Photography
Camera is ordered! I got the 5D, battery grip, and a spare battery. B&H had sold out of the battery grip, so I had to buy the whole thing from Adorama. I’ve used Adorama in the past and they’re a reputable company, although I like to buy all of my...
by Kevin Thom | Nov 4, 2005 | General, Personal, Photography
I was really close to ordering the camera from Price Rite Photo, and decided to do a quick Google check of them first. Epinions had some interesting reviews, including this one entitled “Lies and Blackmail.” Of course this time I was told the camcorder was...
by Kevin Thom | Oct 31, 2005 | General, Improv, Personal, Photography
I had a pretty good night tonight. I was out front of the building with a few of the other people who live here, handing out candy to the trick or treaters. It was very cool, since we rarely all get together to do something, even though there are only about 15 people...