Sniper, You are My New Baby!

“Igiling-giling, igiling-giling, igiling-giling hanggang matunaw ang taba.” This was the bothersome ringback tone of Amiel when I was calling him to wake him up. I arrived at Taft at exactly eight in the morning, following our accord.

After an hour, we went to an infamous place where many people sustain their livelihood through fortune telling, totem selling, and DVD mass selling. This was the place where I bought something really nice, something really beautiful, and something that would be added to my gadget collection – a Nikon DSLR.

But you know what? This shouldn’t have happened – buying a camera for a professional that is obviously not me.

It all rooted from my desire to have an iPhone as a birthday present last March, but at that time, mom was always busy searching for cameras on eBay using our desktop PC. So I was beside her just nakisawsaw to her shopaholic complex. After a while, I searched on my laptop the latest cameras featured on T3 Magazine, and I saw the Nikon D60 entry level imaging device. The article actually overrated the device despite of the boos from photographers on several online forums.

At that point, I actually wasn’t yet enticed to own such nice camera. Although I had been wishing to be able to produce beautiful photos like what I see on Flickr – the subject-background-blurring thingy (simply, focusing and some aperture adjustments), I wasn’t sure enough if having a DLSR would suffice all my hungry art desire (remembering the Trying Hard Skill entry).

I later found out that mom told dad that I want him to buy me a present. So there I was, just riding on mom’s words; Dad finally considered buying the D60 for me. Ha ha!

I’ve done so much preparation prior to the purchase of the camera. I read gazillions of forums online for me to be guided what, where, and when to buy. Now, I must thank the people who helped me.

Mom and Dad, thank you for the birthday gift! I’ll take care of this new baby of mine.

Amiel. Dude, thanks for accompaniment. You didn’t know how worried I was when we were searching for the store. Buti nalang may policemen.

Kuya Gerry and Travis. Thanks for the pieces of advice. Those helped me a lot on deciding what unit I should buy. You two are great photographers.

Hours after my transaction, I bumped in with Minsky and Jill. I didn’t know. I was so happy at that time explaining that the big plastic bag I was carrying was actually a camera.

In this entry, I won’t delve into the D60’s technicalities. Maybe next time, I will.

Now, I must do justice in using my new baby. I’ll remember the photographers’ common advice: Wala sa pana yan, nasa pumapana.

By the way, I now call my camera Sniper.