Slacker
I missed writing yesterday, probably because I was so busy editing pictures. I took my camera to work to get some pictures of my cohort’s last day and the little get-together, but when I uploaded them to my computer, they all looked like crap.
I don’t know what it is about this new camera, but I’m not mastering it. Some days the pictures look great, other times they look blurry. I have no idea why since I’m using the auto feature all the time, and I’m using the autofocus, and even the flash, but yesterday’s pictures only have a couple of salvageable pictures there.
Imagine that… somebody’s got this impressive looking camera strung around their neck. They take picture after picture and you expect to see an array of great shots. Then they email you to say, “hey, I’m really a shit photographer, not sending you any of those”. That’ll be me.
Tonight we’ll be going to that housewarming party I mentioned one day. We’re bringing a bottle of Southern Comfort as the gift and I keep wanting to bring a pack of those jalapeno nuts. I think we should, even if it’s only so that he’ll put them out for us to eat.
I guess we’ve got to bring our own booze, but quite frankly, ever since we quit smoking (oooh, five days ago), I’m afraid it’ll just put us to sleep. Last night we managed to stay up til the wee hour of midnight, but that’s hardly late, and this little party (60 people, little) doesn’t even start til 8:00.
My honey will be driving so drinking’s not an issue for me but I did intend to take some pictures while I was there, and since I can’t master the camera I’m wondering if I should leave it at home. I can just see him waiting for my pictures of his new home and they turn out all blurry and crappy. Maybe I should just go and make some small talk with a whole bunch of people I don’t know, have a few beers and go home.
My beer does not come in six-packs. So do I have to bring a twelve? Maybe I shouldn’t drink anything at all, that would solve that dilemma.
I’m going to wear my new t-shirt that has a logo from one of my other websites. I wanted to have this t-shirt in time for the party. Well they finally arrived at 7:00 last night, a t-shirt for me and one for my honey. Let me tell ya, those t-shirts look like shit. The colour on mine is all ooky in the one spot – green on turquoise didn’t come out well.
I paid an arm and a leg for these t-shirts at Zazzle, where I made them. I uploaded high res graphics, and I paid an extra $29 for the 2-3 business day shipping. Not only that but when they got to the door, because they were from the States, we had to pay a $15 customs fee. So altogether these two t-shirts cost over $80 (and are shit quality). My honey’s fits him but mine is tight, even though I bought large. Normally I wear a size medium t-shirt but I bought large, in case of shrinkage, and it’s tight. Zazzle, I’m not impressed and I will not do any more business. You think they could have told us about the additional customs fee?
We’ll be wearing the shirts anyway. After all they’re high-end shirts once you’ve paid $80 for them.
So I’m just gonna finish my tea and then we’ll get the laundry ready and, hopefully, the laundromat won’t be packed by the time we get there. We’ll stop at Tim’s and get a breakfast sammich and a coffee, then after that my honey wants to go look at cars. An exciting day for one and all.
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I had the same problem with my Fuji, until I set the focus settings to auto too.
The manual settings can interfer with the system on AUTO, actually not the focus exactly the focal area settings or the little box in the middle of the screen before you push the button. In some settings it stays in the same focal settings even if you turn off and on. On the Fuji the button is marked AF/MF and has a switch too for lock. Basically it sets the area which is used to set the focus, in the frame, and in some setting can change as the shutter button is pressed half way down.
I also note that the Lumix reviews I’ve seen say keep the ISO setting below 200 for best results. Anyway with so many settings sometimes it hard to find what is causing the problem.
Good luck 
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$15 is a bit high for custom fees. Can’t believe that you had to pay that much for two t-shirts. Especially since I’ve order t-shirts from Threadless and never had to pay anything extra and both companies are in the States. I’ll never understand stupid custom fees, more like custom ripoffs!!