Testing Out My New Nikon D80

This past weekend, I managed to do something I have been wanting to do for a long time. I have been wanting to upgrade my camera to a better one and finally did it. I sold my Nikon D40 for a good price and ended up buying a Nikon D80. At first, I had my heart set on the D90 but after doing a lot of reasearch and talking to a photographer, it just wasn’t worth the $400 extra right now.

Sunset Over Phoenix

Why The Upgrade?

There were a few reasons why I wanted to upgrade. The D80 is overall a better camera and offers the following four things:

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Rainbow Over the Lake

Since my last wordless post got such a good response, I thought I would give it another shot. Here is a picture of a rainbow over looking Roosevelt Lake near Four Peaks in Arizona:

Have a great day!

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Do You Need A Flickr Pro Account?

5 Reasons I Made The Upgrade

I finally took the plunge and reactivated my Flickr Pro account. I had one awhile back, but it expired and I was too cheap to renew it. Now that I am getting back into organizing my photos, I decided I really wanted it back because for the small cost of $24.95, I can get all of this:

1. Space…Lot’s Of Space

The Flickr Pro account offers Unlimited Uploads and Storage. Not only do I take a lot of photos, but I take large ones. I have a Nikon D40 that takes really good pictures but it uses up a lot of space.

With a free Flickr account, it does not let you upload the full-size originals. Not a very good solution if you are hoping to use Flickr as a way of backing up your photos to avoid losing your photos if you experience a computer meltdown (I Have).

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My Crazy Three Month Adventure

If you have not read my previous post titled The 3 Month Mark, it basically summed up the first 3 months I lived in Honolulu, Hawaii. At that point I had a good feel of what Hawaii was like and had done a lot of different things. Well today, February 22nd, marks exactly the 3rd month since I landed here in Phoenix, Arizona.

It has been a long and crazy adventure over the last three months that is hard to even summarize. I thought it would be easier to look back at some of the events I have been at and include some links to the blog posts that talked about them.

Some of the things I have done so…

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