I'm back and posting

Now that I have a cool new toy, a Konica Minolta Dynax 7D, and I've done a few things which I think are worthy of sharing I thought it would be a good time to revive the Southo blog. Don't get me wrong, I'm no camera expert, infact until I won the camera at an auction I don't think I'd ever even held an SLR camera. My rational behind all camera purchases thus far has been:

1. The smallest I can buy.
2. Everything automatic.
3. From real camera companies. (Sorry Sony. I think your cameras suck, but you do make a good Playstation)

Which left me with a great little Canon IXUS but very little knowledge of how real cameras work. But now I am starting to learn thanks to friends, the internet and ridicule from professional photographers ("gees, you're a cowboy" - to which I replied "thanks" but later discovered this wasn't a compliment).

So, without any further ado, I'll introduce you to my first ever shutter-open-for-longer-than-usual-night-time-photo:

















It was taken at the bottom of the IBM building in Sydney, looking out towards the north-west and I think it came out pretty good.