Goal Acheived!

My new Pentax K100D camera arrived this morning via FedEx. I felt really fortunate that I was home when the FedEx courier came by...that never happens. As odds would have it, we were home waiting for someone from Craigslist to come by and take a look at a desk that I'm selling. The potential buyers never came by, but my camera did.

Before I could play with my new toy though, we spent the day at Dolphin's company picnic. After some great food and good chats with his coworkers, we finally made it home 4 hours later. I was so excited to try out the new camera.

When I clicked check-out on Amazon.com to buy this camera, I set a goal that, for the first week, all that I wanted to achieve was a picture of something that wasn't blurry. I wasn't sure how complicated the camera would be so I set that reasonable expectation.

After a few minutes of searching for AA batteries, I finally found some in a couple of Wiimote. WiiSports would have to wait for another time. I put the batteries, and the camera came to life. After 15 minutes of flipping through the manual and pressing buttons, I already had my first picture and it wasn't blurry. I had already achieved my initial goal in just a few minutes.

I'm not going to post the VERY first picture though. It is a picture of my very messy coffee table. Instead, I took this close up of one of my favorite vases. Please, tell me what you think of my first 15 minutes behind the camera.