Todlers Kidnap my Camera
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Well I finally made it. I purchased a Nikon D40 yesterday through a really nice Iranian woman in Soho. The D40 has by far been my best buy on Craigslist to date, and I was overjoyed when she threw in an extra Nikkor 55-200mm VR zoom lens for free, on top of the standard 18-55mm. I’ll be using it mostly for my travels in Australia and at RMIT for the next several months. The Nikon D40 is a great transitional tool into the dslr family, as it provides many semi-pro features such as the 6-megapixel sensor from the D50 and the same processing engine from the d200. I know It’s no D700, but it will do fine while I learn. Anybody who has any useful D40 tips I’m all ears. Now about those kids…
Right after I bought the D40, I decided to test it on an Ultimate Frisbee game in Sara D. Roosevelt Park. Half a dozen shots in, a group of 10 children had surrounded me, and hijacked my camera in an excited rage. I was more than pleased to give them the basic instructions, and let em’ go wild with it. These are a selection of the pictures they took, some of which I found to be astonishingly well composed for children.
