That was the Con that was II

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Here are the pictures I got at NorWesCon. I borrowed a coworker's Sony DSC T-1, the first digital point-and-shoot that I've seen that has decent optics (hmm, yummy zeiss lens), to see if I want to get one. After much consideration, I have concluded that I definitely do. Geek lust at its finest...




ivolucien and Cathy, the excellent astrophyiscs babe from Santa Cruz


The lovely artvixn, proving that even Pirates can be organized into raiding the bar.


Blue! Violet! Brown! (Croutons, anyone?!)


The darling Stephanie.


theonlyruth, just hanging out.


Elliott, the Sugar Glider who is Too Cute To Live, and Scotty, whose name I'd already forgotten but artvixn helpfully provided.


meowse and Mini-Meowse.


The beautiful mamishka, helping me get liquored up Friday night.


animegothgrrl preparing for the Saturday afternoon foray. Rawr!


Erica and her magnetic 'Language of Science Fiction' costume.


eggsafety in her Saturday night dance duds


The Littlest pirate. I wish I remembered her name!


artvixn and animegothgrrl are looking for a few good fans. Volunteering for hazardous duty, Sir!


You be good, or mamishka spank! (I've been a very bad boy...)


There were these amazing Badgers...


And another one...


We were trying to get a good shot of her (very subtle) fangs, but couldn't quite pull it off. But its still a nice pic.


I even managed to coax Sienna out to have dinner with me and hang out a bit, although there was some argument about whether or not she'd let me take a picture.


And last but certainly not least, the dress that is going to get animegothgrrl into So Much Trouble... (at least, if she keeps wearing it to conventions it will) ('Cause I'm a Goth, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah)

Comments

[artvixn.livejournal.com]

Nice pics.

Oh and the man underneath the adorable sugar glider is Scotty.

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Thanks!

[artvixn.livejournal.com]

Actually she is hermayalaine.

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Most excellent!

[shaix.livejournal.com]

And now I know what Sienna looks like... Heh.

A camera counterproposal.

[mangosteen]

I was looking at getting the Sony DSC-T1, too, as it is a very sweet piece of tech. Unfortunately once you add in that you have to use Sony-proprietary storage (okay, licensed to lexar, but still higher than most other flash storage), and Sony-proprietary batteries (no 3rd-party ones that I know of), the actual cost of ownership starts climbing pretty quickly.

That, and having no optical viewfinder is bothersome to me; like a splinter in my brain.

Take a look at the Canon Powershot SD500. Decent optics, 7.1 megapickles, uses SD, and is made by a company that understands that consumer electronics are supposed to last outside of the warranty.

Re: A camera counterproposal.

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Sing to me the praises of the Canon. Part of what's attractive about the Sony is the form factor, because my 35mm is also an extremely good form factor (as well as crunchy optics).

I mostly don't think I care about the storage cost, because I expect to always have my laptop handy to provide more storage for pix.

[northofvoontah.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Its was good to 'catch up' (without actually attending the convention). ;)