What is YOLO?

YOLO... = You Only Live Once.

Dear World,

This...

is not YOLO

THIS is YOLO

Furthermore...

Stop saying YOLO [all the time].

It's hella annoying.

No but srsly. Quit it.

This has been a public service announcement by yours truly.

Please do something awesome with your day.

:)

Which Camera... the Never-Ending Dilemma (Pt. 1)

For a while now, I've been itching to get a new photo camera... primarily for shooting videos (Blasphemy!).

Why not just get a video camera?
The short answer: DSLRs offer impressive bokeh (background blur) for much cheaper and--so far as I know--actually handle lower light better (despite obvious compromises in video functionality).

For me, it has just been one massive[ly constipated] waiting game.

Throughout 2011 I was waiting for Nikon to introduce their next affordable mid-range prosumer model, which was long rumored to be the D400 (and later the rumored D600). Sadly, that never came to be. Instead, Nikon opted to crap out (no disrespect, really) the monstrous D4 and D800, both far exceeding my puny budget.

Video shot with D4

Promo Video for D800

I started to think,

"ok.. so what are my other options?"

"What about point-and-shoots, they shouldn't be too bad right? Those lil' buggers shoot video in HD now, so why not? My current p&s is in pretty bad need of update either way.."

With more research, I eventually decided the Canon PowerShot S100 might be a good fit.

S100 Video Test #1

S100 Video Test #2

"Aperture f/2.0 on a P&S?? Sexyyyyyy"

Still... because I'm a completely OCD shopper, I haven't bought this bad boy... (tricked ya, didn't I) it's about time for Canon to replace the S100 with a newer model anyways.

In the end... it might take me a long time to figure out what I want. Technology is always going to keep improving by leaps and bounds, so it's hard to say what truly is the best buy.
I'll let you know what I decide, when it happens.

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In the meantime, here are some interesting or useful things to tide you over.

DSLRs to be ancient history?

List of Canon's Entire PowerShot line!

List of Canon's S/SX line!