Slipping Out

Once again I find myself sitting here wondering why I am not asleep. Instead I am looking at old digital photos. This is a black hole of time for me. Where have the years gone?

I have some activities coming up this summer and I am wrestling with this question: Do I take the Nikon D200 with me to take tons of photos and then make a slide show and maybe a Blurb book OR do I buy a cheap video camera and try to take my daily cuts and put it together with stills in a video/still montage?

I am leaning toward the still shot answer. Here is my thinking. I have access to this really nice camera, lenses, case, extra batteries and stuff. I have the software to make a kick butt slide show with timed music and everything. While I have a 7 year old 8mm video camera and a capture card I don't have a battery or tripod. Buying a new camera would not be easy considering that to have any value on the projector screen I will have to spend $200 - $300. That is some serious jack right now.

I guess I could borrow a video camera but then I have to pack around a tripod and other junk everywhere I go. I also have to setup at least a little bit ahead of the action and then remain stationary for a little while.

I think this post has talked me out of the video option. Maybe one day I will be able to afford the kind of gear that I can great things with. Right now I will go the cheap route.

If I buy anything it will be a couple of high speed 16 gb CF cards.