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I did get to bed earlier than usual, if for no good reason. I didn't do a bit more work after packing and storing the bowls, glasses, and cups. I was simply done. I figured I'd need to rest a bit, sooner or later. Last night, and the next few days, I suspect, are it. Oh, I'll fiddle and all. Focus is off, energy is down, and that is that. Even so, I get more done than I often have in a week compared to this summer. Even yesterday, I did an half dozen little things... a bit of sweeping, cleaning off a counter, this, that, and the other thing. And food production is ongoing. An extra meal a day when meals come in, and at least a meal a day otherwise. Two meals is quite good, but even one a day is golden. If I am not losing weight, I am solidifying, or... something. Often, this summer, a whole weeks work was merely emptying my bladder on time. Yes, I can do less if thankfully that doesn't lead to accidents.
The choices are slim today. I would still like to tinker in the living room, at least prepping it for a heavier cleaning. I would love to rake today, but I don't have that kind of energy and know it right now. But, too, my camera did arrive today. I have the batteries charged, one in the body, one on the handgrip and I have tested the latter to satisfaction. I have run through some of the setup, adding time, date, and setting a few controls as I prefer them. I have added the lens, tinkered with that just a bit. Some of my tinkering has been from advice in the direction I mean to go, some of it has been from my own preferences after reviewing a lot of material. I might tinker with it more today, or not. While it seems like play, it is play work. This is not a point and click. I think it has an auto mode, and variations of it. I am looking more for manual mode. I have had a lower level amateur camera before, but not nearly this involved. And that was some time ago.
Actually, my first photographs will be the Christmas lights, maybe tonight. I will review some of the material I bookmarked, look through a guide I purchased, and either tonight or tomorrow I will be giving that a go. I will need to install the RAW converter, probably to the laptop, before I can tinker with the images. The camera, and all things about it, are much more complex than it seems on paper. You just point and press a button, right? From figuring out iso, white balance, and the rest, to setting up the tripod mount, then converting the images for just the right look. Further, it's all subjective, to a degree. The nice thing about this hobby? Even if I can't get out, or up, or to projects, I can sit and take pictures from right where I sit. As I said, I have been looking for hobbies that don't cost energy, time, travel. But could also include those things. Ta-da! Is it better than gaming? Could be. Then again, some people can make a living off gaming, so... Still, yeah... it's better than gaming. It involves the real world, and involvement in it.
For now, however, after tinkering as I could, I will just rest and relax until I am ready to hit it some more. Just a bit off, for some, or no, reason. A shower shortly. A bit of music in an attempt to kickstart the day... I don't know. It's a blah day, even with Christmas early. Later.
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Can't stop tinkering. But then, I keep thinking of things. A few settings I remembered but haven't found come to mind, and so the camera comes out. It's much easier to find controls and settings when guided, but I sort of like fumbling through and checking things out on the way. Some I haven't figured out how to find yet, but I'll get there. Then there are bits to add or setup. Most recently, I realized I hadn't installed the memory cards. Then to format those. The last step mechanical thing to do is to install a screen shield. I'll do that when I'm in a better mood or condition for fine motor control and fussing. I could do that, and do it well, right now. It is simply that it would be annoying to do right now. I'm just not waking up well. In hopes of waking up, and to attempt to push that along, I'll look over information on nighttime shooting, and landscapes, in the hopes of taking my first pictures tonight.
Oh, and for some things, like the added battery grip, when you put that on or take it off, there are a number of little steps, beside just adding and removing, that you have to take. There is a plastic piece that covers the battery body connector to the camera, and a rubber piece to place, depending on whether adding or removing the device, onto the various parts. Minor details, but potentially very important ones. It's quite the little device. I must admit, it makes me nervous, just a bit, to fiddle with too much. I'll get used to it before too long. Finding that balance between babying it and taking things for granted leading to a drop is... just going to have to be figured out. Just like a real baby, I suppose? Even a real babe of various sorts. Yumbleh. Yeah, funny.
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