So I was awoken this morning by Neil saying that a package had arrived for me, I shouted back “You’re a liar and I don’t believe you.” Since I hadn’t even received an e-mailed saying that the beast had been shipped yet. Turns out they don’t send e-mails, but they do send cameras!

That’s right, rather obviously (after all that build up), my new camera has arrived. I was a bit worried that the most expensive single item I’ve ever bought might end up as a let down, but it really, really wasn’t. I knew from all of the reviews that it was good, but I was amazed at just how much of a departure from my trusty Sony camera. With the Sony I kind of had to learn how it shot, then fool it into shooting the way I wanted it too, but with the A200 I tell it what I want to happen, and it does, every time. I’ve already been down to our local tarn taking pictures of Swans, but I wasn’t enough to get some shots of the deer that I saw bounding away.

Das Bone is a very happy boy.