Oh my word..

com·pli·cat·ed

Pronunciation[kom-pli-key-tid]

Pronunciation
–adjective
1.
composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex:

Accurately describes the new love of my life. My gorgeous Nikon D80 - Oh my word I had enough problems finding the ONE right button to push onthe Fuji S6500, let alone [counts] 13 obvious and three times as many hidden plus a master and sub-master switching thing going on too!

But, she is lovely. Intelligent. Solid. Multifunctional. Smooth. Incredibly sensitive yet built to last. A lovely firm and definite 'click'. I would imagine that if she could speak, it would be with a yorkshire accent and when my back is turned she'll be out yoking up the ponies whilst simultaneously running her own PR company from the end of a mobile phone and baking scones.

I'll not get into all the technical stuff - mainly because I haven't a clue about 75% of it though have been poring over every magazine and book I can find and discussing with photographically minded friends in my ever increasing thirst for knowledge, tipsand tricks - and because its now 2pm and the light starts to get good now so I'm off outside.

The cow at the top is the first photo ever taken with it. I know the sky is awful, the highlights could be better, the midtones are middle aged and the composition could have been the work of a two year old but I'm euphorically happy to have stepped off the 'auto' ledge I was stuck on and now be freefalling into the endless possibilities of 'manual' so you'll just have to put up with it.