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Mine is the Canon Powershot SX620 HS. i am finding it increasingly difficult to track down on FB marketplace/craigslist (my first one suffered an unfortunate end) but worth the $150-200 if you can find one.
At any given moment I am a steady elbow and 40x zoom away from the moon's majesty. this camera has a 2011 version of airdrop which allows me to drop pics from the cam to my phone without a cable and without WiFi/cell service. The battery lasts me a months worth of moon pics.
I cannot recommend this enough
At any given moment I am a steady elbow and 40x zoom away from the moon's majesty. this camera has a 2011 version of airdrop which allows me to drop pics from the cam to my phone without a cable and without WiFi/cell service. The battery lasts me a months worth of moon pics.
I cannot recommend this enough
Sep 24, 2024
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📷Pocketably tiny (meaning you're likely to bring it with you), point and shoot features but also lots of professional ones in case you ever want them. Around 200 bucks used on ebay!
May 24, 2025
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📷When I was in art school I studied photo and found it really frustrating that the most successful photographers had all chosen a camera for themselves that they worked with almost all the time: for Ryan McGinley & Terry Richardson it was the Yashika T4, for Juergen Teller it was the Contax G2, Wolfgang Tillmans used a Leica with a 35mm lens. Something about this felt disingenuous and try as I might I could never find my version of that thing. It hasn’t been since I abandoned and rediscovered photography that I found that my first point-and-shoot digital camera - the 2005 Canon Powershot G7 - is mine. I adore this freaking thing and shoot all my portraits with it. You can get them usually for $50 on eBay, the flash is powerful, and it has a fantastic zoom. There’s also a really nice video feature that can handle low light and somehow translates colors in a way that feels “straight from the tube” - I’ve already shot a short film on it and want to make more videos with it soon.
Dec 21, 2021
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📷i got it for a really good price and love its simplicity. still got zoom options, a timer and a few different settings too. i've had a lot of point and shoots and i think this is my favourite. it also feels sturdy so hopefully it'll last a long time!
Sep 26, 2024
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i have been on a journey to untangle my tasks from my iPhone.
i'd be out in the world someplace, pull out my phone for something as menial as checking the time, or as well intentioned as capturing the moment in a pic, and immediately get sucked into texts and instagram™️ and all the virtual things happening in this tiny lil demon light box.
the goal: pull my phone out of my bag ONLY for phone things. that's texting, calling, and apps that can't be replaced
the solutions so far: 🕰️ i started with a watch (shoutout Casio) and i wear it every day. once I broke the habit of checking my phone for the time, I felt legitimately freed from something Major 📷 I bought a small digital camera to leave in my bag. the pics look better and I don’t get distracted by the virtual world when I'm trying to capture something in the now 📚 I bought a kindle. It fits in my jacket pocket (literally) and gives me something to do when I'm on the train or waiting for an appointment that isn't scrolling
I just realized so much of the time I spent on my phone was not intentional. It was a thing I was doing in between Other intentional moments. my screen time is still several hours a day (don’t get me wrong) but I think my brain has healed at least 3%.
welcoming other ideas as well💡
i'd be out in the world someplace, pull out my phone for something as menial as checking the time, or as well intentioned as capturing the moment in a pic, and immediately get sucked into texts and instagram™️ and all the virtual things happening in this tiny lil demon light box.
the goal: pull my phone out of my bag ONLY for phone things. that's texting, calling, and apps that can't be replaced
the solutions so far: 🕰️ i started with a watch (shoutout Casio) and i wear it every day. once I broke the habit of checking my phone for the time, I felt legitimately freed from something Major 📷 I bought a small digital camera to leave in my bag. the pics look better and I don’t get distracted by the virtual world when I'm trying to capture something in the now 📚 I bought a kindle. It fits in my jacket pocket (literally) and gives me something to do when I'm on the train or waiting for an appointment that isn't scrolling
I just realized so much of the time I spent on my phone was not intentional. It was a thing I was doing in between Other intentional moments. my screen time is still several hours a day (don’t get me wrong) but I think my brain has healed at least 3%.
welcoming other ideas as well💡
Sep 24, 2024
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i was born a night owl and so i know what you're thinking: you'd rather roll out of bed 10 mins before your first zoom call than sacrifice ur late night scrolling BUT hear me out
Things u can do before you sit down at your desk:
‼️Shower ‼️Meditate ‼️Put a lil Outfit on ‼️Take a walk and/or Buy a latte ‼️Do an errand ‼️Move ur Body ‼️Do your dishes ‼️Read a chapter of ur book ‼️Squeeze in 1hr of Saturday every week day morning
Things this decreases: 🦺Existential dread 🦺Job-related resentment 🦺Days and weeks melting away into nothing but Emails 🦺Feelings of Impending doom
Things u can do before you sit down at your desk:
‼️Shower ‼️Meditate ‼️Put a lil Outfit on ‼️Take a walk and/or Buy a latte ‼️Do an errand ‼️Move ur Body ‼️Do your dishes ‼️Read a chapter of ur book ‼️Squeeze in 1hr of Saturday every week day morning
Things this decreases: 🦺Existential dread 🦺Job-related resentment 🦺Days and weeks melting away into nothing but Emails 🦺Feelings of Impending doom
Sep 19, 2024