Internet
Finally! I’ve just “uploaded” the last three days entries now that I’m in an Internet cafe near Xiaoxiao’s house in Taizhou city. They didn’t want me to use my laptop so I’m using some crappy computer. It’ll do the job but it scares me a bit to use my normal username and password—I’d be surprised if there wasn’t any password-sniffing software installed!
Today was spent shopping… not really for me, but for Xiaoxiao. She has picked up a nice pair of shoes and will probably find some clothes tomorrow. I’ve done okay too—a bag for my camera (a whopping GBP3) that will hold the camera and lens (attached), at least two CF cards, a spare battery (which I also bought for just over a tenner) and the lens hood. I looked at some sunglasses (as I left the pair I bought last time at home) but didn’t really see anything I liked.
I’ve been playing around a little with my camera today but I’m still not confident with everything it can do. The user interface is excellent though so it shouldn’t take long to find out. Still no tripod, which is very annoying as I’m desperate to try some long exposures for those cool “car light” photos.
Another thing I’m not too sure about is “depth of field” and the “circle of confusion” (whatever that is). I get the theory but in practice it doesn’t seem to work out for me. Having said that… I’m still only just getting to grips with the practice of lens aperture, shutter speed and film “sensitivity”—another thing that looks fine on paper but isn’t as easy for me in real life. Hopefully practice will make perfect.
Xiaoxiao’s mother and cousin have just walked in and woken Xiaoxiao up (who had fallen asleep next to me). I can’t really remember if I’ve said this already but I’ve got a SIM card sorted now so you can give me a ring (give me somebody different to talk to!) on +8613621927525. I’ve got a ‘phone card too—just send me an email and I’ll give you the details so you can use an 0800 (or 020) number to call me for free.
That’s it for now, time to check out Slashdot and a few other things. I’ll upload some photos when I’ve taken some decent ones. Bye.
Tags: Travel