the more I look at current high end compact cameras the less I understand why people actually buy them.

I mean

• Canon G9 - I don't like the handling and too noisy
  
• Nikon P5100 - no raw function, noisy over iso 400, high CA
  
• Ricoh GDR2 - noisy and too expensive, for 400 - 500 it would be a buy, but 600$+ are to high since I can get the DP-1 which has much better picture quality for 100$ more
  
• Ricoh GX200 - pretty noisy

So the only compact camera which does really nice pictures and which you actually can take with you instead of a D-SLR is the Sigma DP-1

except:

• to slow

This is the only thing which really bugs me. I can live with the awful menu. I mean I want to use it for street photography, so I put it in aperture or shutter priority mode and to iso 100 or 400 dependings on my goal.

Done nothing else todo.

That the lens has F/4 which is sad, but I don't know how to put a faster lens into such a compact camera. And again for street photographie it should be fast enough. But to wait 7 seconds between pictures is a damn long time. Specially at this price tag.

But it looks at iso 800 better than my D80...

I mean these pictures look nice

But one thing is sure If I'm going to buy a compact camera it's going to be soon.

well,

today I wanted to print and frame on off my pictures in a decent size and was shocked about the cost.

Appr. Outside Dimensions:	22 5/16" x 29 11/16"
	DSC747_1	15 1/4" x 22 5/8"
	Giclee print on Premium Semimatte Photo Paper	$28.80
	BM7 Black Magic - Beaded Profile 21" x 28 3/8"	$57.00
	Arctic White w/Black Core Mat 21" x 28 3/8" Window 15" x 22 3/8" - Delete	$21.00
	Framing Kit: Premium Clear Acrylic & Foamcore Backing	$43.00
	Professional Assembly Fee	$29.95
	Total:	$179.75

179$ for a frame and print is just a little bit steep for my taste. Sure the preview looks beautiful, but still...

it seems like I need to look at some frames from ikea and cut my own mat boards. To save some money on this process.

I did order a print of this picture to see how large I can print with my camera, after post processing and how good of a job mpix does. There print costs are defiantly way lower and if I'm happy with the quality I can order the prints there and the frame somewhere else.

So much about saving this month...

cloth: 200$
hd for mac: 110$
print: 50$

enjoying live, priceless

	Mpix Lab
	Products		Quantity	Item Total
	20" x 30" Very Large Print (True Digital B&W Paper)		1	31.99
	Water-Based Lustre Coating		1	3.04
	Double Weight Matboard		1	13.25

well spontaneous decisions of the night,

I just ordered a 250GB hard drive to upgrade my apple tv from the 40GB HD to 250GB to store all my stuff on it.

if it doesn't work out, I use it as a backup drive for my laptop.

...every month another mac project...