I’ve been wanting one now for at least a good year or more.

I’ve been saving up gig money and windfall cash for it.

I finally got to order one off eBay over the weekend…

And it’s here.

Can you guess?

It’s going to make my blogs and websites look simply smashing…

Yes! My new (display model used) Nikon d40 DSLR camera!!!!

All I can say is watch out Pioneer Woman… Mobile Home Woman has finally got her fancy schamcy camera!!! And I just can’t wait to get shooting!!!!

Good bye little funky Sony camera!!! Sorry, you get sent off to the old equipment drawer for when I need a cheapy little camera and don’t want to risk the new fancy one!!!

How exciting! Jessy, of course, has been telling me all about it, and showing me this and that and turning this feature on and testing that out and all. At first I couldn’t get it to auto-focus and of course, she figured out that it was on manual focus for me from the box.

Now that we are sisters in the Nikon camerawomanhood, she’s very excited to go on a shoot with Maggie and I. So hopefully, tomorrow, we’re going on our first big outing to Deshler, Ohio and watch trains. We’ll pack a picnic lunch, enjoy some sunshine and watch trains. Deshler is supposed to be one of the heaviest intersections of cargo trains in Ohio and it’s only about an hour from here. We’ve wanted to go for the longest time!

But in the meanwhile… I had to start playing around with the new camera! It’s soooo nice. It’s not as fancy as Jessy’s as she has a pro D80 and all, but this is one super nice camera. We realized that our lenses are interchangeable, that is good. Now we can get a stable of extra lenses together and share them. (Those things are expensive!) I do need to get a UV filter for mine to protect the lens from any damage and I need to scrounge up a suitable little carry bag. I might have something that would work nicely, and that would be good.

Well, sit back and enjoy a few shots off the new camera! Mind you, the operator still has a little learning curve and I’m definitely going to have to get used to the weight and heft of the camera. But I was getting better as the afternoon went on!