New Camera Means New Struggles

Technology is supposed to make our lives easier, and it does, sometimes. The big problem is that the new technologies keep on coming, and each new thing has a learning curve involved with it that actually slows us down, at least for a while, before it helps us to pick up speed in the end. And how long will we be able to use that before we feel compelled to chase after the next generation of gadget?

I'm very happy with the camera so far, and with all the junk I bought in order to use it. I got a full size tripod and a tabletop version, a shotgun microphone, light system with stands, carrying bags. I am quite sure that it can produce high quality images and videos because I accidentally get the settings right on occasion. It's less than ideal for a first camera, and probably not good enough for a professional. It's just about right for me, even though it's taking some time to learn how the menus work.


The camera itself is not where the greatest difficulty lies. The editing software is what has really bogged me down. I've never used it before because I haven't had good enough images to start with to warrant trying to improve them. For editing photos, I think GIMP is going to work out well for now. I haven't yet figured out what I will be using for video editing. If you have suggestions for a Linux user, let me know. It's got to be fairly easy to use, yet capable of handling 4k. I haven't looked too hard for this stuff though. I've been collecting some content so I'll have something to edit. Soon.