It's happen again: while I was hoping to get this entry posted a day or two after the last one a few things have cropped up which have delayed me. One of them was a nasty but short lived illness I was suddenly struck with three days ago. You know I'm a guy that is pretty obsessed with keeping fit and healthy, actually I spend more time on fitness than I do on photography! I was absolutely floored by this illness, I felt I wanted to die! It was in this time I was reminded of just how sinful we are and how big God's grace is a upon us. No matter what we humans try to do to save ourselves in the end we are but clay in God's hands dependant on His Grace... Which leads me on to talking about getting a new camera (which happened almost one year ago now), because it too was an act of Grace....
Six months before moving to Japan I had upgraded to the D80 (from the D50), actually that too was thanks to God's help in a lot of ways. After arriving in Japan I thought I'm probably not going be able to upgrade again for a long time, and I kind of put the thought out of my mind for the first year and bit hear in Japan. However come April 2010, the price of the D700 had fallen, too the point where it looked affordable (actually that was about the lowest they went cause the price has gone up again now!). Our business improved a lot and I had saved up more than enough money. However just like the second hand medium format camera, I couldn't get my wife's approval. As you may recall I prayed for a medium format camera, then someone gave me their old one without me telling anyone I was praying for such a camera. Was it a selfish wish to ask God for a D700?
So I prayed and although I already had saved up the money myself, two weeks later someone deposited Ritsuko and I a love offering in our Australian bank account equal to the price of the D700. Ritsuko took this a confirmation that God wanted me to buy the camera. Not only that just like with my D50 prior I was able to sell the D80 quickly to a budding photographer friend of mine who was in need of a decent camera. So on the 26/04/2010 upgraded to the D700 and haven't looked back...
Note 20/04/2011: It's now been almost a year since I bought the D700, I've taken more photos with it than I did with the D80 in two years! I've been able to produce some wonderful photographs with it which I look forward to sharing with you all. Prayer works folks, please continue to pray for Japan.
P.S. I had planned the title of this entry a few months ago! and today as I went to add this entry Pbase is advertising "Something New!" WOW!