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i wanted to use a digital camera for my mother's 90th birthday. while i thought of the irony of using a technology that isn't really equated with ceremony and tradition, i reckoned that people seem to be more into getting cd's of snaps or simply having them uploaded that real prints seem to be a hassle - although when i am around people are ready for a hassle. digital seemed a good choice as the age of my cameras means that they develop "quirks" when they are not welcome.

after the choice that i had was a canon eos1 full frame with a zoom lens that weighed close that that of the deardorff, i decided to risk a leiquinha and ziquinho - the most reliable of my cameras.

felt pretty comfortable with the decision as i was sure that other family members would bring a real dslr that i could borrow, what being the official photographer whenever there is an event.

i am truly being left behind in this world of new technology. only two people brought cameras and they were point and shoot digital. everyone else simply used their phones. while i hear that the quality can be pretty good now, it seems strange that a significant event would be consigned to the disposable camera of the digital world. listening and watching it seems that the snaps aren't even shared via facebook but instead kept on the phone. i am guessing this as phones were being passed back and forth.

humouring me, people said how much they like film how they couldn't wait to see the black and white snaps and then went on pointing their cameras which in a group of fifty-somethings and up looked as if everyone forgot their spectacles as they held their phones at arm's length.

of course my fears came true, the snaps made with ziquinho and a flash are so poorly exposed that they may even be beyond saving by photoshop. some were saved with the flash-less leiquinha. no matter my mother said someone sent her a colour camera phone snap.