Thanks!
The camera is a Minolta Dimage 7i. The fact that it's
fast was the big selling point. . .. fast lens, fast shutter speed(1/4000), fast between shots(7 frames/second), and fast turn-on time.
My first digi was a little Canon A50 (painfully slow). It would take an eternity to boot-up, then you had to hold a button to get it to zoom. . .bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, then press the shutter button, continue to hold the camera on the shot, wait for it to figure out the focus, and then it would take the picture. Then, once you took a picture, you had to wait for it to process before you could take another. (maddening) I missed a lot of great shots.
Anyway, the dog, since he's a mutt I had to take a lot of shots to show his personallity. He's a crack-up.
Also, he's got this funny confliction going on. Being part pointer and part boarder collie, when he sees birds he's not sure what to do. . .he stops and points, then goes into his crouch and run herding mode. He attracts crowds when he's working the flocks of seagulls at the big ocean beachs.
Here he is a few hours ago trying to herd some geese . . . he still needs to hone those water manuvers.
