In March last year, J and I went to New York for 10 days. Besides the usual tourisy things we had to do (Empire State, Madison, huge meals, getting fat and drunk every night etc..), I went there aiming to get my very first DSLR.

I had been thinking about it for ages and back then, the exchange rate was working in our favour.

It was such a huge upfront investment and I’m the sort of person who gets quite nervous and thinks twice whenever a shopping bill comes to a three-digit-figure…But after months of contemplating and seeing how I saved a good £100 by getting it in NY, I took out my card and on the 6th day, officially owned my very own Nikon D40!

It was brilliant! Gone were the days I couldn’t work with my photos on a bigger scale because they were either just not sharp or distorted or worst still, ruined by flash. It’s a brilliant camera and worth every penny. Coming back home and reviewing the pictures we took, you could clearly see the difference in quality between the pics we took during the 1st 5 days with my Panasonic, compared to the pics taken on the last 5 days.

My only regret is not getting it sooner…