This afternoon we had a family outing to Harper’s Ferry, WV. Harper’s Ferry is a National Park at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers. It’s a Civil War era town that been preserved, famous for being the site of John Brown’s abortive abolitionist rebellion.
As we were leaving the house, I started grabbing the Nikon D300 as I usually would, leaving with just the 24mm f/2.8. But since the purpose of the outing was not photography, I just slipped the Sigma DP1 into my back pocket. The sky was clear, it was midday and not the best time for photography anyway.
Once again I found myself adjusting to the camera, spending more time framing and waiting for the right moment to capture the image. With the 8 to 10 second lockup of the camera after capture, I’m generally compelled to move on to start framing another image. The Nikon allows so much more flow in approaching a subject and working it photographically.
Yet, with the compactness and the relatively high yield of images like this one, I keep reaching for the DP1.
