I posted on FaceBook the other day

that I felt like I'd gone over to the dark side -

 I bought a Nikon this week 

- a little super-zoom compact camera - 

And I've always [only] ever had Canons in my hands - 

except for the 24 hours I had a sony... ha.

And I said, the jury is still out on this one - it has a 15 day return - 

but after playing with it this weekend I think it's a keeper ---

You know it's time for a new camera when your phone [at 10 pixels] 

takes a better photo than your go-to camera 

[at a whopping SIX pixels - trust me, it was 'all that' back in its day.] 

This one has  EIGHTEEN!!

It's much like the little powershot I've had for years - 

even has the rotating view-finder that I love so much!
 

I'm not a fan of DSL - Y'all know I RARELY shoot manual 

and I have no desire to carry around a bunch of lenses -

[I did plenty of that back in the 35mm days...]

And why should I, when I can go from this:

to this:

 [seriously -]

And this:

 to this:

 Pretty neat, isn't it?

And -- it'll do THIS:

 a 180* shot [or 360*] - fun - 

I stopped it before it was finished - 

Still learning, you know - 

And yes, we went camping this weekend...

[Already have some ideas as to how I can use this - FULL WEDDING PARTY, anyone?

And I LOVE the back light feature -- 

It takes a photo from this:

to this --

And the night portrait feature:

[Having these two visit us for the evening was extra nice!
It was almost nine p.m. when this was taken.]

Finally - there's lots of editing features too - 

Like the fish eye:

[Such an attractive photo - ha.]
And the painting:

How FUN is that?!?

Note: I received no compensation for sharing this information -

I just love a great camera!
[Of course, like all new technology - 
there's a learning curve and some things I'll have to adjust to - 
but like I said earlier... I think it's a keeper!]