Playing with the new camera

Took the shiny new toy down to the basement to try a few snaps and get a handle on how it works.

Here are some Old Glory 15mm 18th century Ottoman Janissaries and cavalry waiting to be picked up by a friend from Ottawa.

I rather like the grey coats and red pants. I'm thinking the Duchy of Mantovia's landwehr battalions might copy this colour scheme.

Unfortunately this is about as close as I can zoom in on a single figure. The camera keeps wanting to focus on the wall behind. I cropped the photo in iPhoto on my daughter's ancient iBook G4, but the crop hasn't stuck. Cropping in too close and you just get a pixilated shot anyway even with 12 megs of data.

Gordy, of course, was quite curious about the goings on:

 This last shot was just freehand, no flash, no timer, held at arm's length.